Ashley Jamesさんのインスタグラム動画 - (Ashley JamesInstagram)「It's always a funny time of year for body image, isn't it? So I thought I'd share some of the things I say to myself that have improved my own relationship with my body over the years. ✨ Because I used to have a TERRIBLE relationship with my body. I always had quite low self esteem, but there was a time in my twenties where my body dismorphia was out of control. And the more I thought about my body and food and diets - the more I placed my value on my appearance. I thought I wasn't good enough - as a model, to men - to anything really. I'd constantly feel like a failure for not being able to stick to diets, I'd have 'cheat days' and then feel horrible about myself, and most crucially: I was miserable and I didn't see a way out of the cycle. Fast forward to now and I love my body. Not in a way that I look at every part of myself and think, "wow look at me, I'm a goddess" - but in a way that my entire mindset has changed and I just love and appreciate my body. I don't worry about what people think about it. I'm here, I'm able to do the things I love, and I grew two perfect healthy babies. I no long look at every single part zoomed in thinking what I wish I could change. I don't compare my body to anyone else's (no more having Emily Rata as a screensaver and hating my body for not being hers). I remind myself daily that unrealistic beauty standard and the diet industry profit from making money out of making us feel sh*t. And that most of those flaws are incredibly normal and dare I say even the beautiful things that make us unique. And if Postnatal, I remind myself that this is one hell of a messed up world where we put pressure on mothers to look like they've not had a baby when their bodies have done something so miraculous and that recovery takes time. Even just for our bones to move back. I just hope you're kind to yourself during this period - what with the cold and dark weather , potential family members crossing boundaries and commenting on your appearance, ane the impending january new year new me unrealistic goals just around the corner. Finally, we don't need to shrink ourselves to be happier, more confident, or more worthy of love. ❤️」12月18日 5時40分