That internal critique beating you up? It’s just a boulder in front of you, and you’re the one who parked the Mack truck there.

“So much focus is put on gaining 10 lbs out of nowhere, but the mentally shift was far more glaring.

I’m typically a highly energetic, deeply optimistic person. I have an amazing life… and yet I was struggling. From the outside, I looked like myself, living my life as usual. On the inside, I felt like an empty container of who I used to be.”