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20 Ways to Love Your Body
Thank You Body
Thank you hips for carrying me
forward this morning.
Thank you legs for being strong enough to push on through the
distance I choose to go.
Thank you feet for holding me, lifting me, supporting my every step.
Thank you ribs for sheltering my precious lungs.
Thank you lungs for taking in the sun-filled morning.
Thank you arms for embracing my life, for grabbing onto what is
important to me.
Thank you face for feeling the wind and the sweetness of the day.
Thank you eyes for taking it all in, for keeping me centered,
grounded, and here today.
Thank you brain for coordinating this amazing journey.
Thank you fingers for being able to stroke my child’s back, fingers,
face, hair…
Thank you mouth for swallowing my morning tea.
Thank you heart for being so dedicated, so loyal, so loving.
Thank you soul for wanting so much more.
Thank you stomach for sorting out all that I put in, good and bad.
Thank you intestines for clearing out all that I do not need.
Thank you endocrine system for keeping me balanced, healthy, alive.
Thank you skin for containing me in one miraculous package.
Thank you hair for blowing free and helping me to dream.
Thank you neck for keeping all the communications in my life
flowing.
Thank you womb for making me creative, life-producing, feminine,
changing, growing.
Thank you teeth for enabling me to bite off what I like and growl at
what I don’t.
Thank you ears for listening to the higher voice.
Thank you tongue for helping me to sing.
This is my beautiful body today and always.
*From Rebecca Ruggles Radcliffe, Body Prayers: Finding Body
Peace--A Journey of Self Acceptance Copyright©1999 EASE.
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Personal Bill of Rights
1. I have the right
to ask for what I want.
2. I have the right to say no to requests or demands I can’t meet.
3. I have the right to express all of my feelings, positive or
negative.
4. I have the right to change my mind.
5. I have the right to make mistakes and not be perfect.
6. I have the right to follow my own values and standards.
7. I have the right to say no to anything when I feel I am not
ready, it is unsafe, or it violates my values.
8. I have the right to determine my own priorities.
9. I have the right NOT to be responsible for others’ behavior,
actions, feelings, or problems.
10. I have the right to expect honesty from others.
11. I have the right to be angry at someone I love.
12. I have the right to be uniquely myself.
13. I have the right to feel scared and say “I’m afraid.”
14. I have the right to say “I don’t know.”
15. I have the right not to give excuses or reasons for my behavior.
16. I have the right to make decisions based on my feelings.
17. I have the right to my own needs for personal space and time.
18. I have the right to be playful and frivolous.
19. I have the right to be healthier than those around me.
20. I have the right to be in a non-abusive environment.
21. I have the right to make friends and be comfortable around
people.
22. I have the right to change and grow.
23. I have the right to have my needs and wants respected by others.
24. I have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
25. I have the right to be happy.
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20 Ways To
Love Your Body
Compiled by Margo Maine, Ph. D.
1.Think of your body as the vehicle to your dreams. Honor it.
Respect it. Fuel it.
2. Create a list of all the things your body lets you do. Read
it and add to it often.
3. Become aware of what your body can do each day. Remember it
is the instrument of your life, not just an ornament.
4. Create a list of people you admire: people who have
contributed to your life, your community, or the world. Consider
whether their appearance was important to their success and
accomplishments.
5. Walk with your head held high, supported by pride and
confidence in yourself as a person.
6. Don't let your weight or shape keep you from activities that
you enjoy.
7. Wear comfortable clothes that you like and that feel good to
your body.
8. Count your blessings, not your blemishes.
9. Think about all the things you could accomplish with the time
and energy you currently spend worrying about your body and
appearance. Try one!
10. Be your body's friend and supporter, not its enemy.
11. Consider this: your skin replaces itself once a month, your
stomach lining every five days, your liver every six weeks, and
your skeleton every three months. Your body is
extraordinary--begin to respect and appreciate it.
12. Every morning when you wake up, thank your body for resting
and rejuvenating itself so you can enjoy the day.
13. Every evening when you go to bed, tell your body how much
you appreciate what it has allowed you to do throughout the day.
14. Find a method of exercise that you enjoy and do it
regularly. Don't exercise to lose weight or to fight your body.
Do it to make your body healthy and strong and because it makes
you feel good.
15. Think back to a time in your life when you felt good about
your body. Tell yourself you can feel like that again, even in
this body at this age.
16. Keep a list of 10 positive things about yourself--without
mentioning your appearance. Add to it!
17. Put a sign on each of your mirrors saying, "I'm beautiful
inside and out."
18. Choose to find the beauty in the world and in yourself.
19. Start saying to yourself, "Life is too short to waste my
time hating my body this way."
20. Eat when you are hungry. Rest when you are tired. Surround
yourself with people that remind you of your inner strength and
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