How To Fight Body Shaming And Accept The Skin You're In

Learning To Love Yourself

The road to increasing your self-esteem and creating a more positive body image starts with you. Body positivity is more of a mental state rather than just a physical one. Before you can change the way you physically look (if you want to), you have to change your thought process and learn to accept and embrace every little imperfection, because let's face the cold, hard truth: nobody is perfect, and that’s okay! Whether you're tall, short, thin, curvy, your hair is crazy curly or stick straight; you should embrace what you have and learn to love it. Yes, this is easier said than done, but if you want to start a new fitness regime, eat healthier, change the texture of your hair, or try different makeup you should be doing it because you want to-not because society and social media dictates you to do so!

It's about being able to look yourself and your body in the mirror and feel happy and proud of who you are and the work you are or are not putting in. You also need to accept and allow yourself to not feel okay some days, as it is a normal emotion to feel, and by covering it up and pretending you're okay, will not benefit you in the long run. Lastly, realize the ideal standards of beauty are not ideal at all and almost impossible to achieve, and the ‘perfect body,’ does not exist as beauty is subjective and means something different to everyone. What is ‘perfect’ and achievable is finding harmony between your lifestyle and your physical body. Most importantly, stop comparing yourself to others. It’s your life, therefore you should live it for you!