Making Peace With Where I Am While Still Striving For Better

I am overweight. There, I said what everyone’s been thinking.

Really?! Surely not everyone is thinking that. I just think they are. Which reminds me of a favourite quote by Dr. Phil, who says, ‘you wouldn’t worry so much what people think of you if you knew how seldom they did.’. Mic drop! Right? Everyone else is too busy worrying about themselves to notice me and my overweightness.

Recently I did a photo shoot, for the matchmaking initiative mentioned last week, and I was anxious, wanting to postpone it till I’d lost some weight. My stylist Lisa (www.lifestyledbyLisa.com/) pushed me to wear things I’d avoided because they made me look ‘fat’. Ugh.

Through this process and the 300+ photos taken, I’m learning to see all of me, not just the limited, critical view.

And yes, I still want to lose some weight, to look better, but more to feel better and stave off the ravages of aging on my health. The difference now is that I can see my way to enjoying and approving of what I look like now, on the way to something better.

Try this ONE thing

The you you are today is what everyone else already sees, knows and loves. How about you join them?

Want to experience coaching? I like to start with a deep, get-to-know-you conversation to see if we are right for each other. Sometimes we talk for one or two hours at no charge. I have no goal except to bring about transformation. Together we work on the lies, the self-deception, the fears of the power you perceive to be outside yourself. We work on your difficulties in making decisions and your inability thus far to make bold choices in life and to follow through and trust yourself completely to do so.

The irony for some people is that the very thing that they want the coaching for (an indecisive, half-hearted life) is what’s keeping them from deciding whether to get coaching.

When you’re ready, reach out @ karen.laidlaw.theONEthing@outlook.com. Meanwhile, enjoy the blog!