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You're Beautiful. So, Embrace It! How to Avoid Body Shaming Yourself
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Shellie Reneé
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If you’re reading this article, there’s a chance that you’re struggling with your own body image. Don’t feel bad about that. At all. We all do from time to time. Why? Because far too often we fall for the hype-in-the-form-of-a-lie that unless we’re a certain size or we look a particular way that we’re not beautiful.

Nothing could be further from the truth! The definition of beautiful is not that you wear a size 6 and are shaped like a Barbie doll. When you’re beautiful, you’re delightful. When you’re beautiful, you’re “pleasing to the senses” (all five of ‘em). When you’re beautiful, you’re a wonderful human being.

And that? That comes in all shapes and sizes. Beauty follows no rules. It doesn’t have to.

That’s why we want to do all that we can to get you to look at yourself in the mirror and fall in love with what you see every single day of your life. It might sound impossible, but we promise you it’s not. Put these things into practice and watch how good you’ll get at ignoring the body shamers and embracing your own flyness.

About Shellie Reneé

Just a woman who digs all things relationships. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, that is. I've been writing (professionally) for close to 20 years, including having two books published. I'm also a marriage life coach and doula. Sometimes I speak to large audiences or do radio interviews, but usually I'm sitting in my favorite chair, surfin' the 'net and penning stuff that I wish I had read in my early 20s.

Listen, I don't have all the answers, not by a LOOOOONG shot. But whatever I can do to spare folks any heartbreak, bitterness or straight-up drama, I'll devote some keystrokes to doing. 

That's it...in a nutshell. For the most part. Kinda. ;)

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