YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, Happy International Women's Day!

It’s International Women’s Day! The theme this year is #BalanceForBetter, and focuses on bringing gender equality to the world.

I’d like to bring attention to the crazy standard of beauty that women are held to…and the inequality that is ever-present. It’s certainly a topic that has been talked about ad nauseam. And yet, many of us STILL aspire to look like someone else...to an unattainable ideal. We base our self-worth on our appearance. This sh!t gets old…things need to change. Change can start with you. And me.

Mindfulness is paying purposeful attention. So…if you are hard on yourself for not looking a certain way, or weighing a certain amount…bring some awareness to your thoughts and emotions that come up around this. Bring a little curiosity to the way you react. Give yourself a little compassion, too (sometimes this can be the hardest part!).

I adore this short animation that my daughter sent me. It shows how women’s body ideals have changed so much over time.

So, take some time today to appreciate being YOU. Because, you are beautiful just the way you are.

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