Wear the Crop Top
Let’s talk about crop tops.
A few years ago I was working with a coach on improving my body image. She asked me to write down something I really wanted to do but was avoiding due to how my body looked.
I immediately though: “Wear a crop top!”
Up to that point, I was unaware that my inner teenager was dying to jump on the latest trend and put my bellybutton out there for the world to see.
But there it was.
My next thought was: “Whatever. Those days have passed. I’ll definitely never be able to rock a crop top.”
Then I started thinking about all the other things I wasn’t doing because of how my body looked:
I hated going swimming with friends because I was afraid of anyone but my husband and closest friends seeing my body
I recoiled at the idea of having my picture taken and hid in the back row of group photos
I declined offers to go out when the plans involved food or drinks that were not on my “approved” list
When traveling, I would get anxious about eating too much and not exercising enough—which completely shut down the joy of being in a new place
There were so many areas where I wasn’t showing up fully out of fear of being seen and judged.
So many times I let myself feel less-than because of how I looked.
So many times I didn’t do the thing.
Fast forward to today:
Ya girl has a closet full of crop tops.
I don’t think twice about going swimming. Or having my picture taken. Or getting nasty on a basket of wings at the bar while I’m out with friends.
It wasn’t instantaneous. Learning to feel at home in my body took intention, focus and time.
To finally feel free. To wear what I want. To allow myself to be seen. To gain the confidence to show up fully and know that I’m capable of big things.
And it all started with a little voice whispering: Wear the crop top…
If there’s a little voice inside you urging you to do the thing, it’s time to start listening.
You inner wisdom is powerful.
If one of the things you want to do is fall madly in love with yourself and grow your inner confidence, I invite you to join my free Body Love 101 workshop on Wednesday 2/9.
You’ll learn:
Ways to improve your inner dialogue so you can love up on your body instead of being at war with it
How to engage with pleasure each and every day and feel sexy AF whenever you want
What creates true self-confidence and how to grow it within yourself
Tips, resources and advice for stepping off the treadmill of diets and over-exercise
How to listen to the wisdom of your body so food and movement can feel joyful
Ways to connect with your inner bad bitch (yes, you have one) and do the things you’ve been secretly wanting to do: wear the crop top, ask that person out on a date, get that job, take the trip
Daily practices for feeling at peace in your body
How I overcame a decades-long eating disorder and over-exercising to the point of injury & finally learned to unconditionally love myself
(If you can’t make it in person, sign up and you’ll receive the recording, which is yours to keep forever.)
XO!
Olaiya💋💋
