NEDA Week 2015: Be Free

NEDA

One year ago, during NEDA week 2014, I decided to tell my truth. I was used to lying & hiding my secrets for so long. I was tired.
When you lie for so long nothing seems real. You transform yourself into this character; a character for a role in a movie or something. Learning the part is challenging in every way.

"The most important kind of FREEDOM is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen Inside First. "
                                            ~ Jim Morrison

This Sunday begins 2015 NEDA
(National Eating Disorders Awareness) Week.
What will you do for yourself? I hope you will join me in Loving yourself. ....

I've found Freedom in sharing myself, as personal as it may be, with the world. The one place I once despised because of what I felt it had done to me, has now become a place I appreciate. I have a new found sense of love and appreciation for the world, for social media. There will always be that someone or something that will try and break you down, but you have to choose not to be broken.

I've learned to fight back for myself using Social Media. I've chosen not to be afraid of what people will say and instead come to love sharing my personal growth, my personal journey using INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, FACEBOOK.
I chose to use what I love in a way to express myself. Through yoga, I have learned to be present & practice self love. I don't want to keep this part of my life a secret, for it's too beautiful not to share. Through the posts I share, I have in return met/interacted with so many amazingly beautiful & talented individuals who themselves are working through there own breakdowns. They are real and just as I am, searching for Freedom. I am inspired and in awe of the stories I've been told, more so than the stories I'm telling.

I've learned to speak my truth without the fear of what one will think of me. By all means - think what you will because I'm not living my life for you!
Over the week of the 22nd - 28th, I will continue practicing self love and learning to embrace the skin I am in. Again, you can look at me anyway you would like - I'm too STRONG to let you break me down.

"You can look at my Palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it. "  ~ Mary J. Blige


I want to believe you are capable of finding your inner peace, your Self-Love just as much as anyone else has. If you aren't willing to believe in yourself, then I will try and do it for you..


Much love to each of you reading,




~Just Breathe
  Brooke