Strutt Your Stuff Ladies!

How many times in any given day are we literally bombard by TV, radio, magazines or any form of advertising telling us and showing us how women are supposed to look. 9 times out of 10 this is an unrealistic image of how a woman’s body is supposed to be.

Of course when you’re 13 years old you are young and vulnerable and still trying to distinguish reality from nonsense. How is a young girl expected to grow up feeling happy and healthy towards her body? Is it any wonder health issues such as anorexia are prevalent throughout developed countries. We are constantly fed the garbage that thinner is better on so many levels! No wonder it is sometimes taken to the extreme.

Somehow, somewhere while we are constantly being spoon feed on a daily basis that we arent thin enough, that our waist needs to be smaller, our thighs are too big, our breasts are too small, we actually have to try to come to terms with, and love the body we have. Somehow we have to filter the information we receive every day. We must change our thinking and perhaps do a lot of self talk in order to remind ourselves that we are perfect just as we are right now. For we are perfect right now, it isnt that we wil be perfect sometime in the future when we have lost weight, if we wait to attain our perfect life we will miss the perfect life we have right now.

Every woman in every magazine you have ever looked at has imperfections. They have been airbrusheed and touched up to appear thinner and blemish free. When you are out with friends try to keep the negative talk at bay. Generally we as women when we get together tend to focus on our weight and what is wrong with us. Try instead to focus on the wonderful friendship you all have and talk and laugh about the great things life has to offer. That way we as women, teach our daughters healthy attitudes towards their bodies.

Now hang on a minute. Let’s just actually stop for a moment and really think about this. A woman’s body can create life and give birth to another human being. A woman’s body can also provide nourishment and sustenance to an infant. A woman’s body should be honored, treasured and respected for the marvellous vessel that it is!

I tell you ladies, no matter how thin you are, I doubt you will ever look in the mirror and say “I’m so happy with the way I look” but as my daughter once said to me “Mum you will never be this beautiful in your life again, so go out there and flaunt what you have!”

So very true, and if we as women could forget about our perceived flaws for one moment, and get out there and strutt our stuff, we would realize just how sexual our confidence in ourselves is to the opposite sex.

By MaryAnn Roche.

Tags: happiness, Positive Affirmations, Self Esteem and Confidence

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