Have you ever compared yourself to someone else's appearance? Maybe been made fun of because you appeared a certain way, felt left out because didn't wear a certain brand of clothing or just had a overall different body type? I think most of us have felt different then someone else before. It's natural for our minds to ask the question, why don't we look like him or her? I truly believe society and social media has created an expectation of everyone looking a certain way. But I want to help you break free of body image expectations. Here are a few ways I have worked through my own body image issues. #1 - Remember 99% of the time what we worry about isn't actually something that will happen. So for example if you worry about not looking a certain way your friends won't accept you. This is a lie our minds tell ourselves so we try and fit in. But in reality I think if we showed up as we feel our most comfortable selves our true loved ones will accept us as we are. So I encourage to stop worrying about what others think and start stepping into your power of who you were made to be! #2 - You are not given vision in your life and then to go out and live it by other people's expectations. Even if that is around your body! I can't even express how crazy it is that we live our lives based around what other people think or expect from us. We weren't given this gut feeling or vision in our lives to just be puppets. We need to put other people's ideas of us aside and start showing up in our lives each day with doing the things we want, that bring us joy. Not live life the way others think we should based on how we appear. So stop working at a job you don't like just because you make xyz and you need that money to wear certain brands of cloths or to pay an expensive trainer to look a certain way. If you are living a certain way that isn't bringing you a ton of joy - then friend that isn't living and you aren't doing yourself any favors. Stop shaming yourself for wanting something different or worrying about what others will think of you for living life the way you want! The point is everyone is different. Everyone will look different, everyone has different bodies, everyone has different roles in this universe. We all need different bodies. #3 - Along the way there are going to be hard conversations around your body, people who are going to get under your skin, comments that are hurtful, society pushing certain image agenda's. But we were given the gift of learning & evolving. We have the ability to recognize when information is just that and we can take it if it serves us or leave it if it doesn't. We can be respectful and kind but we no longer need to hold onto & live by other people's expectations PERIOD. So I say ditch the expectations of others and start living in your truth. Living the way that you feel most comfortable and remind yourself you are beautifully & uniquely made! WAYS WE CAN CONNECT! Come say hi & hang out with on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kat.atkings/ Or come say hi over on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kat.Atkings