Do you have one thing about you that you wish you could change? I can’t believe I started to hate myself so young. I’m amazed I could hurt that early. I used to wonder if I could ever get to the point where I fully accepted myself. I can’t remember a day in my life that the scale on the bathroom floor did not haunt me. The one thing that was always in the way was my relationship with my body.
Read MoreMy heart stopped. Did I even realize what I was saying? I was telling myself that I was comfortable in my own skin. I thought that all the little things I was saying to myself was simply just my way of accepting the fact that I was imperfect. My idea of accepting my imperfections was to bring more attention to them, as if it was a way to make them go away.
Read MoreI was sure that the only way to make myself worthy of love was to become as skinny as possible. Maybe if there was less to love, I would be easier to love. Out of shame we isolate ourselves and don’t share, trust, or rely on other people. We all feel so very alone in our struggles, but we’re not.
Read MoreHave you ever struggled with your body image? Or simply hated the way you looked? You look in the mirror and see curves that seem to have gotten bigger overnight? Your favorite shirt doesn’t fit the way you want it to? You just feel fat or inadequate. Mary Rose, did too. “I would look in the mirror and say, over and over, “I hate you.” I lost about 30 lbs. My periods stopped. My hair fell out. My skin actually looked gray and I thought I could work even harder and lose a little more.”
Read MoreI'm a natural shutterbug from behind the camera. The issue comes in when one of my friends wants to take a picture of me. I’m pretty darn comfortable behind the lens, but me, front and center? That’s a different story.
Read MoreI discovered ballet when I was 14. I fell deeply in love with ballet. However, I had already developed a woman's body by the time I started dancing. I hated them when I looked in the mirror at myself next to the beautiful swan-like girls who had danced since the age of 3.
Read MoreAbout a year ago, I could not look in the mirror and smile back at myself. Someone could have offered to pay me a million dollars to smile, and I probably would still struggle to do it.
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