Loving And Accepting Your Body

I wanted to remind us all that finding the love and appreciation for our bodies will uplift us so much more than talking down to ourselves. I'm sharing my thoughts on the value of loving our bodies and I include some affirmations that you can say with me and take with you for the week to remember to gently love on yourself. The affirmations start around minute 4:40.

Transcript

We're going to do some more affirmations today,

If you would like to join me in them.

Today I thought the first 10 would have the theme of loving and accepting our bodies a little bit more.

Because I was thinking today,

This might sound a little weird and that's okay,

I'm going to be honest with you,

I was walking around my apartment and I was feeling my butt and I was like,

Wow,

My butt feels really good right now.

I'm liking my butt.

And I was thinking that having a positive relationship with your body is life changing because I think of when I was a teenager and I think 16 and younger,

I used to be really,

Really hard on my body and think that,

I mean I would just look for any little flaw that I could possibly find and then as I think I've shared before,

I heard older women in my life talking about how they wish they would have appreciated their bodies when they were younger and I am somebody who very,

Very much can watch other people make mistakes or hear other people's stories and then be like,

Okay,

Okay,

I won't do that myself or I will try to prevent that from happening because,

I mean I can learn from other people's mistakes,

So can you,

Right?

We don't have to always make the mistake ourselves.

So anyway,

I decided,

You know what,

I'm going to build a positive relationship with my body.

Plus,

If you're ever around somebody who's saying a lot of negative things about their body,

I don't know,

I always feel sad and uncomfortable because I think they should be saying good things about their body and I think we have so many resources and so many tools out there that if there's something that you don't necessarily like about your body,

You can change it if it's changeable and if not,

You can change your response to it and that's why I thought we could talk about loving our bodies a little bit more today.

Okay,

So if there's an affirmation that really sticks with you,

I want you to use that affirmation for the whole week and if there isn't one,

Then you find one.

However,

I want these affirmation,

These positive statements to be such a habit for us that when we hear somebody say something negative about bodies or just anything negative in general,

We can block that out and cancel it out before our subconscious takes it in with a positive statement.

So what we can do is we can block that negative statement out even if it's not directed at us,

If it's just around us,

If we hear a negative statement directed to somebody else on the TV,

Whatever,

Or directed to us,

We can instantly block it out.

I'm like crossing my arms right here,

You guys,

Like put a little X,

Crossing it out,

Block it out by saying something positive in our mind instantly after we hear it and then it prevents that negativity to get soaked into our subconscious,

Okay?

So have a statement ready and practice it.

Practice using it.

So if I hear someone say,

That's stupid,

I'd instantly say in my mind,

I'm smart,

I'm brilliant.

If I hear someone say,

Oh,

She's gross,

That's ugly,

I'm beautiful,

I'm awesome.

So try it yourself if you hear something negative.

Like I just did it right there,

You guys.

I said a couple negative things so you could definitely replace it with a positive,

Okay?

So as always,

When we do the affirmation,

I would like you to either repeat it after me out loud or quietly to yourself and you could move your body.

So you could do some jumping jacks,

Yoga,

Stretching,

Jumping on the trampoline,

Doing your jamba run,

Or just walking in place,

Whatever feels right for you.

And if you're not someone who's very physically active,

You could always get your doctor's approval first before you move your body while doing affirmations.

And as a side note,

I went for a walk today by myself and I literally just said an affirmation for most of it.

I mean,

I did take an Instagram picture and I did catch a couple,

Like I stopped at a couple of Pokemon stops and caught some Pokeballs and some Pokemon.

But at the same,

So when I wasn't doing that,

I was saying an affirmation as I was walking and just looking around enjoying the time to myself.

It felt lovely.

Okay,

So let's go ahead and jump into those affirmations.

My body deserves to hear good things about it.

I say nice things about my body whenever I look in the mirror.

I am so much more than my body.

I love the way I look naked.

Today I love my body the way it is.

Food nourishes my body and I respect that relationship.

I am grateful for any food I eat.

I am comfortable in my body and skin.

I delight in the way I look.

My body is my vehicle in life and I take care of myself from the inside out.

I appreciate my body and all it does for me.

The only opinion about my body that matters to me is my own and I love it.

I use my time to lift myself up.

I release worry from my life.

I see the miracles that happen in my life and around me daily.

I am love.

I am my perfect weight and body shape.

I am full of energy and courage.

My body feels healthy and strong.

I drink plenty of water to support my body.

I am free to be myself.

I honor who I am.

Life loves me and I love life.

I am complete.

I treat myself well.

I take time for self-care and feel good about it.

I release all judgments of myself and others.

My life is better than expected.

I invest in myself.

I am calm and confident.

I am building a positive relationship with my body.

Okay,

I hope you found one in there that really resonated with you,

That you can keep for the week and say it whenever you need to,

Especially when you hear a negative statement out in the world.

Block it out with that affirmation that really resonated with you.

And again,

If there wasn't one that resonated with you,

Write your own.

Realize it to the T.

And I also wanted to remind you to reboot your week and yourself and your energy with diving into gratitude and just really spend some time in gratitude every day for a couple minutes,

Even if you only take one minute to just really just soak in and pour out gratitude and appreciation.

I think it'll boost your energy and boost your confidence.

I also just want to remind you that you are enough.

You're a beautiful person.

You're a smart person.

You can make decisions that are best for you and you could make it through the next hard wave.

Reviews

Great affirmations, thank you. Really like the idea of internally saying a positive affirmation in response to people saying negative things. Love and blessings 💙 x

It was very helpful, however I have come up almost instantly with my own affirmation: I have a really good body (maybe it will be useful for someone else) 😆 thank you and have a wonderful day 💞❤