EP. 290- Becoming beautiful to YOU {40th Birthday Reflections}

I recently turned 40. Historically speaking, my birthday is always a time of reflection. This year as I entered my 40's - the birthday reflections were on STEROIDS. In the midst of ALLLL my reflecting, there was a very specific and VERY POWERFUL message just for YOU. For decades of my life... I was too afraid to be FULLY myself. I would do anything (and eat anything!) as long as I would go unnoticed. I would camouflage to anyone's liking. Modify myself to fit the 'part' or fit in. ESPECIALLY when it came to food and weight. People's opinions and 'rule following' were my prison. I stifled myself to try to fit into the 'acceptable' boxes I believed I was supposed to fit nicely into... AND because I felt inherently flawed - emotionally eating at the end of the day (in those moments when I was finally by myself) felt like my ONLY escape. NOW... I make the decisions based on what I want for my life (*MY VISION) and what I KNOW works for ME (*True Choice) I love being me. ALL of me. So there's no need to emotionally eat about this, because I am living the life I want to live and being who I want to be. I'm a thought leader. A trailblazer. I'll go first. I'll be different. I'm not afraid to be seen and noticed. AND I refuse to shove any part of me that I LOVE (and have intentionally become) into a box for anybody. NOBODY. There's no price I wouldn't pay for THIS level of confidence and freedom that I get to live my life with NOW. HERE'S WHY THIS MATTERS FOR YOU & YOUR GOALS: So many of you are... Afraid to lose weight if you want to, because of what other people might think. Hesitant, ashamed, embarrassed, or even nervous to claim that weight loss is something you want (*especially the very specific goal that you have in mind for yourself, even though it's really important to you and you think about it all the time) Playing down the goals that are MOST important to you (weight related or not) even though YOU KNOW it’s exactly what you want. Feel paralyzed about saying 'no' to things --> and then say 'yes' to these same things purely out of obligation. Even at your own expense. Not OWNING WHO YOU ARE and WANT YOU WANT (*literally) gets in the way of YOU LIVING THE LIFE YOU WANT.Centering someone else's opinion about you more than YOUR OWN OPINION ABOUT YOU will always keep you from SHOWING UP -  ALL OUT - to create the life you want.You're not gonna wanna miss this one.{added note: there's something a bit cosmic + magical about the words I have for you in this particular episode. A gift. And I hope it stokes a flame in your soul for what REALLY IS POSSIBLE}Make sure to listen to my birthday podcast. Click here to listen now.