The Science Behind the Law of Attraction Magazine Oct. 2016 | Page 4

?And What Else??
How t o At t r act Your Bet t er Body Image w it h Coaching
By Coach St ephanie Wood, PCC Founder of t he Body Knowledge Syst em®
Everyone knows the first answer to a personal
question is rarely the best answer, rather it?s the
answer that comes off the top of your head when
asked anything about yourself. For instance, ?How are
you??, ?Fine, or good, or OK? are the standard
responses whether we have a fever of 101, just
received a speeding ticket, or are nervous about an
upcoming job interview. To get to the central issue
requires a few follow up questions, i.e. ?really??, ?You
don?t look ?ok??, or ?Why are you sweating? It?s chilly
in here.?
Your Best Friend would ask you those follow up
questions. I know one thing for sure, when talking to
yourself about your body, there is NEVER a follow up
question, because you think you already know all of
the answers about your own body, and some of those
answers leave you feeling bad and therefore are not
right.
In my years of coaching experience, I understand the
hesitation in prying into those nooks and crannies of a
painful past, shameful self-image, or reluctance to
change behavior. However, if improving your body
positive was easy, there wouldn?t be all of those
articles, interviews, speeches from celebrities and
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others about body pressure to be perfect. Not a perfect
you, rather a perfect beauty like those you see in the
media.
BASTA! ARRETTE! STOP!
Few of us have the courage or confidence to stand
alone against the social pressures aimed at selling us
perfection through various products and services, and
yet, when we buy into that marketing, the results are
like putting lipstick on a cat. The lipstick may be a
beautiful color, applied artfully, and enhances the skin
tone---but the lips still belong to a cat! It?s not enough
to succumb to other people?s standards for other
people for you to achieve confidence; the only way to
have the presence confidence inspires is to discover it
within yourself. That?s where your body has the
knowledge to create the poise you seek. Now all you
need do is access it.
The good news is you are not alone. You are not alone
in your frustration to elevate your confidence through
a better body image; not alone in feeling shame
around those extra pounds; not alone in the fear that
arrives with every new candle on your birthday cake;
and not alone as soon as you make a habit of incl uding