Self Love Isn't Selfish - It's Important
Self love. Not to be confused with narcissism. Self love for me, means confidence in myself without the need for validation from others. A lot of people know I love photographs. For a long time, photoshoots were a way of life for me, and I did seek validation from the world. But I was never really happy. I'd wake up at 3:30am, work out until 5:00am / 5 days a week. Count every calorie consumed and every calorie burned. I was exhausted, mentally and emotionally, from the energy spent trying to appease the world in what image it wanted me to fit, instead of finding the balance I needed to achieve happiness within myself. I've been every size you can imagine... as a mother of 3 (an eleven year old and nine year old twins) I had to learn to accept myself and the changes my body has gone through, and it has been through many. From weight gain, hair loss, stretch marks, weight loss, self ridicule, and fatigue... it never seems to end. But what we seem to never address ...
