Live an unapologetic life

Live an unapologetic life

In a society that profits from your self-doubt, liking yourself is a rebellious act. ~ Unknown

We live in a society that has turned self-doubt into a commodity. We are constantly bombards with messages telling us we're not good enough unless we buy this product or look like that photoshopped model. The simple act of liking yourself exactly as you are becomes downright revolutionary.

We live in a society that has turned self-doubt into a commodity to be packaged and profited from at every turn. But you don't have to buy into it. In fact, your greatest power lies in daring to opt out of those fictions entirely.

Look around and you'll see a billion-dollar industry whose sole purpose is to convince us there is something fundamentally lacking or flawed within. Whether it's makeup companies implying our natural faces are shameful blemishes to be concealed or diet culture promoting the lie that our bodies are worthless unless they conform to an unrealistic standard, we are saturated with incentives to dislike ourselves.

The advertising world is the puppet master, orchestrating the ultimate fear: ???????? ???? ?????? ?????? ???????????? ???? ???? ?????? ?????????? ??????.

The system is designed to keep us in a perpetual cycle of feeling broken, flawed, and incomplete so we'll keep shoveling cash at products and services that promise wholeness.

But what if we called that bluff and loved ourselves completely?

What if we looked society's profiteering beauty standards dead in the eye and said "???? ????????????, ??'?? ?????????????????? ???????? ???? ?? ????"?

Because here's the truth: You were born whole.

Your worth has been inside you, brimming and innocent, since day one. Now it's a matter of reclaiming that intrinsic sense of enoughness that can never be augmented or diminished by the external world.

Too many of us have been taught from childhood that our natural selves were a fixer-upper rather than something precious. We soaked in the pervasive belief that our looks, thoughts, personalities, and everything else needed remodeling to be acceptable. Those seedlings of insecurity get planted so early, warping how we see ourselves into perpetuity.

It's time to interrogate the laughable idea that you, a miraculous, once-in-an-eternity being, are anything other than sacred and stunning in your natural state. Let that concept sink in fully - you are sacred and stunning without needing to change one single molecule of yourself. It's the beauty corporations and insecurity profiteers that need to change, not you.

Release the outdated belief that you need to validate your existence. Those sources simply don't have the power to approve or deny your humanity. You are already gloriously, unapologetically whole.

In this light, self-love is not just the greatest gift you can give yourself but also a humble way to honor the universe that sprouted you into being. To reject the toxic narratives of personal insufficiency is to reclaim your birthright as a worthy, beloved part of the cosmos. Your authenticity, in its rawest, unedited form, is a sacred expression of existence itself. What could be more awe-inspiring than that?

So go ahead and color outside. Give yourself permission to be ?????????????????? ??????????????????. Embrace your quirks. Pursue your real passions. Walk to the beat of your own drum and watch the magic!

As you do, don't be surprised if others seek to keep you small, contained, and constantly feeling lacking. There are those who depend on keeping you in a perpetual state of unworthiness so you'll never step into your full power.

The greatest courage is living out your unapologetic truth in a world constantly telling you who you're supposed to be. The greatest revolution has always been one of unshakable self-love against a backdrop urging restraint. So go love yourself with so much blooming ferocity that you become the living, breathing pattern-disruptor our world quakes for.

Devasmita Chowdhury

Leadership coach | Campus to corporate Transition Coach I ICF Accredited Coach I Content writer I Book editor I Script writer I

8 个月

This is what people need to realise. It’s not spoken about very often. But it needs to. The pic represention is perfect.

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Barbara Hazelden

The Verbal Alchemist * I Transform Ordinary Words into Uncannily Effective Messages * Long-Form Articles & Executive Ghostwriting * Storytelling-Based Narratives * Adeptly Humanized AI-Written Copy

8 个月

Isabelle, this is a powerful and beautifully written message. It really resonated with me, and I hope it reaches others who also need to hear it.

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Ruchi Narang

Corporate Facilitator | People Development | Executive and Life Coach | Mindfulness Expert

8 个月

This resonates with me Isabelle Fortin! Thankyou

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Samantha R.

Helping Family Caregivers find harmony in Work + Life + Care/ 3 gen caregiver/ Holistic health ??/ Healthcare Advocate/ Daughter

8 个月

IMO it comes down to knowing your value. Knowing you were born worthy of love, kindness & acceptance - born with innate beauty. Standing in the power of this truth can help you combat internal fears & doubts while ignoring outside voices trying to make you feel less than you are Isabelle Fortin.

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Shahadat. H

Building 7-figure sales channels with SEO content | CEO of Best SEO BD I Local & E-commerce SEO Expert I

8 个月

Absolutely! Embrace your uniqueness and live authentically

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