I watched Penelope (starring Christina Ricci, Reese Witherspoon and James McAvoy) the other day and cried three separate times at its sweet message.
If you don't know the story, Penelope has been born with the snout of a pig due to an ancient family curse and her well-meaning parents have hidden her away to protect her. But after seeing one too many potential suiters flee in terror when she reveals her face, Penelope decides enough is enough and goes out (hiding behind a scarf) to explore.
I don't want to give the ending away but highly recommend this delightful fairy tale for anyone wanting to remind their children (or themselves) that there is so much more to everybody than the way we look.
What could you start accepting about yourself right now to make life so much better? Your weight (as it is right now)? Hair (style / thickness / colour)? Skin?
Next time you start mentally ripping into this poor part of you, take a closer look and appreciate it.
When you stop being your own worst critic, you'll find stress related eating / spots etc. will diminish and because you'll know there's so much more to you that this "flaw", you'll lose the hangup and be free.
© Eve Menezes Cunningham / http://www.applecoaching.com/ 2008.
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