Live Fully Alive
 

Intuitive Living for the Modern Woman

 
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Wake Up. Find Your Voice. Become Fully Alive.

 
 
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This morning I skipped the gym. Well actually I called my trainer last night and told him that my body needed rest more than it needed the gym. And I let myself sleep in this morning until 8am. But, I used to completely avoid the gym. Because... I felt intimidated. I didn't know what to do. I felt embarrassed . And I was so afraid to face my shit. When I move my body my emotions get stirred up, and I avoided that at all costs. And last but not least, exercise time is usually a big shame party. "I hate you I hate you I hate you. Why did you gain this weight. Why can't you look like her." So you can see why I spent about 6 years never setting foot in a gym or doing any workout. Ultimately I feared being someone I despised. I had made an enemy. As long as thin fit people were the enemy I got to avoid my shit. "The greatest human need we have is to stay consistent with how we define ourselves" -Tony Robbins. If I identify as someone who doesn't like to work out, who isn't a gym rat, who isn't thing, who isn't fit etc. I'm definitely not going to the gym. So, I had to change the dialogue. I had to change the language from workout/exercise to movement. I may not like to exercise, but I like to move. And so now I can ask my body, "How do you want to move today?" And begin to change the shame to love. Every time I move my body, I speak loving affirmations to it. Thank it for being strong and resilient. I change my inner monologue. And lastly, I change my identity. I am a person who loves to move my body. I am someone who likes to sweat. I get energy from moving. I love when my body feels strong. It's been a huge huge game changer and now I don't avoid the gym. If my body is tired, I let it sleep. But y'all I can't wait to get back there and kick some ass!
There are days that despite all the positive body image talks, despite the body acceptance affirmations, despite doing all the work you still come face to face with body shame and diet culture. I've worked an exhausting 10 hour day and tonight decided to go get my nails done and have a cocktail before a big event this weekend with the @hothealthyhabits girls. I'm sitting in the pedicure chair and my nail technician in her broken English says, "Oh wow, you skinny. You used to be...." (and she motions her arms out wide next to her body)... I nod. I realize she's saying fat. And then she says, "you better now." And smiles. I force out a smile and nod in reply. But I didn't want to smile. I wanted to scream, "What was wrong with me before?" "Was I not loveable when I was significantly heavier?" "You have no right to judge my body, now or then." "My weight loss has nothing to do with who I am at my core." But I smile because she's giving me a compliment in her own way. And then the body bully's voice starts raging. Starts enforcing it's agenda. I'm too tired to process this all tonight. I just want to be invisible in this moment. I'm tired. So I'm going to flip through a magazine and drink my shitty glass of cheap wine. And trust that all the work that I have done will come to my aid right now to remind me that even when those body shame monsters stir... I can still choose not to participate. And remind myself that me then and me now is loveable just the same. Cheers! Oh and PSA, please don't comment on other people's bodies or weight. It's never ok. 📸: @ashroseconway
Hi Nashville Ladies, Let me introduce myself. My name is Mary Hyatt and I am a local life coach and entrepreneur who helps women to wake up, find their voice and to become fully alive. I am creating an online course all about helping women make peace with the mirror, quiet their inner bully and love their body. Aka this is a fierce body love course. I have an upcoming photo shoot in Nashville that I will use to advertise for this course and am wanting to show case women of all different sizes, ethnicities, disabilities and ages. My dream is to show real women who love their bodies despite being in opposition to the cultural ideal of “beauty”. It will be of bodies sizes 0-plus sizes. And I will be right there in the photo shoot as well. (*The photo shoot will be in bra and underwear. See picture for inspiration.) This is such a passion of mine and a real heart project. It's important for me to represent racial and ethnic diversity. ✨✨I am currently looking for 2-4 women who are black, asian, hispanic or other (not caucasian) who will represent the full spectrum of female beauty. And, I am also looking for 2 women who love their bodies who are considered disabled✨✨ 💻If you are interested in being in the shoot, please email me at info@maryhyatt.com I believe that all bodies, no matter the size, shape, or color have the right to be accepted and fiercely loved. “There is no “supposed to be be” in bodies. The question is not size or shape or years of age, or even having two of everything, for some do not. But the wild issue is, does this body feel, does it have right connection to pleasure, to heart, to soul, to the wild? Does it have happiness, joy? Can it in its own way move, dance, jiggle, sway, thrust? Nothing else matters.” Women Who Run With Wolves (📸: HUGE PROPS TO @vavalingerie for their beautiful body diversity photos offering sizes 30A-40G)