"inhale confidence, exhale doubt"

My favorite quote comes back to me over and over again.⁠

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Lately, I've been feeling uncomfortable in my skin and I know I'm not the only one that feels this way. A year later and I'm mourning the loss of my old life, how busy I was, how fulfilled I felt, how motivated I was a day in and day out.⁠

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We know by now that our body image issues stem from ideas placed in our minds by our society, and our body concerns are directly related to other's opinions of ourselves.⁠

"Working towards a more authentic self requires... actively trying to be a be that or a better version of ourselves, and also requires mitigating the opinions of others." Sarah Nicole Landry

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No matter how much we understand the concept, it can be so damn hard to put into practice.⁠

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It's a work in progress.⁠

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