Comments on: Grabbing Hold and Loving the Hell Out of Your Imperfections http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/grabbing-hold-and-loving-the-hell-out-of-your-imperfections Living Holistically means incorporating all aspects of yourself – your mind, body, spirit, community and environment. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: christine http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/grabbing-hold-and-loving-the-hell-out-of-your-imperfections/comment-page-1#comment-863 christine Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:56:06 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3915#comment-863 Thank you Courtney, and thanks again for posting the pic of your beautiful stomach. I relate so much to the stomach "issue" - I've always deemed it the "too large, too round" part of my body. Put a lot of hatred and anger toward it. Wondered why I had so many digestive issues, ones that affected my whole well-being. Began to pull back from the hate, give it some love. Started feeling better. Still have my moments when I turn to the side and look in the mirror and sigh. But the healing is still taking place. Not sure if we talked about this before, but have you checked out the Belly Project? http://thebellyproject.wordpress.com/page/3/? (Check out a few pages to see the diversity). And that you for noticing my smile and happy eyes! :) If only we could see on a daily basis in ourselves what others see in us...that's what we are hopefully all working toward. Thank you Courtney, and thanks again for posting the pic of your beautiful stomach. I relate so much to the stomach “issue” – I’ve always deemed it the “too large, too round” part of my body. Put a lot of hatred and anger toward it. Wondered why I had so many digestive issues, ones that affected my whole well-being. Began to pull back from the hate, give it some love. Started feeling better. Still have my moments when I turn to the side and look in the mirror and sigh. But the healing is still taking place.

Not sure if we talked about this before, but have you checked out the Belly Project? http://thebellyproject.wordpress.com/page/3/? (Check out a few pages to see the diversity).

And that you for noticing my smile and happy eyes! :) If only we could see on a daily basis in ourselves what others see in us…that’s what we are hopefully all working toward.

]]> By: courtney http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/grabbing-hold-and-loving-the-hell-out-of-your-imperfections/comment-page-1#comment-860 courtney Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:27:59 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3915#comment-860 Thank you again for using my stomach picture. I have this page bookmarked and come here when I start to get down on myself for not being "perfect". Well, we have known for ages we can't have everything and we have to love what we do have. BTW when I see your pictures at the top of the post I never ever saw rosacea. Your smile and happy eyes were the first things I noticed. Thank you again for using my stomach picture. I have this page bookmarked and come here when I start to get down on myself for not being “perfect”. Well, we have known for ages we can’t have everything and we have to love what we do have. BTW when I see your pictures at the top of the post I never ever saw rosacea. Your smile and happy eyes were the first things I noticed.

]]> By: Christine Garvin http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/grabbing-hold-and-loving-the-hell-out-of-your-imperfections/comment-page-1#comment-762 Christine Garvin Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:31:39 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3915#comment-762 Act II of this week's This American Life Podcast, Somewhere Out There, is an extremely powerful example of accepting our "imperfections" even when faced with society's animosity, and being 8 years old to boot. Worth a listen for those who are interested: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=374 Act II of this week’s This American Life Podcast, Somewhere Out There, is an extremely powerful example of accepting our “imperfections” even when faced with society’s animosity, and being 8 years old to boot. Worth a listen for those who are interested: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=374

]]> By: christine http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/grabbing-hold-and-loving-the-hell-out-of-your-imperfections/comment-page-1#comment-760 christine Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:41:22 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3915#comment-760 Wow, Stacey, thank you so much for your extremely thoughtful and well-written comment! I feel like you were able to say much better than I did that the point really is to fully embrace our own beauty, even if it doesn't always feel like beauty. I was moved... Wow, Stacey, thank you so much for your extremely thoughtful and well-written comment! I feel like you were able to say much better than I did that the point really is to fully embrace our own beauty, even if it doesn’t always feel like beauty.

I was moved…

]]> By: Stacey http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/grabbing-hold-and-loving-the-hell-out-of-your-imperfections/comment-page-1#comment-759 Stacey Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:39:51 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3915#comment-759 This is a great subject, especially in our society. Everyone has become so focused on having a "perfect" appearance, based on a very narrow set of standards. This is such a ridiculous concept to put ourselves through, because truely nothing is an 'imperfection'. Each person is a truely beautiful being in their own way! If there is an aspect of ourselves that we do not enjoy, and have the power to change, then it is prudent to take the time to reflect on how you would like to change that within yourself. The key here is to not be hard on yourself, and focus on how much you dislike your state, but to focus on the goals you would like to accomplish. If there is an aspect of ourselves that is perhaps a 'dis-ease', then we can reflect on what we are doing in our lives that does not serve us well. What are we doing/thinking/saying that is creating dis-ease in our life? Are we not following our dreams, are we selling our souls for what others want? When we are true to ourselves, and respect all aspects of ourselves, we might find old inflictions melting away, a miracle cure! Sometimes we will have aspects that we can not change, or that will not melt away for us. When we are in this situation we can as you so beautifully say, embrace our unique beauty within and without! Often we are MUCH harder on ourselves than others. From your photos you are a very beautiful woman! And your rosacea really does not look bad at all, it does not take away from your beauty at all. And I hope you have disolved the worry that people may not take you seriously because you can not rid yourself of a little redness, this truely has no influence on your tallent, and as I said, we often are much harder on ourselves. Other people truely might not even notice, even if you did not have makeup on. If we take something that we feel is an imperfection, and turn it into an asset, we gain confidence and power within our own lives. And when we accomplish this, that confidence shines through into the world, so that people only see how beautiful of a soul you are, and might never notice what you percieve as an imperfection. I love how you so openly share of your experiences, emotions and feelings. It is great how you share the process you have gone through, and continue to go through, so that others may learn and feel comfortable within themselves. Keep being beautiful! This is a great subject, especially in our society. Everyone has become so focused on having a “perfect” appearance, based on a very narrow set of standards. This is such a ridiculous concept to put ourselves through, because truely nothing is an ‘imperfection’. Each person is a truely beautiful being in their own way!

If there is an aspect of ourselves that we do not enjoy, and have the power to change, then it is prudent to take the time to reflect on how you would like to change that within yourself. The key here is to not be hard on yourself, and focus on how much you dislike your state, but to focus on the goals you would like to accomplish.

If there is an aspect of ourselves that is perhaps a ‘dis-ease’, then we can reflect on what we are doing in our lives that does not serve us well. What are we doing/thinking/saying that is creating dis-ease in our life? Are we not following our dreams, are we selling our souls for what others want? When we are true to ourselves, and respect all aspects of ourselves, we might find old inflictions melting away, a miracle cure!

Sometimes we will have aspects that we can not change, or that will not melt away for us. When we are in this situation we can as you so beautifully say, embrace our unique beauty within and without! Often we are MUCH harder on ourselves than others. From your photos you are a very beautiful woman! And your rosacea really does not look bad at all, it does not take away from your beauty at all. And I hope you have disolved the worry that people may not take you seriously because you can not rid yourself of a little redness, this truely has no influence on your tallent, and as I said, we often are much harder on ourselves. Other people truely might not even notice, even if you did not have makeup on.

If we take something that we feel is an imperfection, and turn it into an asset, we gain confidence and power within our own lives. And when we accomplish this, that confidence shines through into the world, so that people only see how beautiful of a soul you are, and might never notice what you percieve as an imperfection.

I love how you so openly share of your experiences, emotions and feelings. It is great how you share the process you have gone through, and continue to go through, so that others may learn and feel comfortable within themselves. Keep being beautiful!

]]> By: christine http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/grabbing-hold-and-loving-the-hell-out-of-your-imperfections/comment-page-1#comment-758 christine Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:29:16 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3915#comment-758 Thibault, so glad to hear I hit you at the exact right time! If only we could get more and more people to put their "stuff" out there all the time, think about all the self-love that might be the result. Sweet, a better ending for sure! Thibault, so glad to hear I hit you at the exact right time! If only we could get more and more people to put their “stuff” out there all the time, think about all the self-love that might be the result.

Sweet, a better ending for sure!

]]> By: Thibault http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/grabbing-hold-and-loving-the-hell-out-of-your-imperfections/comment-page-1#comment-757 Thibault Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.holisticwithhumor.com/?p=3915#comment-757 What a hell of post, as usual, Christine. The fun part was that I read it straight after coming out from the bathroom where I had this kinda long mirror self-critism session. So I guess now I'm gonna go right back in, and give it a better ending! Thanks, once again right on the point. Not to mention, it's perhaps good to appreciate our body, just as what it is: a body. Its power, its evolution...and how sensitive it is to your conscience. Have a great day. What a hell of post, as usual, Christine. The fun part was that I read it straight after coming out from the bathroom where I had this kinda long mirror self-critism session. So I guess now I’m gonna go right back in, and give it a better ending!
Thanks, once again right on the point. Not to mention, it’s perhaps good to appreciate our body, just as what it is: a body. Its power, its evolution…and how sensitive it is to your conscience.
Have a great day.

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