You are worthy just because you exist.
How did reading that make you feel? Did you have a visceral reaction? Did you grimace, pretend to agree, and then push forward?
A lot of us struggle with self-worth and self-esteem. We’re our own worst critics — after all, we are the one stuck with ourselves our entire lives. Some of us had critics in our childhood: siblings, parents, teachers, peers. Some of us suffered from trauma and rejection. Package that up with the oppressive push from social media to be perfect, shiny, and happy?
Yikes.
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A lot of us are actually just performing self-worth and self-esteem.
If you open up TikTok and Instagram and take a scroll, maybe you’ll see a self-proclaimed wellness girlie with perfect skin in an expensive matching set at her Pilates class with her overpriced matcha.
Maybe you’ll catch a twenty-second clip of a mother’s busy but seamless day with perfectly coiffed children, clean house, ending wi…
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