SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - WHO'S LOOKING?

So much of our self image evolves during those often challenging middle school years…

We are too tall, too short, too fat, too skinny or our noses and ears are still too big for our heads…

Seriously, between hormones and growth spurts, for most of us these tend to be truly precarious years!

And if we throw in the well meaning 'help' that comes our way:

 "You are not thinking of wearing that out of the house, are you?!"

It's a miracle that we ever do make it out of the house… and that any of our self esteem survives!

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS           

  An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas…

HERE'S ONE TO TRY:

Next time you look in that morning mirror ask yourself who is evaluating your appearance…

Mom?

Dad?

Sibling?

First boy/girlfriend?

Other?

As you identify each person, role-play them making comments about your appearance.  Really get into it.  Can you mimic their voice? 

Now you might want to talk back to them - you know, saying all those things that you never said back then…

(The idea of this exercise is to sensitize yourself to where your self perceptual beliefs are coming from.)

Finally, ask yourself what age of your life your own eyes got 'locked in'…