Helloooo!!
I’m going to count yesterday’s affirmation so I have 6 left to do them for a week. I’m going to start doing them daily .. wow my life is getting busy with all this new stuff I’m trying to fit in! 
I’m going to try to sort the affirmations into categories… because for some reason my personality has totally changed for a wee while and I feel organised!!
I’m thinking:
Affirmations
1. Body positivity
2. What I like about my personality
3. What I am grateful for in my life
4. Things other people have said about me
Ok.. I can’t think of any more at the moment and have realised that organisation comes at the expense of creativity for me! …. I will have a think (Or you guys can help me) and I will cross that affirmation bridge when I come to it.. or just say the things I missed out the first time I did my affirmations.
So today..
Body Positivity
For those of you who have trouble understanding my accent.. (I actually had trouble at one point! )
Here are some of the things I said I loved about my body:
I think I am pretty and have a nice mouth
I think I have awesome boobs but I don’t get them out on cam…..today!
I like the way my hair is messy and a riot as it sort of represents me somehow.. I do actually do it when I am going out on a special night or something though.. (Sometimes) I should have also said I like the grey streaks in it as they make me feel like a mad scientist which would have been my next job choice after therapist.
I said I like that my tummy is soft because it makes me awesomely cosy to cuddle!
I like that I have paws for hands and monkey feet.. I pick up stuff with my feet without even thinking!
I like the crease between my brows as it means I think a lot.. or are confused a lot of the time!! Either way it tells a story!! 
I know so many people who dislike their bodies and I feel sad about that. Genuinely I do love my physical self though I guess a bit of positive affirmation wont hurt anyway.
I love that bodies tell stories and think that every wrinkle, laughter line, stretch mark, scar should be worn as a badge of honour and time served and celebrated. I think it’s a pity that people think they need to stay looking young forever. I think this comes from the celebrity and youth obsessed culture we live in.
I love the fact that bodies come in all shapes and sizes and I think it’s a shame that people freak out so much if they are not thin. Again a sad reflection of how we place media images and ideals over and above real life embodied humans filled with love and humour, intelligence and warmth.
It would make me happy if more people loved the bodies they inhabited and tried to remember that their bodies are just the shell they live in. Hmm.. I suppose me going on about how much I love my shell seems a bit shallow now!! Though I do know people who suffer from body dysmorphia or just a really low self imagine regarding their bodies that ruins their lives. I think Positive body affirmations really can help.
Learn to love your shell!!
xxLisa
You’re AMAZING!!! I love your raw candidness…and your beautiful GIGGLE!!! There is a fire within you that refuses to quit…and in that passion…you are discovering a whole new way to BE!!! My support and love are with you in this journey!! Thank you for being YOU!!!
Wow! You made my day. ..no WEEK!
Thank you Alania!!
xxLisa
It’s good to know I’m not the onl person who feels comfortable in a body that is not considered media-perfect. Not entirely unrelated: What animal do you feel resembles you most?
Yeah..It’s weird ..I have never really had an issue with my body except from when I was really skinny and thought I was fat when I was younger!! I worried that people would thing ‘Wow.. she is arrogant!’
but I do love my body… It’s the inside stuff I need to work on!
)
Hmm…I have been told my totem animal is a fox in the past but I think I am more cuddly ..maybe an otter.. (Which is totally a name for chubby gay men!!! lmao!!
What animal do you think you resemble?
It’s difficult because I think I am like a lot internally and externally and it can also depend on what mood I’m in…
….Tomorrow.. I shall be a swan!!
or a sloth! xx
sometimes I’m a bear, other times a boar
in any case, I am quite a glutton, and I’ll eat pretty much anything as long as it’s considered edible, but I lose weight as fast as I put it on. Unlike a boar, I’m not greedy, and I can go without food for a while, and pretty much like a bear, if I don’t watch out, things (and sometimes people) could take serious damage. OK it’s looking all the more like bear than boar…
Guurrr!! I don’t think I’m angry enough to be a bear.. I would love to be a Panda.. I mean if we got to chose.. they are so zen. xx
bears are rarely angry. It’s almost only around humans, and only when humans are loud, which happens often when they encounter a bear (panic) and do stupid things like shooting at them. My uncle hunts, and he showed me the ammo you need to take on a medium-sized bear; let’s just say, emptying a clip of 9mm doesn’t come close to cutting it…
Yeah.. humans pretty much are to blame for most crap!!
I guess angry was the wrong word as its sort of anthropomorphism really and a human emotion.. well our understanding of it. We get angry at everything.. ‘Gah someone parked in my space’ Animals generally get ‘angry’ when people are pissing about near their babies and other important stuff.. and like you say freaking them out with mad noises..
I love nature documentaries and generally when you see bears they are playing and catching fish and looking quite chilled..
Hmm.. maybe I am some sort of bear.. Maybe because of my happiness blog I can be a sunshine bear!! I just went to visit them at the weekend.. They are pretty small too..
I love my grey hair! LMDO!! I know, I’m in my 40′s but it reminds me of my sweet granny AND I have EARNED every single one of ‘em! I won’t dye it, I refuse, I am au-natural!!
I am NOT insecure about myself because this is exactly how God made me. If he made me smart AND beautiful AND thin, geez, I’d probably be a nasty, arrogant person!!! but, God knows how to keep me humble. He gave me brains, and brains last longer than ANY looks a person might have, so I’ll take brains any day.
Lisa – add to your list about yourself “I am courageous” because to open yourself up to becoming a stronger person, that takes some serious bravery girl!
Have a great day! Oh yea, LMDO… That is a senior citizen acronym for “Laughing My Dentures Out” I LOVE IT!
LMFDO!!!!!!! “laughing my dentures out” …this must be shared with the world!! Too brilliant!!
hahahahaha
I actually started getting grey..well white hair in my mid 20′s. Apparently my Uncle Peter (My Dad’s brother) was totally White before he was 30.. looks like I might have those genes. My Nanna (Dads mum) *Sorry for the genealogy lesson!!
) had a head of white hair.. well sometimes it had a wee blue tint to it.. Yeah.. I like my hair to be natural ..Like you say.. ‘I earned my white hairs’
I am so happy that you are not insecure about how you look. I think that is awesome.. there is so much pressure to be this and that and the next thing.. I am glad I don’t give myself all the added pressure.
People need to take me as they find me. My weight fluctuates a lot (Though I never diet) and that has never bothered me. (I think I am leveling off a bit now) I’m probably at my highest now and I really don’t care. I think I look cuddly and more approachable! It’s weird but I think my outsides match my insides more when I am fatter.. I have a fat soul!
Thank you for being awesome and kind, dentures and all! <3
xxLisa
Look here for more senior acronyms http://wehave2boys.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/acronyms-for-seniors-who-text/
Hahahaha!! Love it!! Think my favourite is HGBM!!
Awesome!! hehe
x
Love your passion & affirmation of YOU! Thanks for connecting with us and for living your happy truth.
Thank you.
Love and light xxLisa
You and your constant happiness! Curse you I say, Curse you! Ok, it is actually very nice to read your efforts to make and keep yourself happy each day.
I am not one who is fond of my body in it’s current state. Some guys have a six pack, I have a keg. But hey, which one is more fun at parties?
I have started to grey around my sides and I think it makes me look distunguished, when it is kept. When it is not, it just blends right in with the rest of my, can’t decide if it’s curly or not mess.
Muwahahahaha Master of pies.. I still have 4 months of everyday happiness to go! Help!
Meh! Six packs are over rated! I much prefer something to grab on to! If I was to cosy into a six pack of an evening I would end up with a sore neck!
I think Grey around the sides is also an awesome look.. like a human badger!!!
xxLisa
Shouldn’t you be sleeping, isn’t it like 16AM in the UK? I just made that time up. Probably closer to 8 or 2040 for you Scots.
No.. it wasn’t 16 am.. it was about 9pm I think,.:D
Oh wait a joke. I’m too tired to appreciate it because its 144 pt here now and I am sleepy!
xx
Hi! Thanks for following my blog somewheregermany.wordpress.com. I’m trying to catch up with yours, there’s so much to read. Still stuck in July’s posts, but found some interesting stuff already. Keep it up!
I really can’t wait to get grey hairs, but not much going on really. I’m old enough, anyway.
J, Assisant to Dave the muse
Hurry up and grow some grey hairs J!! >:(
Thank you for getting stuck in July with me..
warm wishes xxLisa
Wait, is the proper format 20:40? I wish I spoke scottish then it would not be so hard to communicate. =P
Scottish is very difficult and you have to be drunk to speak it.,.we generally would just say 20 to 9 in that occasion!
Boy do I have body issues!
Even when I was a size 8 (Australian)
I’m now a size 10 and was creeping to a size 11. I realise my meds contributed to this….but that didn’t stop the craziness of hating my body. God I wish I was as kind to myself as you are…more power to you! xxx
I was about a size 12 about 4 years ago and now I’m about an 18/20. I think the reason this doesn’t bother me is because I know so many inspiring and beautiful big women. Being bigger just isn’t scary for me and I quite like the changes ..like I said but boobs! That’s new!!
I can understand feeling like that though because I used to have a phobia of being fat when I was younger for some reason (Don’t want to blame my mum again.!!)
I really wish more people were kinder to their bodies as it’s the only one they have.
In saying that I have more of a problem accepting internal me so it’s taking me ages to do today’s video!! Gah! We all have our insecurities..
..and Thank you!!
Love and light and positivity.
xxLisa
That we do!…I think your beautiful inside and out! xx
Thanks very much!
*Blush*
xx
You’ve given me some ideas! thanks
Brilliant!!
xx
I pick up things with my toes too! So did my mom!! I learned to do it because it was easier to pick up things with my toes when I was prego then to bend over (big prego bellies run in our family). Still do it. I feel a little like a monkey. I can also balance an unseemly amount of crap in my arms… I think also from carrying small children around and still needing to get work done. Man I wish baby wrapping was in when I was a mom of tinies. You should add that you are an inspiration to others… because you are. Especially to me
<3 Rebecca (I wish the carrot and 3 turned into a heart on WordPress like it does on Facebook.)
Oh totally!! We need some hearts around here!!
Again Rebecca, thank you so much ..you are too kind!!
I’m going to do more personality based ones tomorrow (Think I need another day of being in bed) ..think that will be the hardest for me. I never thought I was any good as a person. I have no idea where my body confidence comes from!? I think maybe I have always felt that insides are more important so I can easily say what I like about my outside. Not sure if that makes sense.. I am going to find it really difficult to say out loud what I like about inside me.. because that is more important.
I am rambling! lol
xx
I wish I liked me as much as you like you. Your videos put a smile on my face, your candidness and scottish accent. It can be a challenge to understand the scottish accent. I have always been self critical, but even more so since I am not a size 10 anymore and have gone up a size. Great work on your videos. Kat
Thank you. haha… I have heard a lot of people say the Scottish accent is challenging to understand so that is why I started putting vague subtitles in!!
I wish you liked you more too. Body positivity is a great thing. Me saying what I love about my body doesn’t mean that I feel secure in it at all times though. I don’t think anyone does. I just try not to be critical of myself. You know I think perhaps the fact I don’t read women’s magazines or watch adverts may help a little.. They are always so ‘Oh MAN!! X celeb has ‘ballooned’ to a size 4!!’ ..type headlines.. when the average UK person reading is a size 16. (Pretty sure that is the national average now..)
Say stop! Literally if you want.. and then think of something positive..
Anyway…I hope you learn to love yourself or at least stop being self critical. Maybe if you catch yourself thinking un positive thoughts about your body you can nip yourself!!
Love and light xx
Sgreat post and thanks for dropping in on me. Pendryw
Thank you and no worries!
xx