Accepting Yourself Fully is the Real Glow Up

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Accepting yourself fully is the REAL glow up…
The world got us out here believing that a glow up is some major transformation in our careers, our appearance, our finances, etc. – you know, all the tangible stuff, but contrary to what they have led us to believe, the real glow up is internal.
But what does it really mean to accept yourself? What does it mean to embrace the totallity of who you are? I’m glad you asked. Accepting yourself is about loving all of you right where you are. It’s checking the judgment at the door and knowing that your worthiness or your ability to attract love and affection has nothing to do with your appearance, you career, your relationship or social status.
Accepting yourself fully is knowing that your value is separtate from how you look, what you do, or what happened to you. It’s know your mistakes, imperctions and flaws don’t define you.
In today’s episode of the Shades of Strong Podcast, Dr. Cassandre Dunbar encourages us to stop waiting to morph into some perfect version of ourselves, but instead deliberately and intentioanlly embrace who we are in present day life by letting go of society’s expectations of who we should be.
A few things Cassandre shared during our conversation:
- How giving birth to her son helped her to embrace and fully love herself
- What it was like existing in a world where she was not comfortable in her own skin
- Working through the trauma of not being enough and learning to take up space
- Recognizing and effectively processing her triggers when the feelings of not being enough rise up