I usually do not share videos on my blog, but it would be criminal to not share this. This video will resonate with most women, I guess! Women like you and me, perhaps, who look into the mirror daily and spot the various areas of our bodies that are imperfect and needs to be ‘fixed’!
If you were asked to describe your body in a word or a sentence, what would your answer be? Go on, tell me, what was the first thing that came to your mind? I am pretty sure it was not something positive. It wasn’t for me either! Chances are that you thought about what you could change about your body. I am guilty of that too, I look in the mirror everyday and think of all that I can change about my body, wishing I could become a little thinner, and maybe even taller! What must these thoughts/wishes be doing to my self esteem? Certainly not building it! If I am incapable of loving myself for who I am then how am I going to teach my child to love himself?
This video was definitely an eye opener for me, I hope it is for you too, especially if you are one of those women who are highly self critical! After watching this video, here’s what I think we should take away from it – So long as you are eating healthy and living an active lifestyle, you do not need to worry about the imperfections of your body.
Your body is a part of you, it is what makes you, it is your identity. Let’s learn to be proud of that!
I def have very negative views of my body, to the point that I dont date
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I’m so sorry to hear that. I was like that until a few years back. Then I learned that if I don’t love my body nobody else will either. I started respecting it for everything it went through to sustain me and I started seeing myself in a new light. I hope you can too. I’m here if you want to talk more.
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You are righg. I really need to learn to love myself but where do I even start?
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The first step is to accept that who you are or your body is, is special not something to be ashamed about. Accept yourself wholeheartedly and then start caring for yourself by doing the things that make you happy.
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Got teary-eyed because it is so inspirational! I am all about this movement:) Thank you for sharing such an amazing video!
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It is a truly inspirational video, I hope the awareness reaches many more women and men who need this.
Thank you, Nena 🙂
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Fashion society plays a large role in creating such perceptions. What an uplifting video.
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Hey, this is a great video that touches a raw nerve in most of us.And you post is uplifting Rashmi!
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Thank you, Sara! I know most women feel this way, so a little encouragement in the form of this video helps, I guess!
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It’s an interesting video, thank you for posting it Rashmi. 🙂
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You are welcome, Ranu! The least we can do is share information like this to raise awareness.
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Surely it would have been a crime not to share this video. It’s just fantastic with a crucial and powerful message “to love your body and no body is perfect!” Thanks for sharing this!
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You are welcome! Let’s hope that this video helps at least some people if not all!
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I know the pressure to conform to some mythical “ideal” puts a lot of women (and to some extent men too) under a lot of unfair pressure. As other commenters have said, it is all very shallow.
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It’s true about the pressure women (and some men) face to try and meet these mythical standards! We can hope that the awareness helps more people!
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Let’s hope so! 🙂
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I came to read this because I had seen so many positive comments popping up, and I’m glad I did. It’s fantastic Rashmi.
I hope lots of people, and not just women, see this. I hope they realise that only very shallow people take notice of a body image first. I hope that they are reassured that people respect others, like others, or fall in love, for all sorts of reasons, and those reasons very rarely involve a perfect body.
Indeed, there is no such thing as a perfect body!
May we all love ourselves, and each other, for what we are, how beautiful our minds are, how we treat one another.
Love and hugs to all, because you are all beautiful in your own unique way.
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Thank you, Peter. I couldn’t agree more with you, only shallow people take notice of body image first. We are made of our mind, soul, personality and a lot more, not just our bodies!
I truly appreciate your comment, I hope more and more people think like you do!
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I love soft and luscious! We need more women in the world like her! 😄. Thank you SO much for sharing this video with us!
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I love soft and luscious too! 😄 you’re right we definitely need more women like her.
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This is so moving, Rashmi. Thank you for sharing it. What a powerful message for all women.
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Thank you, Meg.
When I watched the video, I was horrified at the number of women who actually said they thought their bodies were disgusting!
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Why oh why do we feel that way? It is horrifying! It has to be the fascination with celebrity culture and the unachievable standards that holds out for us.
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True, they have been successful in setting up unrealistic standards of beauty!
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This is amazing, Rashmi! What hard work it is to overcome those old thinking patterns, but we must try!
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Absolutely! It is definitely hard work but so worth it!
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Reblogged this on From Food Stamps To A Future and commented:
Love this!!!
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Thank you for the reblog! 🙂
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You know sometimes it’s not even what you think but what the society pushes you to think. Fair is beautiful. Dark is ugly. Slim is beautiful. Fat is ugly. Tall is beautiful. Even for us, our criteria of attractive or good-looking is tall; slim; long and thick hair; perfectly aligned teeth; flat tummy; long slim legs… This video made me question that. Some of those women actually said ‘disgusting’ when asked to describe their bodies. It’s such unreasonable demands and expectations that we form on a diet of glossy magazines, glitzy movies , than anything less than imperfect becomes ugly. Thanks for sharing and writing this, Rashmi!
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I agree society has unrealistic expectations and standards of beauty based on what the media has led us to believe! It’s high time we take the high road and say that we are what we are and not some puppet made of clay to be mould into society’s standards!
We are all just perfect in our imperfections!
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I’ve never seen that video, it brought a lump to my throat. It will take decades of conditioning to undo the negative affects of the media so I hope her message reaches as many women as possible. My word was vile. I’m going to work on that.
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It’s amazing isn’t it, how all of us came up with a negative word when asked our bodies! This is the effect of media and their unrealistic expectations of perfection! It’s going to take years to undo the damage but at least there are some doing something about it! The video is on YouTube, please feel free to share and raise awareness.
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morning rashmi.. just believe that your body is “soft and luscious”.. great message dear
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Morning Akhila, thank you dear! It’s high time women stop the self criticism and start think of their body as soft and luscious!
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exactly..just love your body
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True that!
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