Empower
The Breaking Free Show TM:
October 6th - Whitney Thore
According to Whitney, she never set out to be a voice in the body-positive movement. In fact, as recently as a year ago, her most significant life goals hinged solely on losing 200 pounds so she would fit into a body deemed attractive and acceptable by society.
She desperately wanted to have a body that gave her permission to do the things she loved, like dance in public, and a body that gave her permission to outwardly be the person she was inside: a confident, quirky woman with endless goals and dreams.
Her quest for this perfect body started at age 10 and eluded her for the next 19 years, creating an uphill trek through self-doubt, eating disorders, polycystic ovarian syndrome, weight loss, weight gain, and towering waves of depression.
She hit rock-bottom more than once, but she didn’t quit her life. She kept living and she kept dancing.
A co-worker urged her to film myself and put the videos on YouTube in a series called “A Fat Girl Dancing.” One of her videos went viral and her inbox exploded with messages from all over the world from people saying that watching Whitney dance had made them cry or changed their life. This was overwhelming to Whitney –- and very telling of the society we operate in.
Now, at age 30, the path has finally leveled. I’m arriving at a place of self-love. Cultural norms, societal pressures, and the whims of the fashion industry do not define my worth as a woman or a human being. Whitney’s intelligence, personality, talents and contributions do not fluctuate with the numbers on a scale.
Whitney says, “The same goes for YOU. No matter WHAT you’re struggling with, embrace what you have to offer, love yourself right this minute and start affecting positive change for yourself and others.”
No excuses. No shame.
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