When's the last time you tried something new -- something that took you outside of your comfort zone and challenged you in decidedly uncomfortable ways?
That's where a new work project has taken me lately (hence my absence from posting). It's forced me to see myself in a new way and in a new role. And it hasn't always been easy.
I was reading my local newspaper recently when I came across something a columnist had written: "There would be no more need for psychiatrists if humans...could simply believe we are as capable as we decide we are."
It was a thought that really resonated with me after a particularly trying day.
But as I turned it over in my mind, I realized that this thought could also be applied to how we feel about our bodies. How much happier would so many of us be if we could simply believe that we are as beautiful as we decide we are? No more picking apart our bodies. No more comparing ourselves to what we used to be, or who we wish we were. Just...sweet self-acceptance.
It's the same advice echoed in author Rosie Molinary's new book Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance. In it, Molinary encourages readers to "develop an 'I Have Decided' approach." This approach, she writes, "acknowledges the journey and process that we all must undertake to get the things (experiences, joys, etc.) we most want, while also acknowledging the power we have to make it happen."
