“To the ones on their self-love journey, to my hopeful romantics, to my over-thinkers, and those in between: This is for you.”— Stephanie Fonseca, shopcatalog.com
“I'm excited to love myself.”— Justin Noble, Sheridan Watson, Mindy Kaling, Whitney Chase, Alyah Chanelle Scott, imdb.com
“I miss being me. I finally realized that is enough.”— Jenny Bicks, Elizabeth Chandler, Daphne Reynolds, Amanda Bynes, imdb.com
“I found active beauty in movement, in tradition, and in community—places where I could be seen as a peer, not looked at and judged.”— Natasha Ramoutar, thewalrus.ca
“Forgive yourself, every single minute of every day. Wake up in the morning and forgive yourself.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“Though I no longer disrobe every Monday night, I’d like to hold on to that attitude.”— Grace Kennedy , bonappetit.com
“Deep down, I knew I was full of shit. I’d read comments on my work while actively sobbing and wondering what it might be like to throw myself in front of a bus.”— Amanda Richards, amandakater.substack.com
“The only thing that was every wrong with me was my belief that there was something wrong with me.”— Glennon Doyle, amazon.com
“Be kind, receptive, and compassionate, of course, but don’t do it while diluting your persona to please others.”— Chelsea Fagan, psiloveyou.xyz
“It’s so much easier to let yourself fall apart than it is to piece yourself back together again, to pull yourself off the ground, to feel whole. Complete. At peace.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, instagram.com
“In our relationships and interactions with ourselves and others, we see what we want to see.”— Chrissy Stockton, minutes.co
“While we’re quick to praise others, it’s rare that we turn that same happy gaze inward. Instead, we nitpick the failures that seem glaring to us—but microscopic to others.”— Molly Shea, advice.shinetext.com
“Maybe we’ve got it all wrong. Maybe the right person isn’t the one who agrees with everything that we say or tells us tiny white lies to make us feel better about ourselves, but rather – the right person is the one who is brutally honest and raw.”— Ruby Dhal, thoughtcatalog.com
“I took half an hour trying to look nice, and I ended up looking amazing.”— Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, imdb.com
“The more work I do on myself, the more work I notice there is still left to do. There are no before and after stories in life because this isn’t the afterlife, while we are on earth we will always have more and more challenges to overcome.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“I love that I was able to give people a place to be the version of themselves they had always hoped they could be.”— Keah Brown, zora.medium.com
“One of the most radical acts of growth you can achieve is noticing what makes you different without blaming yourself for it.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“You’ve been through so much, you’ve endured so much, time will allow me to heal, and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete, and mother I am today.”— Serena Williams, harpersbazaar.com