My Story:
Living life to match a number on a scale or in a dress, is not living. I know this first hand. It is time for me to Get REAL with you, high school was not a fun time for me, I was a nerd or maybe worse, I just blended into the wallpaper. I was too tall, had bad skin, a totally bad hair cut, and crummy social skills. To say the least, I was not confident.
But then something happened. I had a few key people express confidence in me and showed me how to enter scholarship pageants. I thought, “Finally this tall thing is going to be useful!” It was unbelievable the transformation. It was not so much what happened on the outside, it was what took place on the inside. Suddenly I had REAL reasons to feel good about myself.
What was the difference? I was finally doing things to make myself be the best ME, I could be. I was polishing up the rough edges. I started working out, not to be thin, but to get in better shape. I started eating better and as a result my skin, hair and nails started looking better. Eventually, I started walking taller and with more confidence.
I began paying attention to what was going on in the world and started investing time in forming well thought out opinions. Part of that meant I had to fully understand what my core values and beliefs were. I had to establish clear personal boundaries and stick to them. Preparing for interview taught me to be well spoken, well thought out and concise.
This preparation built an internal confidence in me that was reflected in my outer appearance. Had I changed? Yes and no. I had changed how I treated myself and in turn people changed how they treated me. I went on to win enough scholarship money to pay for my entire education as well as earning several titles. But the greatest thing I, this former self-professed nerd, gained was a sense of true body image and self worth.
Lisa M. Schilling RN, CPT http://www.getrealwellnesssolutions.com/
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