NICHE style Fall 2016

WHEN I LOSE 10 POUNDS, THEN I WILL ___________
When we play this game we are constantly distancing
ourselves from what is possible within us. We discount
the fact that in the present moment we have everything
we need to live lives of freedom, ease and liberation.
When we are waiting to live we are denying
ourselves the ability to come alive, and when we
do reach that goal, our inner critic does a great job
of setting the bar higher so we are always just out
of arms length from pure, sustainable happiness.
I LIVED THIS WAY FOR YEARS.
It was exhausting, obsessive and never-ending. There
was a time in my life where I deemed it impossible to
be happy in my body and at my current weight. So I
became a full time dieter and did everything I could to
just ‘get skinnier’. The cost of this obsession was high
- it prevented me from fully living in my essence and
distanced me from the closet people in my family. I was
on Instagram like an addict trying to figure out what diet
I needed to do next to look like a Victoria Secret model.
are at our core. Women have the ability to run the world,
thank you Beyoncé, but it’s the truth. We are powerful,
intuitive beings who are creators. The problems is we
don’t quite know how powerful and strong we actually
are, therefore we look outside of ourselves for the
answers, we are on a constant quest to manipulate our
external world to change the way we feel internally.
You want to feel love?
You want to feel acceptance?
You want to feel safe?
You want to feel strong?
It’s an inside/outside job - when we create lightness
in our emotional bodies we create lightness in
our physical bodies. When we create strength
in our minds, we create strength in our bodies.
Shut down the world, the social media and the advertising
playing on your insecurities. Shut it down and listen
to the one thing that always has your back, your body.
I was constantly living in a state of competition
and comparison, which robbed me fully of my selfcompassion
and self-love; it was a constant drain. I wasn’t
present in conversations, dinner parties or hangouts with
close girlfriends because I was too concerned with how
many calories were in my kale salad with no dressing.
I came to realize after doing over 50 DIETS
in less than 4 years that I was searching
for a feeling, not a size.
I was searching for an inner love and acceptance
which, to my surprise, was just not available in the
quest to become skinny. As women, its imperative
we honor our bodies, we listen to them and we treat
them with unconditional love, yes unconditional. Not
the kind of love that is dependent on the number on
the scale. Within us is unlimited guidance, wisdom
and the ability to direct us in our human experience.
When we are at war with our bodies, we lose access
to this beautiful internal wisdom, we block it.
Strength needs to be the new skinny. Yes, strength in
the
FOR
body,
MORE
but
INFORMATION,
more importantly
VISIT
strength
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in our minds.
Having the mental power and ability to honor ourselves
and derail ourselves from the quest of changing who we
SAMANTHA SKELLY
Samantha Skelly is the founder of Hungry
For Happiness, a movement to support
women around the world who are suffering
from disordered eating and body image
issues. She is an award winning, sought
out international speaker who delivers
inspirational presentations to empower
those who struggle with the relationship they
have to food and their bodies. Her vision is to
create the largest and most impactful online
resource to support those who’s lives are
negatively affected by issues with food and
their bodies. Connect with Samantha online:
Instagram: @hungryforhappiness
Facebook: facebook.com/samantha.skelly.1
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