Recently on a video call my daughters sister could barely be seen, just a bit of her hair showing.
I said a few times we can’t see you, she’d adjust the camera but then quickly disappear again.
Finally she admitted she ‘looked a mess’ that’s why she didn’t want to be seen.
We assured her looks aren’t a factor for us and we love her regardless, but she stayed hidden.
It’s been playing on my mind for days – it hurts my heart that she (not quite a teenager), I and so many other women feel the weight of expectation to meet certain standards to be able to feel worthy in ourselves.
I used my LIFE IS A MIRROR approach and spent some time reflecting on how this is showing up for me.
I realised that whilst I feel more accepting of myself than ever before, there are still places, here on social media especially, where I allow myself to only partially be seen.
That I feel an internal pressure to get it right, appeal to others and have it all sorted – to be the finished product, which of course I’m not, nor should I expect myself to be.
The programming of meeting standards to feel worthy runs deep but my commitment to healing it runs deeper.
So from now on I’ll be leaning further into creating a safe space for myself to just be myself here – unfiltered, imperfect and feeling worthy just because I exist!
We all have the same fear at the end of the day – that we are not enough in some way.
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