Website design By BotEap.comThe unrelenting pressure to be thin: the portrayal of emaciated women airbrushed as desirable or successful. Many women are convinced that being slim will bring maximum happiness. Spend waking moments examining your body first thing when you go to the bathroom in the morning. Possibly stepping on the scale to challenge or confirm what you just saw in the mirror. Your “thinness” can be the determining factor in your mood, actions and interactions of the day.

Website design By BotEap.comNot weighing the exact magic number or not liking your physical appearance can make you feel sad, uncomfortable, self-conscious, and even fearful. But the belief that being thin and losing those extra pounds will give you a magical new life as a woman, prevents you from living now, today, in this moment. You can spend so much time criticizing yourself and imagining how skinny you should be that even those close to you start to miss out on really being with you. Even if and when you lose those few pounds, it’s easy to want something else or to want more, to be thinner. Then the obsession shifts to what you’ll have to do to stay slim. Is it really enough? Will you ever be skinny enough? Are you willing to let life pass you by and allow your preoccupation with how you perceive your body to occupy your valuable time? This constant striving for perfection can prevent you from truly discovering what really brings you happiness and peace of mind.

Website design By BotEap.comToday, just for a moment, practice taking a deep breath, breathing in life and freedom, and breathing out self-criticism and self-criticism. Think of a place that brings you joy, a relationship that makes you smile. You deserve it and so do those who love you. Practicing this on a daily basis will provide the best chance for maximum happiness, which is far greater than being skinny enough today.