BETTER BODY LOVE/10-DAY CHALLENGE.
I will be completely honest I feel a little self-absorbed sharing all this Better Body Love for the next 10 days here with all that is going on in our world. But, heck time is on my hands like most of us with our Covid-19 Stay at Home orders in place and actually I feel more strongly than ever that we, who struggle with Body Image need a beautiful boost reminder of Body Positivity right now.
And I found it in @AshleyRoseReeves Free Better Body Love 10-Day Challenge on Instagram. Today’s post is a introduction to it all in hopes that you will join along with me and also a way of letting it Better soak in as I write and share each day.
So, if your not familiar with Ashley Reeves and her Groundbreaking tried and true Better Body Love Method, here’s a mini breakdown.
Ashley is a Body Positivity Advocate, Mother, Entrepreneur, Speaker and Creator of the Self-Guided Audio Better Body Love Program. And she knows what she talking about! This isn’t a Diet or a Meal Plan.
It’s a Honest Method to findIng Love and Care for your Body from the Inside Out.
I initially came across Ashley via her friend Alison Faulkner of The Alison Show. I just loved Ashley’s on-line honesty and energy. Always enjoying her IG posts about Body Acceptance and her super candid sharing of her own struggles with it over the years.
So, when I wrote THIS post in my blog drafts April 10th… I definitely opened a unattended observational can of worms with what I kind of eater that I am. Then even further cemented those worms the following day being a-ha’d (not the band;) by this IG live of Untamed Author Glennon Doyle’s Honesty about truth-love-body. I took pen to paper creating a POST with these questions, Do I Love My Body? Do I Trust My Body?
The answers startled me, for the first time in my life I realized how much I do Love & Trust My Body and how I’ve also spent nearly a lifetime punishing it with awful ingratitude and horrible self-talk.
After answering I honestly sat at my writing kitchen table for it least a hour with all of this… I consider myself a pretty intelligent person and well versed in all Self-Help😂. But how in the heck had this not clicked before, I had made connections (remember Oprah’s Book with Bob Greene in the 90’s?!?) about my emotional eating. But, never how much time I had spent being so Body Hating.
I knew that I needed to keep delving into this and somehow finally rectify this and find a better way. I even prayed about it.
Then the next day this showed up on my Feed:
An invitation that gave me goose bumps and that I couldn’t miss!
So, Monday, April 13th I showed up with many other amazing woman. Taking Notes, Doing the Work and even making this logo for these posts. I do hope Ashley doesn’t mind?!?! 😊.
Have I lost weight? I don’t know and for the first time it’s not all about that. But, my ♥️ is filling with more love and gratitude for this precious body of mine again.
I’m finally not berating myself as much for it’s flaws. I’m walking more purposefully and looking in the mirror with less criticism and more kindness. It’s a darn miracle if you ask me:)
So, tomorrow “self-absorbed” and all 😜. I’m sharing my Day 1’s Notes and thought work from Ashley’s Better Body Love. I truly hope you join along and share it with others as well ♥️. And maybe grab a notebook or journal too.
See you tomorrow!
Love, C.