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My mirror self-talk (my journey from taking my first 10,000 steps to entering the 2020 Ms Health & Fitness Contest)
Two years ago, when I glanced at my reflection in the mirror during a yoga class a few months before my 49th birthday, my inner voice warned me not to give in to my negative self-image perceptions. I needed to embrace my love handles, welcome wrinkles, sprouts of random white hair, and accept that I won’t fit into my favorite jeans. I told myself, this is my next chapter — acceptance, parental fatigue, and settling down into middle age.
But I wasn’t ready for that chapter, so I re-wrote my story.
Don’t let yourself go. Let go of your self-doubt.
A part of me was crying out against giving in and letting myself go. Instead, I told myself to try harder. Because what I needed more was to fight for who I am, challenge myself to become a stronger, fiercer, healthier version of myself, and reclaim my feisty spirit.
