How are you today?! I hope all is well. I'm doing pretty good myself.

Today's email is all about your self-worth. I know it may feel hard to not tie your self-worth to your external appearance when you're in the throes of beating yourself up because you can't stick to your diet, or that you don't like your thighs, your stomach, etc... Which breaks my heart, because I've been there before too.

You are not a failure because you couldn't stick to the diet. The diet wasn't for you. It's not you; it's the diet. I can't express that enough. A lot of diets are highly restrictive and definitely hard to maintain. Am I Right?

Again, you're not weak; you don't need more willpower or more motivation. Life is not meant to be black and white.

We don't fit into a box, nor should we force ourselves to do so!!

Coloring outside of the lines is okay. Heck, scribble outside of em.

It's okay to figure out what YOU need, and what works for YOU so that it's sustainable! Take the time to do it.

In case you were wondering, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

So, let's start with the definition of self-worth:

The sense of one's own value or worth as a person.

Respect for or a favorable opinion of oneself.

you are not the size of your jeans.

You are not inadequate.

You are beautiful, fearfully, and wonderfully made.

I know you may not feel this way because of x,y,z...

I want you to know this...

I know you have goals.

I know you want to lose fat.

I know you want to get stronger and such.

You can have all those goals and still feel and be worthy.

You are worthy!

With that said, you must first get your mind right. You gotta work from the inside out. Body change, losing fat, or whatever you want to call is an inside job.

The way to get results is to at least respect your body here and now - you may not love it yet, but you can treat it right. No one gets to where they want to be physically by beating themselves up.

If you're currently doing things to change, get fit, lose fat, get stronger, etc... Please know that it takes time, patience, and consistency. It's probably gonna suck - or feel as if it does. Change is freaking hard.

Trying to be perfect with this stuff makes it even harder. Because what ends up happening is that trying to be Perfect, actually gets you NOTHING. Perfect is an illusion, and the more you strive for perfection the further back you'll be.

Perfection is paralyzing ain't it?

So, what I want you to do is ditch the shame and the guilt, the should do's, the perfectionist attitude, the waiting for the perfect moment, and stop waiting to hit whatever arbitrary number you're aiming for and live your best life now.

Our lives are happening now; life is not waiting! Life is too short!

Instead, focus on the day to day, the process, the things that will move the dial. The things that feel good for you, things that will fill up your cup, and things that will be sustainable.

keep doing those things over and over. Measure your progress with something else than just numbers.

Lastly, you are worthy right now, worth of love, worthy of that job you have wanted, so on and so forth!

Thank you for reading! I hope you have a fantastic week! Until next time, keep crushing.

In Strength

Xo

Candace

P.S. If anything resonated with you in this email, don't be afraid to reach out, I love hearing from you!

P.S.S. Remember to be nice yourself! The journey that you are will be much sweeter if you do so!