#loveyourselffirst

Day Four of #beyourownvalentine2019 - Letter. Mr. Big the Bear and I are here to tell you that your challenge is to not just write any letter - but a love letter. To yourself. It can be to yourself as a whole, it can be to a specific body part that you don’t particularly care for but want to start trying to love, it can be to a body part that you already love and want to love even more. Whatever a love letter to yourself means, write it. Here’s mine.
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Dear Natasha’s Tummy,
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I know we have had a love/hate relationship pretty much our entire lives, but let’s try and make it a love/love relationship. I love that you’re soft and squishy, enough so that you are my husband’s favorite pillow. You may be riddled in scars and stretch marks, but that’s what makes you you. No one else has marks identical to yours. I love that your belly button is identical to my dad’s, so deep you can stick like half a finger in there. We are a carbon copy of our father for sure. I know sometimes I say I hate you. That I hate how you have loose skin and you won’t go away no matter what I do. But that skin is a symbol of what we have accomplished together, and I’m working on loving it. My favorite thing is how strong you are - although it might not look like it, the core strength and abdominal muscles underneath that layer of goodness is strong af and helps us so headstands all day every day.
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So thank you. Thank you for being there even though I sometimes say I wish you were gone. Maybe one day you will be, or at least a little smaller, but know that I love you (or at least try to) at any size.
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Love,
Natasha
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#loveletter #lovelettertome #tummylove #selflovejourney #selflovetips #selflovefirst #selflovery #selflovechallenge #bodylove #loveyourselffirst #loveyourself #loveyourtummy #embracethesquish #honormycurves #loveyourbody #bodypositive #bodypositivemovement #bodypositivity (at Cafe’ Lola)
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Love yourself first ❤️
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Thighs. Mine are thick. They have cellulite. They have dimples. They jiggle when I move around and especially when I’m dancing. They can lead to holes on the inner sides of my pants from the consistent chub rub that occurs. These thighs have held me up when I’ve felt the weakest. They’ve allowed me to stand firm in my life. They’ve shown up everyday for me regardless of my mindset toward them. They’ve loved me. Regardless of where I may want to be on my body journey, or where you may want to be on your body journey, there’s room for love right now. We are worthy here and now to speak our truth. We are worthy here and now to claim our abundance. We are worthy here and now to be seen as we are today. We do not need to wait until our physical appearance is more “acceptable” to live our lives the way we desire. Because despite what I believed as a child growing up, I do not need my body to look a certain way to deserve love, confidence, or success. Neither do you. Happy Monday ❤️ #bodylovebritt #plussize #plussizestyle #plussizefashion #bodypositive #bodypositivity #bodyconfidence #bodylove #bodyfreedom #selflove #selfworth #unconditionallove #plussizemodel #lgbtq #lgbt #trusttheprocess #beyourself #authenticity #beauthentic #loveyourself #loveyourselffirst #ascension #enlightenment #spirituality #awakening #plussizeblogger #fashionblogger #ootd #selfconfidence #newbeginnings
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1.09.17 When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Body image is a funny, moody lil thing isn’t it. One day you wake up feeling amazing.. then the next, not so good. “My arms are too big.. my thighs are too thick.. my dips too pronounced” are some classic examples of what I might think to myself when I look in the mirror some days. It’s unhealthy self-talk, and I think we’re all guilty of it sometimes. On days like these, take a step back and stop analysing yourself. It’s pretty addicting isn’t it? It’s also incredibly toxic. Stop allowing that negative self-talk consume your thoughts. Try to focus on the positives instead.. aka what do you love about yourself? Distract your mind. Do things that make you happy, whatever that might be. Go to the gym. Listen to music you enjoy. Read. Surround yourself with people you love.

Self love is a life-long project peeps. Shower yourself with some of the kindness and compassion you so willingly give others ♥️ #bodyprogress #selflove #thoughts #bekind #loveyourselffirst #fitnessjourney #health #motivation #fitness #gym (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

Therapy wasn’t useful for me because it was focused on my problems
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Investing in my own coaching has changed my entire life because I have solution focused conversations every week - I have retrained my brain to seek solutions and now problems don’t have the same weight they used to
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Therapy can be useful and I’m sure there’s a lot of people who can benefit from it but coaching is something everyone can benefit from - with the right coach of course✅
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What do you need a solution to right now?
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#relationships #relationshipmemes #relationshipquotes #relationshipadvice #breakupquotes #breakup #heartbreakquotes #heartbrokenquotes #trustissues #emotionalhealing #emotionalhealth #loveyourselffirst #heartbreakclub #movingonquotes #empaths #empathsbelike #lettinggo #lettinggoofthepast #growthroughwhatyougothrough #growthquotes #manifestyourdreams (at Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo)
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The only way for some people to understand god is to project themselves onto it but this forms the basis of a massive misunderstanding
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God is love and love is everything so if you’re asking what kind of god would do something like this then you’re really asking where is the love in this?
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People only do things because they believe it will bring them closer to love in some way shape or form - whether that sex, eating or murder - everyone’s actions are guided by what they think will make them feel good and this is the love they’re operating from
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Indeed in the case of murder it’s a massive stretch to see this as someone acting from love but love is inside all of us and it’s the force that guides us from deep within but it’s guidance is often clouded with thought and that’s where we get misunderstandings
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Once you see beyond your thinking there is only love
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#relationships #relationshipmemes #relationshipquotes #relationshipadvice #breakupquotes #breakup #heartbreakquotes #heartbrokenquotes #trustissues #emotionalhealing #emotionalhealth #loveyourselffirst #heartbreakclub #movingonquotes #empaths #empathsbelike #lettinggo #lettinggoofthepast #growthroughwhatyougothrough #growthquotes #manifestyourdreams (at London, Unιted Kingdom)
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They say the best things in life are free but so are the worst
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It’s “free” for you to waste your time with the wrong people but the actual cost is your peace of mind and that’s the most expensive price to pay for anything
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If something is free then it usually costs time and time is the most precious asset of all
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There’s so many things on offer in the world but often the things that are the most expensive appear to be free so it’s important to consider what their actual cost is
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It’s obvious to see when something costs money but I’d love to encourage you to see what the cost to your energetic bank balance is
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What’s too expensive for you when it comes to your energetic bank balance?
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#relationships #relationshipmemes #relationshipquotes #relationshipadvice #breakupquotes #breakup #heartbreakquotes #heartbrokenquotes #trustissues #emotionalhealing #emotionalhealth #loveyourselffirst #heartbreakclub #movingonquotes #empaths #empathsbelike #lettinggo #lettinggoofthepast #growthroughwhatyougothrough #growthquotes #manifestyourdreams (at London, Unιted Kingdom)
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Learn to ❤️ yourself fully.

Be you and love you for you. ❤️⁠⠀

#innerstrength #lovingyourself #selflovery #selflovewarrior #selfdiscovery #selfempowerment #youareenough #selflovejourney #loveyourselffirst #selflovequotes #selflove
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Hit the dance floor first and leave it last ❤️

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