How to Feel Better in My Body

How to feel better in my body: as women, this thought may circulate through our minds on a regular basis. We live in a society where specific body types are deemed more beautiful than others, which can make it hard to feel good in our own bodies. It can lead us down a path where we’re constantly striving to look more like the “ideal” standard of beauty that the media has set for us. 

I’m sure at some point in your life you’ve experienced a moment in time where you looked in the mirror and wished you looked differently. I’m sure you’ve also looked at someone else and judged them based on their body type. We are here with you and know exactly how it feels to be on both ends of body judgement. It can be a truly painful feeling. It is nothing to be ashamed of, we’ve all done it, we’ve witnessed it, and lived it… but what we can do now is come together, recognize our societal conditioning, and make a change in the way we perceive our bodies. We can make a change and set the tone for the generations below us and the people we encounter from now on.

Your body is your temple

Your body is something to be cherished, nourished, nurtured, and deeply loved, no matter its form. You are clothed in skin that has brought you through each and every moment of your life up until this exact moment. It’s carried you through the good, the bad, and all of the in between. 

Take a moment to wrap your arms around yourself and say: thank you. Thank you for walking through this life with me, for being the strength I needed in my moments of weakness, for never giving up on me. Rub the skin on your arms and hands, cultivating a moment of true gratitude for your body. It is perfect, just as it is. It is here for you unconditionally, keeping you alive and breathing. This magnificent body is deserving of all the love in the world. Recite to yourself, “I am beautiful, I am strong, I am worthy of unconditional love for exactly the way I am, right now, in this moment.” 

When you have those fleeting moments of self-criticism, it’s ok. Allow them in, acknowledge them, but then let them go. Come back to this deep self-love that is already within you. Come back to gratitude for the gift of this body holding you. You are so worthy of being loved just as you are. When we can love our own bodies in this way, we radiate this same energy of love onto others. This creates change for our future and the way we all see ourselves.