Growing up when I moved to the states from Germany at the age of 7 I had short hair, was very boy like, and loved to play sports, although I did have my Barbies too! 😜
I was teased in elementary school for going through puberty faster than any of the other girls, growing armpit hair in 2nd grade, breasts started developing in 3rd, and I got my period at 9! 😳
Thankfully I stood up to kids and didn’t really get bullied, but did get called “I ran to Moscow” since I am Persian (I-ran) and they thought my name was Russian… 😒
I don’t remember those comments bothering me much since I did stand up for myself, but something changed the following years in high school where I was picked on for having hairy arms, which I don’t even have… 🤷🏻♀️
And even worse, being called thunder thighs! 😳
Similar to probably 90% of other women that aren’t airbrushed or filtered in magazines & social media, I have cellulite on my thighs and yes this had become a sensitive topic for me to the point that I began hiding my thighs! 😱
ALL because an ex found this insecurity of mine and would poke at me just to crush my confidence because he was so insecure himself, which he finally admitted to when I ended the relationship for good btw. 🙃
And of course with one insecurity comes more, so then I became sensitive to pimples and more so my freckles, especially since most Persians don’t have them and people would always make comments. 🤦🏻♀️
So I would hide my face most of the time whether with my long hair or would cake on thick foundation! 🙈
Over the last 20+ years I’ve done a TON of work on myself to create SELF LOVE and feel secure NO MATTER how I look externally! 🥰
And the work still continues, because we ALL have insecurities of some kind…
Ever since brain surgery, I’ve noticed that my right eye is smaller than my left, especially when I smile. 👁
And even more recently, since our fertility journey I haven’t been detoxing / intermittent fasting as much & emotional / comfort eating more than usual, so yes I’ve gained some weight. 🤷🏻♀️
Although I notice the old “PERFECTIONIST” ego part of me (Ursula as I call her 🐙) starts to whisper at times and I have to put her in check and send her to the back seat, shifting my focus to SELF LOVE! 💁🏻♀️
Posting these pictures with NO FILTER are a bit uncomfortable, AND I wanted to be RAW in owning my insecurities! 🦸🏻♀️
Our physical body is such a small piece of us and NO, it is never going to be PERFECT! 🙅🏻♀️
Our Soul, our Higher Self on the other hand, is exactly that:
💖 Whole
💖 Complete
💖 PERFECT!
What part of YOU do you criticize?👇🏼
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