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Five ideas to help you love the body you're in.

By Krista O'Reilly Davy Dagi of a Life in Progress.ca.

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your life. Five ideas to help you Love the Body You're In

by Krista O'Reilly David Dagi of a Life in Progress.ca.

Do you love the body you're in?

Rarely do I meet a person who can answer this question with a resounding yes,

or a consistent yes.

But if we are to live with vibrant mind-body

health and with joy, then we must come to the place of loving our whole selves precisely as we are.

When we love ourselves, we will continue to grow and mature and heal. Our bodies might change over time,

but what matters more is that our mindsets change,

that we begin to understand the depth of our worth, that our inherent worth and beauty as human

beings has absolutely nothing to do with our physical appearance. Nothing. And even if one day,

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