Undermine me3/1/2023 ![]() ![]() Regardless of how you might want to improve, you have things that are worth celebrating about yourself. The lesson: Consciously focus on what is right with you. I also recognize that I have a caring and kind nature, and those internal attributes are much more important than how I look on the outside. I am grateful for my beating heart and two legs that hold me steady. I now see my body as an amazing creation that allows me to experience life. Over the last fifteen years I’ve built a beautiful relationship with my body, and also with my soul. ![]() I was relying purely on my physical appearance for my self-worth. I wanted to be a beautiful person, but thought of myself as anything but. ![]() I hated my fair skin, was unhappy that my thighs touched, and thought my lips were too thin. Tragically, I look back and recognize that I had no reason to, but at the time I was comparing myself to the glossy images in magazines and other people who looked nothing like me. There is no end to the ways we can critique ourselves! We unconsciously get into the mental routine of continually undermining our own self-worth.Īs a teenager, I struggled with my body image. Most of us have a tendency to focus on what is wrong with us, and what it is we want to “fix.” We may focus on the fact that we think we are too big, too shy, not pretty enough, or not capable enough. Here are three ways you may be undermining your own self-worth, and how you can stop. Once we understand where we might be hurting ourselves, it becomes much easier to know how to step up and support ourselves. We all have times when we get caught up in routines and behaviors that don’t support us, yet we have the ability to make changes in our lives. I had forgotten my inherent power and worthiness. I now recognize that I was desperately craving love and attention, but was withholding it from myself. I spent years being my own worst critic, and I couldn’t understand how to become my own best friend. I also unconsciously bought into the belief that it was selfish to look after myself rather than seeing it as an essential part of supporting myself. I criticized my perfectly healthy and beautiful body, wishing it were different, and endlessly compared it to how others’ bodies. I begged for love from a partner who was repeatedly unfaithful, holding onto hope that somehow he would change. I had my fair share of life lessons and allowed myself to be treated poorly. I’m now in my thirties and live a beautiful life filled with self-love, kindness, and passion, but in my younger years I suffered from low self-worth. I didn’t always hold myself in high regard, or treat myself with the respect I deserved. You are inherently worthy, and you don’t need anyone else’s approval. Self-worth comes from knowing that you are enough, just as you are. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ~Buddha ![]()
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