Why is it So Difficult to Have a Positive Body Image?
Nicolle Maurer
Think back to when you were a child, possibly a young child, before you ever had a thought of self-consciousness about your body. Imagine the freedom and carefree sense of not feeling unworthy, anxious, or stressed about your appearance. God created us, yet sometimes we lose sight of the fact that he made us embodied souls. We are in our physical bodies, yet we are so much more than what we look like on the outside. We exist in both realities. And we fracture ourselves when we view our worth as solely existing in our bodies. We also fracture ourselves when we dismiss the reality, the constraints, and the gift...
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