Once upon a time you were comfortable in your skin.
It may have been a long time ago, but you were.
You were born that way – fully, completely at home in your skin.
And then something happened.
Someone did something, someone said something. Self-consciousness was born and with it discomfort, as if your skin had become too tight.
What if you could go back to that time and remember the glorious feeling of “bien dans sa peau”?
Bien dans sa peau – literally translated means feeling well in your skin, at ease with yourself.
Well in your skin.
I want that, don’t you?
“As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin.” – Pablo Neruda
Well in my skin. . .I’m not sure I know what it means.
My curiousity aroused, I want to find out.
“it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones” – Tom Waits
If you’ve resolved to become more fully yourself, this is an invitation to explore and rewrite the story of who you are in your skin. For what gets in the way is most definitely a story you’ve listened to and repeated far too long.
Now is the time for a new story to emerge – a story of wholeness and being in your skin exactly the way you are.
And exactly the way you’re not.
You.
Fully yourself.
In your skin, on fire from within.
“Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” – Brene Brown
Over to you:
- Feel how your old story shows up in your body.
- Now imagine wellness in your skin.
Which do you want more of?
I want to hear from you.
Tell me your thoughts in the comments below.
Prompted by A Year With Myself, a year-long adventure in empowerment.
