20-Love Yourself Through Gratitude With My Daughter Brittney

<p>• The thing that I do is remind myself of what we are saying, but we are so much more than the outside, so we are our bones, we are our heart, our digestive system, our lungs, our skin, we are everything. We're not just what we look like on the outside and how we look at photos, and I think a lot of times we focus to all the imperfections, like, Oh, for me, I think my shoulders are abroad or for other people, they're too short, too tall, too big too small, and we're always focusing on that and we're forgetting how much is going on inside our bodies and how hard our bodies are working to keep us alive and to keep us healthy. (6:29)</p><p>• I think what has a really big impact in the movies is, men are super big and buff and strong, and the women are really petite, curvy and beautiful. And I think we grow up with that in media. So Mom, you didn't have social media, but you had movies and TV, so you're seeing these people and you're like, that is what I'm suppose to look like, I'm supposed to have clear skin, perfectly curled hair and have muscles and be strong and six foot two as a guy, but that's not the case at all. (8:45)</p><p>• I know one thing that my friend actually said to me, we were kinda joking about that roll, I guess, when you sit down and your stomach, it's all bunched up, but she mentioned how it's important to appreciate those. And I was like, Why? Why would I appreciate that? And she's like, Well, your body's story, and your body doesn't know any better, you know it's taking in food, it's storing it to protect you, it's taking care of you, so I think we just forget that all of these things that we sometimes don't like about ourselves. Our body's just doing the best it can, and so, yeah, once again, turning that like... Okay, thank you body. Thank you for taking care of me. I don't need this, you can let go, but also thank you, thank you for keeping the storage to protect me. (10:45)</p><p>• I have people that I know that almost use working out as a punishment. Yeah, and it's kind of sad to see b