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Happy #embracethesquish day!!😃🙌🏻 #selflovebootcamp . When was the last time you paused and appreciated your journey and how far you have come? For me the fact that I feel so much more excited and happy about life (some/most days anyway) feels like a really really big think! I'm more able to appreciate the constant challenges and hurdles in my life, knowing deep down that they are making me so much stronger. Even when some days seem much harder, there are still positive aspects in my life that are happening and that I try to focus on. . It's also absolutely okay to just embrace yourself, your body for what it is, right now! Some people might not get that, but that says more about them than you! So as always, be kind & you do you boo!😘 . . YOU ARE ENOUGH, I am enough, WE ARE ENOUGH, just as we are, right here, RIGHT NOW!👊🏻✨💕 Just a picture of one of the most important creatures on this planet!✨🐝 Today's #selflovebootcamp is all about goals. For me having goals has been really important, especially in my recovery. But what my therapist helped me to realise recently was that I put too much pressure on myself to reach all these goals. So now, I'm trying to make sure I don't have toooo many of them. And some of my goals for this week are; -make sure I go outside, every single day, even if it's just to the end of the street. -be more mindful, take more breaks for meditation and mindfulness during my day. And I took this picture while doing those things today. I'm learning to appreciate the beauty all around me. And just trying to make this world feel a little bit safer for me.🙏🏻✨ . What are your goals lovelies?😊😘 Happy #cellulitesaturday lovelies!😃🙌🏻 Reposting this from the wonderful @omgkenzieee and the creator of #selflovebootcamp ! So important!! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 . . STOP JUDGING PEOPLE BY THEIR APPEARANCE. 🙅🚫🙅🚫🙅🚫🙅🚫 APPEARANCES. ARE. HARMLESS. (Cellulite has 0 things to do with health. Ask your doctor if you don't believe me 🙂🙂🙂) Appearances only are given value when we (as observers) give them value. Our judgments are biased from our experiences, culture and society that we've grown up in. Not only do we need to stop apologizing for things that have nothing to do with the content of our character we need to be nicer to our sisters and brothers who get pre judged based on their size, race, sexuality, gender, age or ability. Let's start talking about what we're doing, thinking and saying!!!! 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Start talking about people in a more deep and considerate way. 🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺 . #mentalhealth #loveyourself #loveeachother #staydope Just another picture of my bare face 💁🏻 21st day of #selflovebootcamp is #nomakeup I really don't wear much, if any makeup these days. I've got a super sensitive skin (and everything else lol) And I'm actually allergic to makeup! I used to literally torture myself, trying different brands, wearing makeup anyway, having my face swollen, rash, blisters- not pretty or pleasant! But what I grew up believing was that if you wanted any sort of attention from the opposite sex you needed to make EFFORT (effort meaning; nice makeup, hair, nails etc). I actually realised recently that I had this really fucked up believe that if my mum made more 'effort' with her appearance then my dad wouldn't have been so abusive to her. Seems really stupid now, but it makes me so sad how much I believed that as a little kid. Anyway, I've been relatively lucky to have fairly clean skin, most of the time. So eventually, after so many years of trying to make this makeup thing work for me I decided that I cared more about how I actually feel (& about money, makeups bloody expensive!!)! I'm not gonna lie, it was super hard for me to completely stop wearing it, but slowly I started to embrace my face just as it is and not need makeup to feel/look 'alive'. . Trying to fit societies standards is impossible and actually really not worth it! But I think women do grow up believing that makeup is a necessity in our lives. Like we constantly need to cover up something, be slimmer, be more this, be less that!🙄 & really all we need to do is to take our power back and do whatever we want to and whatever makes us fucking happy! . I think it's important to remember that whether you choose to wear or not wear makeup, ultimately is YOUR choice. You are worthy and beautiful regardless!👊🏻😊💖 . WE ARE ENOUGH, just as we are, right NOW!😘. . Ps. Please, don't offer me advice/suggest brands for more sensitive skins (that seems to be the first thing people wanna do as soon as I say that my face doesn't agree with makeup). I'm honestly not interested in that anymore, if I ever will be, I'm sure I'll manage to find something or ask you guys for your advice😊 Nudity empowers some. Modesty empowers some. And that's OKAY. Please, let people express themselves however they choose to. Also, what someone chooses to do with their body or with anything is THEIR decision. Be respectful. . People might not always understand or get you, but just do you boo and be nice😘✨ . 📷: @melodieperrault Day 19 of #selflovebootcamp is a fave body part. For me that has changed throughout the years and mostly it felt very toxic. When I had a fave part of my body, I really depended on that one feature and the rest of my body I disliked, hated so much. So what's changed now? I don't despite my body anymore! Woo!😃🙌🏻 I think my fave part is my smile. Simply because I appreciate to have so many reasons to actually smile about. To be able to recognise the positive things in my life & not let the cloud of depression cover those things! . But at the end of the day, our whole bodies deserve to be equally appreciated. Our bodies deserve equal love and care. Our bodies are our vehicles, our homes for our wonderful souls. They keep us alive. & they really, really, really deserve our love! . Please, in the comments below list 5 things that you love about yourself (if you can't think of 5 that's okay, you'll get there one day! But at least list 1 thing☺) What I love about myself is -my mostly positive outlook on my life and on things, -being able to embrace myself for who I am, just as I am!, -my determination to get better, to strive and to recover, -being able to embrace my body, just as it is, -how far I have already come and all the things I've already achieved! Now your turn!😊😘 . . I would also like to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU for all the positive feedback I've been getting from all of you who listened to my interview on @bbcwomanshour (if you haven't, it was recorded & you can find it on their website☺, my interview starts about 27mins in)& I'm still doing a takeover on their IG account & I reallly appreciate alllll your love and support you leave on there!!🙊😭 #geninstatakeover I've been so overwhelmed with alll your kindness recently and I just want you to know that I appreciate it so so so so much!! It really means the world to me! And it proves my point that I was making on the BBC Woman's Hour today, Instagram can be such a wonderful platform and I'm so thankful to be on here. Thank you, for letting me express myself. Thank you for all the support. Thank you for being so open minded and allowing me to share & hopefully help others through my story.💖💖💖

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