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Social media is NOT real life.
With face filters, airbrushing, body slimming editors, object removers, dopamine triggers, and more, social platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter & TikTok HAVE US HOOKED.
Most people don't realize the actual harm social media has on our mind, personal beliefs & life overall.
In this episode, I dive deep into this wild "social dilemma" & discuss how in many ways we can no longer differentiate what's reality & what’s fake.
We go out of our way to make our surroundings look perfect by moving clothes, shifting dishes & changing things around our "normal" environment to make a picture or video “look nice” or rather, "perfect" in order to share & post.
We are exposed to hundreds of filters that change our faces by making our noses smaller, eyes & lips bigger, cheekbones higher & skin perfect & clearer.
We see things like waist trainers & skinny teas marketed by uneducated "Fitspos" influencing us to "change" our bodies into more attractive, slim, socially-approved ones. All rooting from the "big guys" that created these made-up ideals & use it against us to sell the products that will "fix" our "imperfections". They make millions off of our lowered self-esteem.
Social media teaches us everything EXCEPT that body fat is NORMAL, cellulite is NORMAL, skin “blemishes” are NORMAL, skin rolls are NORMAL, having a bad day is NORMAL, feeling sad or disappointed is NORMAL & more.
We find ourselves comparing our lives to other women & people we see on our feeds. We compare our looks, our bodies, our fitness level, our abilities, our homes, our jobs, our family dynamic, our worth & more.. We feel behind & not good enough all because we are scrolling mindlessly & getting stuck on pages belonging to people we don't even know, envying their lives (or rather, their photo galleries).
We pressure ourselves to be like the millionaire celebrities & influencers we see online.
We are manipulated through these "free" social platforms. When in fact, social media is NOT FREE by any means. Instagram, Facebook & all the others use US, the users, to make money with targeted marketing, advertisements & ever-changing algorithms. They manipulate our psychology with select human-geniuses that are behind the scenes pulling all the strings.
Millions of people around the world are addicted to their cell phones & social apps. Every notification, direct message, alert, like, comment & tag is a dopamine hit (feel-good chemical), making it all highly addictive.
In addition to the negative impact social media has on all of us, in this episode I share how I leverage these platforms & use them as tools to make a larger, more positive impact. I know that I can reach more women online than I ever could in-person. So why not make it work for me? For us?
I'm here to remind you that Instagram is NOT reality.
It shows the best-looking millisecond of a moment in a photo square.
Build awareness.
Practice unplugging from your phone.
UNFOLLOW the accounts that trigger you to compare yourself & feel disempowered.
Don't let yourself be manipulated by the marketing coming from the not-so-free app you've downloaded.
Use your platforms to inspire, empower & love on the world.
I invite you to also make time to watch the documentary called, The Social Dilemma (on Netflix).
