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February 5, 2019 Erica EasonLeave a comment

"Well, if you hadn't been such a fuck up, your life wouldn't be this way now." "I really think you should stop writing about your personal life on the internet." "Why would you change your hair?" "You shouldn't be dating as a mom." "If you lose weight, you will find a husband more easily." "Don't… Continue reading Incapable of Support

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“I wish I could be as confident as you” First of all, why can’t you? Second of all, what are you afraid of? Step 1. Let go of what you think is the only type of beautiful. The thin, the quiet, the minimized woman that you think you should be. There are so many types of beauty and yours is so unique. Frankly, the feature you dislike the most is probably what people like most about you. You are special. Step 2. Do the thing that scares you. Wear the bikini, buy the tighter leggings, get the pretty lingerie that you believe doesn’t come in your size. Step 3. Own your body. Explore your body. Do what makes you feel good and not what you think pleases men. Step 4. You’re cured. There is no step 4. Go out and love yourself! The undies are @somaintimates in boyshort. #selflovejourney #selfworth #bodyconfidence #selflovetips #bodypositivity #bopo #plussizelove #ichooseme #bodypostive #selflovecoach

Find your voice and you’ll find your confidence. Everyone has a story to tell and everyone has a talent to share with the world. I found my voice through storytelling. First through a storytelling non-profit @TheMonti and then on a blog and then on Instagram. I have found that when I am the most vulnerable, I am the most confident. Who would benefit from you sharing your story? You would, and a ton of other people would as well. Truth: storytelling is about vulnerability and evoking emotion from your audience, but it is a reciprocal relationship that you ultimately give yourself.⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ What holds you back from sharing your story? Tag a friend that a deeply moving story to tell about mental health, body positivity or self love!⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ #Ichooseme #selfloveadvocate #selflovefirst #everybodyisbeautiful #findyourconfidence #selflovewarrior #storytelling #worthy #useyourvoice #selfworth #storytelling #writingcommunity #choosingjoy

What are the lies you tell yourself? What is the most horrible thing you believe about yourself? What do you constantly tell yourself you aren’t good at? • • • What if you changed the conversation in your head? What if you only talked to yourself kindly? • • • Side note, Big Little Lies is the first Passionate Direction Creepy Af Book Club Pick! You asked, you receive! Read along with me if you’d like! • • • #ptsdawareness #ptsdrecovery #ptsd #anxiety #positiveselftalk #selftalkmatters #selflove #selflovethread #selflovery #selfcarethreads #selfcarefirst #selfcareaccount #selfcarecoach #bpd #bipolar #depression #panicdisorder #thrillers #bookclub #bookclubs #bloggerlife #bookshelf

“The thing is, when you have PTSD getting over something isn’t as simple as just forgetting it happened or talking through it. There are physical, emotional and mental symptoms of PTSD that carry through and infiltrate your life. When I have a panic attack because I see my ex in a bar and his brother is telling me he is upstairs dancing with some girl, it isn’t because I want to feel this way.” Full blog through the link in my bio! • • • What’s part of the PTSD that is the worst for you? How do you find hope for the future of your health with this condition? • • • • #ptsd #ptsdawareness #ptsdrecovery #ptsdquotes #ptsdsurvivor #ptsdsucks #ptsdwarrior #ptsdsupport #ptsdtherapy #complexptsd #traumarecovery #traumainformed #trauma

Sure, I could have used an editing app to erase these blemishes from my chest but what would have been the point? I’m not influencing to sell a perfect life. I’m aiming to influence you to be perfectly fine with your imperfect life. I just got a message from a man asking “why my boob skin was so red” 🤨 like cmon.. pimples occur everywhere. I guess I’m just a dirty woman and don’t shower enough.. WHO KNOWS! • • I don’t cover up my flaws because I want flaws to be more accepted in society. I want someone to feel like they can wear shorts and not worry about their dimpled thighs. I want women to feel confident when having sex with the lights on. I want women to feel like they’re great regardless of their relationship validation because ultimately I’m trying to do the same thing. • • So I ask you, what are you influencing? Are you influencing for the good of people or are selling perfect lives? • • • • #selflove #selfcare #selfcaresunday #imperfect #blemishes #flawsarebeautiful #embraceyourself #selflovecoach #selfconfidence #womensupportwomen #influencer #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthwarrior #mentalhealthwarrior

I think it’s actually when I feel vulnerable is when I feel the most beautiful. My rolls, my blemishes, my wet hair.. my.. dare I say FUPA? Sure I may look “unfinished” but bodies aren’t a project. Bodies are something to cherish and celebrate at whatever stage you’re in. I feel physically beautiful when I’m being both physically vulnerable and emotionally vulnerable. • • • I don’t need a man to tell me I’m beautiful. I don’t need a man to tell me I’m emotionally strong. I just frankly don’t need a man.. I can change my own light bulbs, I can move things around and I can google shit but not only that, I can supply a lot of self love to myself and take time to get to know myself even deeper. I am not a man hater but I’m for sure not a man lover. I’m somewhere in between and mostly just like “I wanna be alone” It’s incredibly hard to not succumb to old habits of craving validation but I promise you, I’m 100% better at this now then I was a year ago. Rejection of any sort, not being someone’s type, being told to lose weight by a boyfriend or having someone you dated for 6 months tell you they aren’t in love with you would have hurt me in the past and now my thought process is “your preferences have nothing to do with me, I’m still whole.” • • • What about you? What makes you feel the most beautiful? How do you handle rejection or perceived rejections? • • • #womensupportwomen #selfcaredaily #fuckdietculture #womenempowerment #edrecovery #nourishnotpunish #vulnerability #vulnerabilityisstrength #cbt #therapyiscool #bodypositivemovement #emotionalhealing #emotionregulation #dbt #ptsdawareness #ptsdrecovery #panicdisorder #anxietyrelief

“You put pictures of yourself in your underwear on Instagram?!” I had a family member day recently. They couldn’t wrap their head around that bodies are not innately sexual. I’m celebrating my body so that other women feel beautiful and worthy. I’ve said it before but I don’t value modesty, I don’t value it in the way I dress or the way I speak. I totally respect people that do, I just don’t. I’m a free spirit and it makes me feel good to be vulnerable af. This being said, for some reason I still want everyone to agree with what I’m doing but I know that will never happen. Some people don’t see the value and will continue to only see this as sexual but that just shouldn’t be my issue. • • • Bra and underwear are @somaintimates shown in 34DD and medium • • #womensupportwomen #fuckdietculture #selfcaredaily #selfcarecoach #selfcaresunday #postpartumbody #plussizelingerie #stretchmarks #stretchmarksarebeautiful #soma #lingerieaddict #nourishnotpunish #edrecovery #depressionhelp #mentalhealthawareness #confidenceissexy #bodypositive #bodypos #bodypositivity #bodypositivemovement #bopo

How many times a day do you readjust your clothes to make your tummy less noticeable? How often are you buying clothes to hide parts of yourself? How many times do you sit differently to minimize yourself? • • • Would you feel more free if you let it go? Would you have more time for other thoughts if you weren’t consumed with your “flaws?” • • • • • #nourishnotpunish #mentalhealthsupport #edrecovery #traumarecovery #fuckdietculture #womensupportwomen #dietculture #selflovery #selflovefirst #selfcaredaily #anxietyhelp #depressionhelp #nourishyourself #plussizebeauties

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