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Episode Synopsis "She's not better than you, so cut it out"
In this episode we discuss unhealthy comparisons. Especially when it comes to social media. Here I share practical tips on how to stop unhealthy comparison. This is ripped audio from my YouTube episode. For the video version check out https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaW_b58f6J-aDxi6CLBUPrQ Unhealthy comparison. Quite often when I worked alongside teenage girls, one of the biggest issues I’ve seen was unhealthy comparison which then can be progressed into low self esteem issues. The average for young women on social media is 18 hours a week That’s potentially 604800 seconds a week of unhealthy comparisons. What happens when we compare ourselves to others? Quite often when we compare ourselves to others, we compare what we believe to be our worst attributes and compare them to what we believe to be their best attributes. Especially when we are dealing with social media where people upload only the best parts and not their struggles. STAT: 70% of women / teens edit and Photoshop their photos before uploading to social media. We can not fairly measure or compare ourselves to others purely for the simple fact is that we are all amazingly unique, we are all different. How awesome is that. I mean imagine a world where we were all the same? We’d be so boring. * Even twins don’t have the same fingerprints. Even More so it is a surefire way to say that all our personalities, experiences and everything that shapes us into who we are, are indeed all different. I LOVE THAT! Comparisons rob us of precious time, time that we could be focusing on our self growth or on those around us that we love. It robs us of the joy and happiness that we could be filling our lives with instead. Comparison is the thief of joy.” —Theodore Roosevelt When we focus on what others have, we tend to lose focus on what we have and have to offer, our talents, gifts, aspirations and wonderful character traits. Comparisons can lead to resentment not only to others but of ourselves. Which is the exact opposite of practicing SELF LOVE and self care. Comparisons can start small and then become habitual in every aspect of our lives. Looks, Job, money, Love and so much more. If we do not learn to stop comparing ourselves NOW it will only be much harder to stop later in life.
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