How I Learned To Love My Body—And How You Can, Too. — Transcript

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1. 0:00If you're somebody who wants to learn to
2. 0:02love their body, [music]
3. 0:03this message is for you. If this has
4. 0:06been a longtime struggle for you,
5. 0:09[music] then stay until the end of this
6. 0:10video because this is an incredibly
7. 0:12crucial lesson for repairing your health
8. 0:15[music] mentally, emotionally, and
9. 0:17physically. When I was a teenager, I
10. 0:20grew up with many comments about my
11. 0:22appearance, and they were often
12. 0:24contradicting. [music] And in the end, I
13. 0:27didn't know what to think about myself.
14. 0:29Was I weak and thin? Was I [music] too
15. 0:32big? Was I too muscular? I had all these
16. 0:36things thrown at me. And maybe you have
17. 0:38too. And maybe you were left in the same
18. 0:40situation where [music] you felt
19. 0:42uncomfortable with your body. And maybe
20. 0:44you [music] fell into dangerous habits
21. 0:47that you use as coping mechanisms. It
22. 0:50took me 6 years to [music] come to a
23. 0:54place of acceptance with where I am now.
24. 0:58Six years of [music] trying and failing,
25. 1:00trying and failing until I finally got
26. 1:03it right. [music] This is how to love
27. 1:05your body and how to live a life with
28. 1:08the best health you can possibly have.
29. 1:12To start off with, I [music] am going to
30. 1:14speak a little bit about my story and my
31. 1:16relationship with my body. During the
32. 1:20Corona virus pandemic back in 2020, I
33. 1:23was a freshman in high school. I was
34. 1:26already kind of locked in my house
35. 1:28before this just [music] because of
36. 1:30course I didn't have high school. I
37. 1:32didn't have a lot of opportunities to
38. 1:34socialize. [music]
39. 1:36But I feel like because during the
40. 1:40coronairus pandemic, this led to even
41. 1:42more time alone [music] in the house
42. 1:45that I was in. And I was constantly
43. 1:48surrounded by people and media that were
44. 1:52almost harmful, like that almost had a
45. 1:54harmful judgment to my body. This led to
46. 1:58me having a very negative
47. 1:59self-perception [music]
48. 2:00before the body dysmorphia and the
49. 2:02hatred towards my physical appearance
50. 2:05[music] started. But it really dug in
51. 2:08when I started comparing myself to
52. 2:10others. Even more so, I became so upset
53. 2:13with the fact that I didn't like my
54. 2:16appearance. And [music] back then, I
55. 2:17thought that I had to work from the
56. 2:20outside in to fix my appearance problem.
57. 2:22[music]
58. 2:23So, I would actively try to fix my
59. 2:25appearance rather than [music] confront
60. 2:28my attitude towards my appearance to
61. 2:30make things better. And the way I went
62. 2:33about fixing my appearance was in very
63. 2:36very unhealthy ways.
64. 2:38>> [music]
65. 2:38>> I did have a very unhealthy relationship
66. 2:40with food for a long time. I struggled
67. 2:44with overeating. I felt like I had to
68. 2:47constantly control the makeup and the
69. 2:50skin care that I was doing and the
70. 2:51clothes I would wearing so [music] they
71. 2:53would cover my physique. And I was just
72. 2:56I was really afraid to show skin [music]
73. 2:58because all I knew throughout my teenage
74. 3:02years was judgment because I grew up
75. 3:04with somebody who was constantly judging
76. 3:06me and I was constantly [music]
77. 3:09comparing myself. The biggest save that
78. 3:12I dealt with was probably moving out,
79. 3:15which [music] I did 2 years ago. Moving
80. 3:18out was initially very scary for me
81. 3:20because I felt like I was going to be
82. 3:22lonely, but I've actually created more
83. 3:24meaningful relationships ever since I
84. 3:26moved out. But once I got a piece of
85. 3:29mind and I escaped from the person that
86. 3:33judged me and the person who is the
87. 3:35biggest [music] source of trauma in my
88. 3:37life, that's when I started to begin my
89. 3:40self-healing journey and [music] started
90. 3:42to become comfortable in my own skin. At
91. 3:45this point, yes, I was still comparing
92. 3:47myself to others. [music] And the source
93. 3:50I would often use to compare myself to
94. 3:52others was, yes, social [music] media. I
95. 3:54would often come across sources of other
96. 3:56people where I would compare myself to,
97. 3:59which boils it down to like
98. 4:02disciplining myself against using the
99. 4:04internet. So, I shut out the internet.
100. 4:07[music] And what I did to replace the
101. 4:11habit of searching the internet was just
102. 4:13sitting [music] with myself. As funny as
103. 4:16that sounds, the more I sat with myself
104. 4:19and [music] the less I went onto the
105. 4:21internet, the more comfortable I became
106. 4:24with my body. [music] Another way I got
107. 4:27more in touch with my body was by
108. 4:29meditating or doing yoga. I [music] feel
109. 4:32like both of these in combination were
110. 4:34the number one thing that helped me
111. 4:36become more familiar with my body and
112. 4:39listening to my body's needs [music]
113. 4:41because at this point I just go
114. 4:43throughout my day and I feel like I'm so
115. 4:47intuitive to my body that I know my
116. 4:49digestion. [music]
117. 4:51I know like my heart I know my heartbeat
118. 4:55like I know how my heartbeat is. I feel
119. 4:58like the more I listen to my body, the
120. 5:01more it gives me time to think about the
121. 5:04process that my body goes through. The
122. 5:07process, the natural processes and the
123. 5:10intelligence of my body. Like sometimes
124. 5:14I'll just sit and think to myself, it is
125. 5:17astonishing and it is a miracle how
126. 5:19source has designed our bodies to work.
127. 5:22[music] We may not be consciously aware
128. 5:24of it and we may have even have
129. 5:27conscious biases towards the processes
130. 5:29of our bodies. [music] But when we
131. 5:31aren't distracted by so much in the
132. 5:34everyday life that's over stimulating
133. 5:36and we just have time [music]
134. 5:38to sink in and really feel into our
135. 5:41bodies, you really begin to realize how
136. 5:44astonishing it is that we are human and
137. 5:47how
138. 5:49astonishing it is that there is a whole
139. 5:52another layer of consciousness running
140. 5:54our bodies to keep us alive.
141. 5:56>> [music]
142. 5:57>> I started to level things up after I
143. 5:59became more comfortable in my body. This
144. 6:01is when I moved to a combination of
145. 6:05other rituals such as practicing
146. 6:07affirmations every day [music] and
147. 6:09listening to subliminals every day.
148. 6:11Subliminals are something that I really
149. 6:13emphasize on this channel because they
150. 6:14are a really easy and effortless [music]
151. 6:17way to hack your life. I specifically
152. 6:21transformed my relationship with my body
153. 6:23by listening to beauty subliminals. And
154. 6:26I know that sounds like something that
155. 6:28I'm using to work from the outside in,
156. 6:31which is something I try to [music] not
157. 6:34encourage. I think working from the
158. 6:36inside out is better. But the specific
159. 6:39beauty subliminals that I listen to
160. 6:42[music] emphasized self-love and
161. 6:44confidence. So, it wasn't just the
162. 6:47appearance aspect that I was trying to
163. 6:50manifest, but also a more confident and
164. 6:55relaxed demeanor. [music]
165. 6:56I think overall the most important thing
166. 6:59that I took away from loving my body was
167. 7:03embodying an identity that loved and
168. 7:06cared for my body.
169. 7:08>> [music]
170. 7:08>> I reconstructed my entire identity
171. 7:11around [music] being kind,
172. 7:14compassionate, healthy, and pretty much
173. 7:17successful at everything I do. [music]
174. 7:20And for me, that also meant learning how
175. 7:23to love myself. So, every day, I set
176. 7:26aside 30 minutes in the morning to
177. 7:29practice self-care. Whether that was
178. 7:31stretching, yoga, skin care, showering,
179. 7:35exfoliating my skin, you name it. I
180. 7:39wanted to take [music] that sacred time
181. 7:41to show my body the love and care that
182. 7:44it deserved. I also really like [music]
183. 7:47to take supplements and eat a really
184. 7:50healthy breakfast every morning. And the
185. 7:53more that I looped those rituals, the
186. 7:56more [music] it became stuck with my
187. 7:58identity and the more that I [music]
188. 8:01became congruent with my identity, the
189. 8:04more I repeated those rituals. [music]
190. 8:06So it was basically like a cycle. And to
191. 8:10this day still, I am still within that
192. 8:13cycle. And every day I look for more
193. 8:16ways to work on my health, love my body,
194. 8:19and overall just be my best self. To
195. 8:23summarize,
196. 8:24health and [music] self love isn't just
197. 8:28a physical state. It is a mental state.
198. 8:31It doesn't matter whether you have a
199. 8:34health condition or you don't have any
200. 8:36health condition. [music] I think it's
201. 8:38important that we all learn to love our
202. 8:41bodies [music] because the more that we
203. 8:44can care for ourselves,
204. 8:46the more energy we have to give into our
205. 8:50passions and the people in our lives,
206. 8:53whether it be family, friends, a career,
207. 8:57or simply just something you're
208. 8:59passionate about. If this resonated with
209. 9:01you, please [music]
210. 9:02make sure to like, comment, and
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212. 9:07And [music] until next time, I will see
213. 9:09you guys. Bye.