Have you ever met someone who just radiated beauty? It wasnโt necessarily the way they looked that made them beautiful, it was their inner beauty shining through. When I come across people like that, I WANT to be around them and even to be like them. But why copy someone elseโs inner beauty when you could let your own inner beauty shine through?
Donโt think you have โinner beauty?โ Think again. A lot of companies make their money by telling you that youโre not enough and you need their product to feel beautiful, those are the kinds of companies you need to tune out.
Hereโs an awesome mission statement from Beautycon.com that I can totally get behind โ โOur mission is to challenge traditional beauty standards and redefine what beauty means.โ Yes! These are the types of organizations we need to listen to, the ones that go the extra mile to let you know that feeling beautiful is important, but to truly feel beautiful โ youโve got to look within.
So, where do you start? Weโve come up with five ways to unleash your inner beauty so you can feel beautiful every single day.
5 Ways to Unleash Your Inner Beauty
- Nourish Yourself. The phrase โyou are what you eatโ may sound clichรฉ, but it couldnโt be more true. The more nutritious, nourishing, healthy food you fill your body with, the better you feel, the more energy you have and, you guessed it, the more beautiful you feel. Eating healthy not only helps your body function better but it can even clear up skin issues and help you maintain a healthy weight. You may not be able to change your diet overnight, but taking small steps every day can leave you feeling beautiful in no time.
- Catch some Zzzzโs. Are you sleeping enough? The reality is, most of us arenโt. Youโve probably heard it before, but adults should really be getting somewhere around a solid eight hours of sleep every night, but many of us fall woefully short of that. Sleep is when our body repairs its cells which in-turn gives you energy and helps slow down the aging process. Thereโs nothing that makes me feel more beautiful than having enough energy to get me through my day. It could be your mattress that is getting in the way of you getting a good night’s sleep. Consider ditching your old, uncomfortable mattress and replacing it with aย copper infused memory foam mattress from LAYLA SLEEP INC.
- Surround Yourself with Positive People. Who you spend your time with really matters. If you have toxic friends, itโs hard to feel beautiful or to see the beauty in anything. Itโs important that the people in your life care deeply for you, share your values and help you become the best possible version of yourself. You want people who build you up, not tear you down.
- Be Grateful. You may have heard about people keeping gratitude journals. Maybe that sounds a little silly to you, but donโt knock it โtil you try it. Keeping track of everything that makes you grateful and that makes your life a little more sweet and beautiful will help center you and keep your focus on positive. Itโs amazing how quickly we forget everything we have to be grateful for when one little thing goes wrong. A gratitude journal is a great way to see how the good in your life outweighs the bad.
- Practice Positive Self Talk. We get a million messages thrown at us every day and if we donโt have a solid understanding of ourselves, itโs easy to give into what culture says we should beโฆ and thatโs not usually a positive message. Practice speaking kindly to yourself each day, maybe even write down some affirmations that make your feel beautiful.
Itโs Never Too Late
Maybe you feel like youโll never be able to get out of that toxic relationship that youโre in, or that speaking positively to yourself seems awkward or that getting enough sleep is impossible. Start small. You wonโt be able to do all five things weโve suggested here at once, so choose one and focus on it, then move on to the next. Weโve all got inner beauty just waiting to be unleashed, youโll be so thankful you took the time to focus on yourself.