How we feel in front of other people has a lot to do with how we feel about our body size and shape. How could it not in this body-obsessed society we live in? But I once had an experience where I was conned into going to a nudist beach (I was horrified! With my body image issues, going naked wasn’t something I'd ever have put on my wish list. Listen, in those days I even changed in the dark! I was trying to avoid both myself and my hubby from seeing me, that's how bad my body image was.
But ironically, it turned out to be a life-changing event for me because of an extremely large women I met there. Here she was going naked weighing over 400 pounds, and when she got up she walked with such confidence that it was noticeable. I would amazed.
Her reasoning was that she'd never come across a holy text that told her her worth in her Maker's eyes was any less than if she weighed half of what she did. Her reasoning was that if God could love her as she was, then she could love herself too.
One of the greatest activities to improve your self esteem is to remember that you're a Sacred Being and that has nothing to do with the size of your hips or thighs but a lot to do with the size of your spirit and heart.
A mental make-over can help you 'act as if'
How your self-esteem turns out is also mainly an internal job - it's about undergoing a mental makeover. Determine your worth based on your inner and not your outer attributes. Use the 'Act as if' principle. This entails asking yourself, "How would I act if I could always remember that I'm a unique and Sacred being exactly as I am"
* How would I walk? How would my posture look to anyone watching? * How would I talk? What kinds of conversations would I be having and what tone would people hear in my voice? * How would I hold my head? * What would people see when they looked in my eyes? * How would I dress?
etc.... and then rearrange your body to reflect this and 'Act as if it's true.' And start dressing 'as if' you already are that amazing person. Imagine what wearing some of this lingerie from Hips 'n Curves would do for you.
Mirror talk
Every time you walk past a mirror, shop window or other reflective surface, greet yourself by saying: "Hi sweetie." It's short, sweet, simple and it'll make you feel much better.
Outsmart that inner critic
Have you ever noticed that when our inner critic gets going, it seems to be skilled at starting on one topic and then bringing up every other issue in the book. So that before we can catch it, it makes them go round and round in our heads without ever coming to any helpful resolution.
Instead of trying to fight and silence your inner critic...just take a step back and observe it. Adopt a childlike sense of curiosity about it, and watch it as if you were a private investigator trying to understand how it operates.
And, almost as if you were taking notes to report back to someone have an internal commentary about it as in: "Oh, so I see that you've now finished going on about my body and now you're moving to what I else I've done wrong lately,' or "Ooo, you clever little minx....don't think I'm not noticing that the moment you see someone else in shorts you get me to compare myself so that you've got material to start me off again.' etc... etc...
Witnessing your thoughts separates them from you and allows you to see what strengthens and weakens them more clearly. And if you can tack a bit of humor - and laugh at them, wow, that's a great step forward in adopting activities to improve your self-esteem.
Creative Visualization exercises
And here's another of the activities to improve your self esteem that I'd challenge you to do. Take 3 minutes out of your day every day for the next month to do our amazing FREE creative visualization. This more than anything is an incredibly powerful way to improve your self-esteem.
Combine all these activities to improve your self esteem and before you know it, you'll feel like a different person.
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