What I came to, which was a complete revelation for me, is allowing any of the hateful, bigoted people that come after me to have their experience too.

It's not okay to be abusive. You know, there are boundaries. We're not allowing free reign, but I don't have to feel the least bit responsible for changing the fact that who I am, how I look,

how I live my life, whatever it is, has brought forth something very difficult for them.

Facts do not have opinions. Just don't let perfection be the enemy of good good.

Self love is really about self-respect and acceptance.

Welcome to the whole view. I'm Stacy Toth of Real Everything, and I'm here each week to dive deeper into how we can find happiness and health inside and out through self love, body positivity, and discovering new ways to be our best selves.

And before we get started, I want to remind you that myself and our guests are not medical professionals. This podcast is for general education purposes and is not intended to diagnose, advise, or treat any physical or mental illness.

And we always recommend that you consult a licensed provider. Should you need one?

That said, I am so excited to welcome back Jeffrey Marsh.

If you weren't around before to hear Jeffrey the first time, they are a speaker, coach, and first openly non-binary public figure to be interviewed on national television, and was the first non-binary author to be offered a book deal with any big five publisher.

The best selling how to be you is prolific. Seriously, I read it to understand kiddo more and ended up underings understanding myself so much better.

Funny how that works. It's not a coincidence. I love that we share the belief that if we hope to accept others unconditionally, we must start with ourselves, and that is the root of compassion.

So Jeffrey, thank you so much for coming back and being on the show to talk about that today.

It's really convenient, you know, because people come to me and say, what should I do? What should I do? What should I do? And the answer is always the same.

Learn to love yourself more.

And nobody wants to hear that answer.

No, that's the hard answer.

But what can I do?

Yeah.

That's what you can do. Learn to love yourself more.

I love that you go through some of those small steps and choices on your social platforms. So I want to remind people where they can find you.

Not only does your website, JeffreyMarsh.com, have links to all of this stuff, but on Instagram, which I know most of our listeners are on your at the Jeffrey Marsh.

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