When was the last time you compared yourself to others? When you compare, do you compare yourself to people who are better or worse than you are? What feelings come up after you’ve made the comparisons? The last time I compared myself with other people was just last week when I saw an old colleagueContinueContinue reading “My Inferiority Complex from Comparing”
Category Archives: On Self-Image
My Relationship with Sex
Growing up, we didn’t talk about sex in my family. We didn’t see my parents kiss or show affection. When there are sex scenes on movies, we awkwardly cover our eyes or make gawking noises to show our disapproval. One time my dad jokingly grabbed my mom’s butt and breast. It scarred me for life.ContinueContinue reading “My Relationship with Sex”
My Body Image Struggles
I had a complicated relationship with food and my body image in high school. Media played a part of it, but the needle that broke the camel’s back was when my dad told me that my face looked a bit rounder. In his way, he told me that I was fat. In his perspective, itContinueContinue reading “My Body Image Struggles”
Own Your Insecurity
Free yourself and take your power back by being secure in who you are–flaws and all.Yvonne Pierre, The Day My Soul Cried: A Memoir What’s an insecurity that comes to haunt you over and over again? Mine is my voice. I have a higher-pitched voice that can sound childlike, which has put me at aContinueContinue reading “Own Your Insecurity”