My Mission for my Blog.

I have a two beautiful children a son and a daughter.  Both are the lights of my life and cherish every moment I have with them as one day they are going to grow up and move on in the world.  So while i have them under my wing I want to empower them with positive self body image, both mentally and physically.  Today you turn on the TV, the internet, a magazine and see what the media tells as well shows us what it considered to be " Normal" body types.  The average woman in North America is a size 14 and is the height of 5' 8", not size 0-2 and the height of 5'11".

 I want for my son to know that what he sees in a magazine is all airbrushed women.  For him to love his partner for who she truly is.  I want him to have a health out look on life physically and mentally.  I want for my daughter to have a healthy body image to know it's ok  to not be " perfect" and that the women in the magazine has flaws too, its just they have have been airbrushed to that they look " flawless" and that its not the real them in the photo. For her to say," Thank you" when someone pays her a complement.  I want for her to be empowered and full of positive knowledge and for her to see  & love her true self.

My goal is to promote healthy body image, to embrace what you would consider to be  "flaws" be it a scar, birth mark, those few extra pesky pounds.  We are all beautiful women and girls.  We need to learn to love the skin we are in, to see our True Self.  Women on the whole are very harsh on our selves.  We will give positive feed back to our friends when they feel down, however we will talk ourselves down in the privacy of our own homes when we look in a mirror. How can we compete with an image that is " false" as we all know the photos in a magazine have been touched up.

 We are so hard and critical, more self love is needed.  If you are not truly happy with who you are, then take the steps to make yourself a happier person.  I am one of these very people I speak about.  I as a young teen was very athletic and healthy.  As I've gotten older and had my children my body changed, I put on weight and it's still there after many failed attempts to loose weight and be a healthier me.  I've changed my dialog at home around my kids.  I no longer call myself, FAT, I NEED TO GO ON A DIET, I'M UGLY.  How can I  teach my kids positive self image if I don't have one of myself.  About 5 yrs ago that all changed for me.  Those words a NOT aloud in my home.

So I hope you will join me on my journey of my True Self and the women I will interview.  Share you own story about your path to your True Self and lets spread the word around the world that we are beautiful just the way we are.  Change can happen by just one person at a time.

Love,
Sandra