I try my best to remind you this often - it’s OKAY to hurt, to cry, to breakdown, and to not have it all figured out. And if your life doesn’t look like the lollipops and rainbows you see everyday on social media, I hope you can remind yourself that NEITHER does there’s! To understand light, we must know darkness. To appreciate the mountain tops, we must travel the valleys. To know love, we must understand the absence of it. Pain is a divine teacher. Resist the constant temptation to run from it. When it comes, and it will - that’s life, be with it. Be gentle with it. Listen to what’s it teaching, process it, and grow from it. No emotion lasts forever, remember that. But running from emotion that comes perpetuates the cycles of anxiety. When you feel an uncomfortable emotion, instead of judging it or running from it, try this next time. 1. Pause and sit with it 2. Notice where in your body you feel it 3. Identify the physical sensations associated with it 4. Place your hand on where you feel it and then 5. Close your eyes and take 10 deep breathes 6. Ask the emotion why its there and what it may need -whatever comes up, don’t judge it 7. In your adult wisdom, speak back to it and comfort it 8. Then identify one thing you can do that is positive & productive If you try this next time, let me know if it helps you process and move through uncomfortable emotions more productively. If you want to feel better, you have to be willing to feel more and be a better feeler 🤍 
My friend and therapist @therapywithcaitlin says that boundaries are not about pushing someone away but rather they are invitation to healthy connection. However, healthy connection can only happen between two healthy individuals. A toxic person will likely not accept your boundaries and if that is the case, let em go sis! Originally saw this quote re-posted from @werenotreallystrangers - if you don’t have the game, I highly recommend it for relationship building. If you know who said the quote, please tag them so I can give credit ♥️ 
$2,815 - YOU GUYS DID THAT! I’m deeply deeply touched by this community and your generosity. Your hearts to shower another person, a stranger no less, in love and hope has moved me in a way I wasn’t really expecting. We are headed to the restaurant now to bless a server/waitstaff with a $3,000 tip! We rounded up ☺️ When I originally saw the Venmo challenge when @alyssajoygreene did it with her community I had no idea it would move me so deeply. But here we are, as a community, pouring out love in a year where love and hope are needed, desperately. All I can say is thank you for being the best part of the internet. ♥️♥️ And for those who may have no idea what’s going on, the Venmo Server Tip Challenge is where you share your Venmo account with others and try to raise money to then take to a restaurant and bless the server / restaurant staff with a generous tip - a way to support your community and help those who have likely been affected a lot by the pandemic. Although super nervous, I felt called to use my platform to do this and together we have raised $3,000! I’m shook! Let’s go make someone’s day! 
Newsflash: cellulite occurs in thin women too! And if you’re struggling with feeling insecure because of your cellulite here are a few things I hope will help make you feel better: 98% of women have it! It has very little to do with body fat percentage and a person’s size, and everything to do with genetics. Even at my very thinnest weight, when I was emaciated before my bikini competitions, I STILL HAD CELLULITE. It is NOT a disorder, disease, or something that needs to be fixed. It’s entirely normal. Women of all sizes have it. And according to research, there is no clear evidence that suggests any cellulite “treatments” or creams effectively eliminate it. The diet and beauty industry demonize it in order to create enough insecurity in us that will pull out our wallet and BUY their proposed (BS) solutions. IT’S A SCAM. Don’t let them bully you into believing less of yourself because you you got it. You are so much more than your body, embrace it. #celluLIT 
its the naked hip thrusting sculpture for me 🙃🙃 
One time a wise mentor once told me guilt is selfish because it keeps you focused on yourself...oufff. When it comes to what we eat, guilt is useless and actually perpetuates what we’re usually trying to stop - binge and overeating. We think we’re worthy of it because we’ve engaged in behaviors we wish we didn’t, however if it’s true that it’s selfish AND it creates more internal pressure that propels us to eventually eat more...it is, as I said, useless. It creates more of the very thing we’re trying to stop. So what’s the alternative? Radical self-compassion + education in mental reprogramming. You’re not broken, you’re not weak-willed, you don’t necessarily lack discipline, you are however, if you struggle with binge and overeating, mentally programmed for those behaviors. And you got there through repetitive action. In order to reprogram the brain and how you function with food it’s a process of habituation - utilizing mental reprogramming tools repeatedly until you’ve trained the brain to behave differently. ✔️So let go of the guilt - it’s useless. ✔️Embrace self-compassion - after all you didn’t choose to struggle with food. ✔️And begin learning mental reprogramming tools & techniques. The Dear Body Podcast (found on all platforms) and The Food Freedom Online Program (link in bio) are great places to start ✨ - Post inspired by @soheefit - she did something similar with a donut and I thought this needs to be echoed on Thanksgiving!