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Have you ever gained a few extra pounds for no “logical” reason and felt stuck trying to figure out why?
I surely have experienced this.
Even though I have been on the other side of my body-food journey for over 7 years now, I would be lying to you if I said my weight never fluctuates.
Sometimes, for no apparent reason, my jeans feel looser.
And other times…for no apparent reason…the pants feel a bit more snug.
A beautiful buffet of food, delicious after delicious selection.
All to which you feel like you just can’t say no to.
Or you’ve waited so long to eat that you can’t seem to eat enough fast enough to tame the hunger inside.
Or when you just love the taste of that one dish so much, you find yourself getting seconds…even if you are full.
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This weekend I had a little downtime to catch up on one of my FAVORITE shows ever.
It used to be on Lifetime but now is available as webisodes on-line.
It’s called “The Conversation”…have you seen it?
If not you are in for a real treat…this show is all about bringing to light the fears, trials, struggles, and desires that women have…and most importantly creating the dialogue for it.
It’s here!
Your day to take a holiday from any form of body jail!
Those thoughts of “My _____ are/is so fat!”
Or, “I need to go on a diet.”
Or, “My body has failed me.”
Or, “I’m so fat…to hell with it…I’m just going to eat whatever I want.”
Of not giving yourself the love you know you deserve and putting your health & happiness on the back burner
Of picking yourself apart or putting your life on hold until you are the “perfect” weight or have the “perfect” body…or have/are the perfect ANYTHING!
(I know zero perfect people. Really. If you’ve met one, please email me straight away!)
Today is our 2nd Annual Body Freedom Day and it’s time to CELEBRATE what you GOT and be amazing to YOU!
You aren’t going to make me celebrate alone, are you?
If I’m the only one loving myself today and getting a little dance party on in my living room then it’s going to be one sad little party.
So to help you get in the Body Freedom Day spirit, here are 6 easy, fun Ways to start your celebration off right and embrace the freedom you deserve!
1) Stand in the mirror and find at least one thing you totally adore about yourself. Yes, really. I don’t care what it is, but find at least one thing you can own as truly beautiful. As you might know, one thing leads to another, so if you find more than one, AWESOME! There is no limit here, but everything starts at one. 🙂
2) Prepare yourself something beautiful, delicious, and nourishing to eat…without any kind of counting whatsoever. You deserve it. A free body is a healthy, nourished one. Love your body up with foods that will make her (or him) feel FREE! And when you eat foods that are nourishing, you really don’t have to count anything…seriously. Now that’s freeing for sure!
3) Move your body in a way that feels fun and pleasurable. I don’t care if you run, skip, saunter, yoga it up, or dance it out. Just move what you got from a place of pure pleasure and gratitude for what your body does for you. Dare to enjoy your body UNAPOLOGETICALLY and RIGHT NOW!
4) Join me tonight at 5:00 pm PST/ 8:00 EST for our FREE Body Freedom Day Call, “Leaving Body Shame Behind…And Embracing Your Authentic Sensuality” (juicy, huh?!)
If you aren’t on my email list yet and want to get in on the call, go HERE to get access to the call info. I’d love to have YOU!
I promise you it’s going to be eye-opening, freeing, and a safe space to share you questions and insights too!
5) Allow Madonna to lead you. I’m a sucker for soundtracks and theme songs…. so I’m choosing “Holiday” by Madonna to be one of ours.
I can’t think of a better song to really get you even in the freedom kinda mode than this jam!
Click on Madonna’s lovely dance moves and get into the Holiday spirit!
6) Invite a friend in on Body Freedom Day 2013 and celebrate each other! Everything is better with a good friend by your side. Who can you forward this email to that can be your Body Freedom partner and crime with you?
I’m sure you have someone close to you that could use a boost today. Shower each other with some love and celebrate taking a break from the usual self-hate talk and toast to your new found freedom. Champagne or Kombucha will do nicely.
I hope this helps to get you going and enjoying this special day!
Please feel free to leave your insights below in the comments and on the call tonight.
I’m sending you so much love…now go get your groove on!
Love,
P.S. There’s still time to enroll in the Unraveling Shame Telecourse I’m leading with my amazing colleague Sarah Reed!
Click HERE to get in on the goods and keep your body freedom going strong!
One of the biggest gifts that has come from being a coach (outside of helping others) is that my whole idea of what is possible has shifted. My life is no longer about some employer picking me, deciding what my gifts are worth, or what I get the freedom to share.
That alone has made me so much less fearful about my life and taken the cap off what is possible for myself and others.
Getting laid off 2 years ago, I was so freakin scared and sad. I was afraid about money, afraid that I didn’t have anything special to share with the world, afraid about what life would look like on my own terms. I don’t know if I really trusted myself…and when coaches would talk to me about the power of investing in myself and trusting the journey, it sounded so foreign to me…no one had talked to me about that really ever.
Go get an education, get a job, and don’t question all of it too much. Oh, get married and have 2.5 kids by age 30. Then retire...that’s basically the script I heard. Do what’s safe.
So getting that “taken away” felt so scary. I did what I was told, I did the “safe thing” (minus the marriage and kids by 30 part) and it wasn’t so safe anyway. What else was there? It turns out so much freakin’ more. More than I could ever have dreamt of…lots of work, no doubt….I work hard at my business and have made a lot of sacrifices/choices to keep investing in myself and my education as a coach and to do the work I am called to do. But no one can ever take away my passion and my gifts. No “employer” holds the magic key or my pot of gold anymore.
I’m not saying it’s bad to work for someone else or everyone should be self-employed. I’m saying don’t buy into the false belief that an employer holds so much power over you and can give or take away your value. You have value always…ALWAYS!
The thing is, this isn’t just true with “job security”…it’s true with relationships of all kinds. It’s true in any situation where at some level you’re believing that something or some person has your “pot of gold” and if they take it away, somehow you won’t be as valuable, that your life won’t work without it/them.
It happens any time you give away your power, anytime you are in a “please pick me” kinda place and you aren’t being totally true to you or you see them as “better” than you. What I want you to know is that you always have your pot of gold…you always have value and worth and gifts to share. You were born to shine. Don’t buy into the lie that your brightness depends on “the other”. It does not. This will only keep you stuck, and keep you feeling dependent.
The truth is goodbyes, breakups, lay-offs, and endings can be a painful and a fearful time. Those feelings are normal. Grief, anger, confusion…all normal. But knowing that as you say goodbye you are leaving with your value, your gifts, your passion, your unique qualities, your heart and soul, your WORTH…well, then you know that the party we call Life didn’t stop. A new, amazing journey is coming your way and you, my friend, can hold your head up high through all of that.
(Written by me to you…inspired by a beautiful soul who just lost her job…I know how it feels and you will come out on top!)
Have a thought, comment about this? Let me know below!
xoxo,
