Kayla

“Self-love is accepting yourself for who you are – size, shape, color – just knowing that you were created to be the person you are today, the person you’re going to grow to be in the future. That’s the person you were always intended to be – and just accepting that for what it is.”

“I was an athlete my whole life, so I grew up with this standard of always having to be in shape. It took a toll on me early on, then I got married to someone who didn’t view me as the person that I should have been viewed as and my self-esteem really dropped. I wish I would have never given a part of myself to someone who just didn’t appreciate it. I wish I would have gotten out sooner so I didn’t have to lose more of who I was just to pick up the pieces later.”

“Once I got divorced a couple years ago, I just decided that I needed to find ‘me.’ I needed to find my inner soul, so I just spent a lot of time focusing on me and my son, what I needed to do to be healthier again – to feel better. I still have struggles daily – I battle with anxiety, which is a bitch. My anxiety tends to lead to my problems with self-love. I tend to be super critical of myself when I’m anxious, but I’ve also learned that who I am is who I am and it’s good enough.“

“Wake up every day, look in the mirror, slap a sticky note on the mirror, tell yourself that you’re beautiful and move on with your damn day. It’s the only way you’re gonna get through; self-love comes from within, it can’t come from other people.“