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Let's talk about body image

6/21/2016

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Ladies, stop mentally and physically manipulating your body into shapes and sizes it was not meant to take.  There’s a phenomenon going on that everyone should have hips, a butt, and breast and no waist at all… Whereas, the legendary body type phenomenon excluded three of those requirements:  no hips, no butt, or no breast.  These are just the shoulder down stipulations. There’s also a movement to reshape faces: enlarging lips and more, but I’m here to tell you, your face and your body are a movement in and of themselves, fit for an awesome woman like yourself to be DIFFERENT.  
 
I sat at a table with my sorority sisters recently, and we really delved into the things we wish we could change about our bodies.  This incident of body-shaming is just one of many occurrences that I've sat in on with multiple women.  I've heard it all: 

"I don't like to look in the mirror." 
"I want smaller boobs."  
"I don't want to be fat."  
"I wish I didn't have cellulite." 
"I wish I didn't have stretch marks." 

I've heard it all, but rarely do I hear, "I love this body, and I just want to be healthy."  If we were all scientists, we'd probably feel pretty good about the fact that our bodies do more unimaginable, impeccable things for us than just look good, or mentally play tricks on us.  Here's a list to name a few:  Create Life, Make Food (MILK), Survive.  Fancy yourself with more here! 

Lady reading this blog, you are beautiful inside and out.  Add a positive outlook that equation and you are the perfect solution to any scenario.  
 
Break Stereotypes and be who you are in the body you have.  Check out this story about Jessamyn, a curvy girl transcending body image stereotypes in the Yoga  world:  
 
We need to stop comparing ourselves to things and people incomparable.
 
So, today is the day to celebrate bodies! The next time you find yourself having a body image breakdown, remind yourself that you are DIFFERENT, and everything about that is okay! 

P.S. there will be more body image post to follow! If you'd like to share your story or your journey, I'd love to feature you on my blog!   Double P.S. this is not a post to shame any woman who has altered your body through plastic surgery.  Consider yourself blessed as well!  You are no less of a woman!  

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Lauren link
6/21/2016 11:32:19 am

So true! I love that you're spotlighting that media portrays a certain type of image of beauty that most women feel they don't conform to. What I would love to see is the normalization of the everyday women who looks beautiful at any size or shape. Great article!

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Jasmine Hockett
6/21/2016 11:49:41 am

Thanks so much Lauren! Its true... At first we were all supposed to be skinny. Now, we are all supposed to be curvy, but only with perfect curves. Not with lumpy or flawed curves.

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Lauren link
6/21/2016 12:08:25 pm

Yes!!! Reality TV and reality seem to be galaxies a part these days. I love when you said "I love this body and I just want to be healthy." That's what I hope we can teach young girls going forward to love who they are and strive to be the best that they can be. Period.

Jessica
6/21/2016 12:05:20 pm

💕

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Amber
6/21/2016 12:30:19 pm

Beautiful post!!

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Tiffany Johnson link
7/20/2016 11:13:10 am

I love this!!! It me a minute to just be happy in the skin I'm in and work on getting healthy. Thank you for sharing this post.

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Jasmine
7/21/2016 06:27:39 pm

Hi Tiffany! Thanks so much for sharing your experience! We are all a work in progress! Be good to yourself! You're a dream!

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Melissa J.
9/16/2016 12:58:20 pm

Girl thanks for sharing this post!!! It was right on time! I went to bed feeling down and woke up feeling great!! 💜

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