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JOIN Sleeping Naked After 40‘s WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT GROUP and be inspired to change your life for the better. Please call Rosie at 908 872 8613 or email rosie@rosiebattista.com for sign up and details. Groups are limited to an intimate number and they fill up fast. Are you feeling blah and disconnected? This monthly dinner/workshop gives you the space and place for self love and self discovery empowering and supporting you to become your best self. I am fat. I hate my thighs. My butt is too big. My boobs are too saggy. I’m lumpy. Nothing looks good on me anymore. I’ve lost my waist.” Have you heard yourself saying things like this about your precious self to yourself or to others? STOP IT. It’s a bit mean. Don’t you think? Talking about your body with gross, grim and gut churning vernacular. Picking, picking, picking. Not only is it mean, there’s a bit more to the story. Behind your words of I am “this” or I am “that” lies the power to make you feel that way. Consider a declaration to yourself and to the Universe. The words you speak (they emanate from a thought you had) pro- duce a feeling which affects the way you act and react in every moment. Imagine that you wake and declare in thought or word, “Now that I am so fat, I have nothing to wear that looks good on me.” You’ve declared what you believe to be true and now you’ll spend your day in that sorry state, projecting your “not feeing so good” attitude, hiding, cover- ing up, playing it small, feeling less than. Get the picture.? Now that I have your attention, I’d like to invite you to be a bit kinder about the whole body thing. There is a simple way to do this. Simple does not mean easy, but with practice, it will get easy. STOP IT. Stop thinking and say- ing unkind things about your body. I remind you that your body is your friend. It would be wise for you to designate your body as your “best” friend. After all, she comes with you everywhere. She responds to all of your input. She gives you the informa- tion you need (if you’ll listen and tune in). She carries you around and puts up with all your crap every single day. She never takes a day off. She is always there. The question is. How would you treat a friend who was that kind and giving to you? I believe that you would return the favor and be so grateful to her, you would respond with loving kindness right. Wouldn’t you? So the question remains. Why do you say this terrible things about your body? Why do you think these thoughts about yourself? Perhaps it’s time to give up being unkind. Perhaps it’s time to replace that old behavior, the nasty thoughts and the vicious words about your body with new improved and empowering thoughts and kind acts of love. The truth is that you’ve got one very pre- cious body that you live in right now. Treat her like she deserves to be treated. Treat her like the amazing gorgeous living being that she is and I promise, she will keep responding in kind. WHAT I USED TO THINK ABOUT MY BODY AND HOW I SWITCHED IT. I used to hate my thighs. As a matter of fact, my body never felt good enough to me. I spent 30 years trying to change it. I am happy to say that is no longer the case for me. The switch happened when I fell in love. I fell in love with myself. With consistency and per- sistence I continued this process of replacing old thoughts. This concept of selflove is an art and a practice. It is learned behavior. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE. If you are not loving the amazing women that you are right now, you can start with some kindness. A little bit goes a long way and practice makes perfect in this case. So start writing and start practicing. Begin by writing a letter of loving forgive- ness and acceptance to YourSelf. In my book Sleeping Naked After 40, Lesson 6, refers to this as concept Body Kindness. I invite you to copy this letter and fill in the blanks. Open your heart as you read it and find that place, take a new and fresh look at yourSelf and the divine amazing women you are. Dearest Body of Mine ________ (you), Thank you for your resilience and for put- ting up with my ________ during our prior relationship. I’d like to change that part of our relationship and make it better for both of us. This is how I want it to look and feel ________. Since we are “together” and you are part of my every moment, moving for- ward, here is what I propose ________. I promise to do my best each day to nourish you with healthy beautiful food in a loving way by practicing ________. I affirm that you are ________. Love you so much, ___________ (signed by you) Don’t get frustrated. If you’ve been unkind for a longtime it may feel uncomfortable to say these nice things about yourself. With practice and consistency, you can change that nasty speak to new and improved body kind- ness. Keep practicing and practicing and prac- ticing and practicing and practicing until you fall so madly in love that you would never dream of treating it any other way! I’d love to hear from you on how it felt to write this letter to yourself. Please email me at rosie@rosiebattista.com and let me know! Rosie is a Spiritual Empowerment Coach, using better food and improved thought to help clients build the best version of themselves. Check out more tips, resources and recipes and at www.rosiebattista.com. Contact her at 908- 871-8613 and find out about her Women’s Self Empowerment Classes which address these types of issues. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU SAY YOU’RE FAT AND YOU’VE LOST YOUR WAIST By: Rosie Battista Self Love Expert. Confidence Creator. Sleeping Naked After 40. 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