View this post on Instagram 2009 - 2019 —> Looking back on this 10-year old photo on the left brings tears to my eyes, because while I appeared enviably thin to others, I was absolutely miserable in my skinny body. Shame followed me around daily, I was unbearably disordered in my eating & exercise, and my reflection was regularly filled with images of much larger versions of myself. In ten years' time, I've grown into the exact kind of body I used to see in the mirror & cringe at. I've become the very size I've always feared. Except there's one huge difference. I feel absolutely fearless in this body of mine now. ???? Body acceptance & self-love can seem so damn complicated, but it's actually very simple. Show up for yourself every day. Be willing to change your body image story. Cultivate endless compassion for yourself. And pull apart every single debilitating belief that society & others have conditioned you to hold dear. Of course typing all of this up and ACTIVELY LEANING INTO IT is a whole different story. Practicing self-love is honestly hard fucking work. I know - I've been doing it consistently for over two years. But I assure you - there is freedom like you've NEVER known on the other side of this journey. I am living proof that if you can just get a little bit curious about WHY you've really hated yourself for so long, you'll find the power to fall in love with the physical home you live in. You'll find the healing to embrace every part of you that feels broken. And you'll find the strength to CHOOSE for YOURSELF what you want to believe. Don't let diet culture, impossible beauty standards, past traumas, and lifelong shame dictate how you operate any longer. Today, consider taking the leap into an unknown that just may lead you to the deepest kind of love you've ever known. ???????? #10yearchallenge A post shared by Lindsay Wolf (@thelindsaywolf) on Dec 11, 2019 at 9:45am PST
2009 - 2019 —> Looking back on this 10-year old photo on the left brings tears to my eyes, because while I appeared enviably thin to others, I was absolutely miserable in my skinny body. Shame followed me around daily, I was unbearably disordered in my eating & exercise, and my reflection was regularly filled with images of much larger versions of myself. In ten years' time, I've grown into the exact kind of body I used to see in the mirror & cringe at. I've become the very size I've always feared. Except there's one huge difference. I feel absolutely fearless in this body of mine now. ???? Body acceptance & self-love can seem so damn complicated, but it's actually very simple. Show up for yourself every day. Be willing to change your body image story. Cultivate endless compassion for yourself. And pull apart every single debilitating belief that society & others have conditioned you to hold dear. Of course typing all of this up and ACTIVELY LEANING INTO IT is a whole different story. Practicing self-love is honestly hard fucking work. I know - I've been doing it consistently for over two years. But I assure you - there is freedom like you've NEVER known on the other side of this journey. I am living proof that if you can just get a little bit curious about WHY you've really hated yourself for so long, you'll find the power to fall in love with the physical home you live in. You'll find the healing to embrace every part of you that feels broken. And you'll find the strength to CHOOSE for YOURSELF what you want to believe. Don't let diet culture, impossible beauty standards, past traumas, and lifelong shame dictate how you operate any longer. Today, consider taking the leap into an unknown that just may lead you to the deepest kind of love you've ever known. ???????? #10yearchallenge
A post shared by Lindsay Wolf (@thelindsaywolf) on Dec 11, 2019 at 9:45am PST