A giant challenge that so many of us deal with is the ‘body image’ monster. Whether a size 1 or 42, so many have been ‘brainwashed’ to believe that their worth is determined by their looks.

I know people who curse being a size 1 because people don’t take them seriously because they are so small to people like me who at 15 was a size 3 but self mutilating because I hated my ‘fat’ thighs to people who are overweight who think they aren’t beautiful because of it.

Really what it comes down to is that we are ALL beautiful, amazing and imperfectly perfect. We come from a divine source, so how can we be anything less?

Through the years I had major body image issues… Now many of you will look at me and say “OMG she is skinny, what is her problem?” The point is that you can have body image issues regardless of size. How you look does not determine what you feel inside.

In the past 15 years, I learned to be able to look at myself in the mirror, finally wore a bathing suit in public,  allowed people to see my scars from heart surgeries and so on. Now I had kissed the majority of that monster goodbye  but as I discovered recently there was a little residue still left over.

When I saw this issue creeping up in the last few months when I gained a whole 2 inches of fat (note the sarcasm), I was surprised. It was a great opportunity for me to love myself at  deeper level.  I encourage everyone dealing with monsters to not deny them but take away their power but fully embracing them. So here I am in this video actually showing you the fat I gained. No I was not entirely comfortable doing it (as you will see in the video) BUT breaking through fears often is not. You just have to do it and then watch what gets released in your life. It is so freeing to embrace and accept.

As a side note… I was flu-like for a week and half prior and suddenly after filming this video, I got completely healed… what you resists persists.

Know you have the courage within to kiss your monsters goodbye and that you are perfect NO MATTER WHAT. Your divinity is NOT dependent on your weight.

As always, please feel free to share your comments, stories and thoughts.

And if you want to learn more about kissing monsters, please check out my book, Kiss Your Monsters Goodbye.

Lots of love, Cindy

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