Is It Our Emotional or Physical Weight That Is Holding Us Down?

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The Honest Perspective

4 min readNov 11, 2021

By only acknowledging the physical we miss the true weight we are all carrying and that we can choose to lift for others.

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I had a moment last night as I looked in the mirror while brushing my teeth for bed. It’s cringe-worthy to admit but I was lost in my imagination, fantasizing about being literally swept off my feet. I caught myself saying, ‘I must…

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Is It Our Emotional or Physical Weight That Is Holding Us Down?

More from the list: "Body Image and Self-acceptance"

Buying Clothes in My Actual Size Was Hard

I Don’t Like My Body

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