#52 - Radical Self-Acceptance with Body Image Activist and Author Rosie Molinary

When Rosie Molinary was looking in the mirror at her frizzy,
unruly hair in the dead of summer and freaking out over what
product would 'tame the mane,' she had an epiphany: 'I have
bought into the beauty myth of what society says I should look
like.' She told herself, 'I'm going to work with boys in an
alternative school. Not one of them will care about the texture
of my hair, but they will care about how I will make them feel.
Who am I trying to get approval from?' And she set down her
straightener and walked out the door as her natural, beautiful
self... already good enough.


Rosie is the champion of 'radical self-acceptance' -- the belief
that you are worthy enough just for being born and the idea that
you don't have to do ANYTHING to prove your worth. Radical
self-acceptance is the choice to not have an adversarial
relationship with yourself. Instead, you choose to accept your
own humanity in the same way you accept the humanity of others.


Tune in as we discuss how to practice radical self-acceptance
using examples from Rosie's life, including her experience
growing up with brown skin in a predominantly white neighborhood,
what really surprised her when she wrote her first book Hijas
Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina (Seal
Press), and how she handles difficult questions from people, like
her adoption of a boy from Ethiopia.


Rosie believes 'we can teach people who aren't in the same place
as us a better way to use language for the future.' Her book
Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self Acceptance (Seal
Press), is an ideal tool to walk yourself through daily practices
of self-acceptance, sure to induce 'spiral ups' and more
self-compassion in your Body Kindness journey.


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About Rosie


As a radical self-acceptance champion, Rosie Molinary uses
profound questions and wholehearted connection to empower people
to treat themselves well so they can connect with their talents
and passions to authentically and intentionally live their
purpose and help heal the world.


The author of Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self
Acceptance (Seal Press) and Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image,
and Growing Up Latina (Seal Press), Rosie teaches at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, serves as a national
Dove Self-Esteem Project educator, offers workshops and retreats,
and speaks on self-acceptance, body image, self-care, media
literacy, the Latina experience, and intentional living around
the country. Rosie also serves as a creative catalyst to
companies and brands that wish to provide a synergistic,
empowered and soulful experience to their clients and employees
as they serve the world through workshop and retreat facilitation
and consultation.


A committed activist, Rosie helped found HAMMERS, a non-profit
initiative to provide emergency home repair for low income
families in her community, and Circle de Luz, a non-profit that
radically empowers young Latinas by supporting their
transformation through extensive mentoring, holistic programming
and scholarship funds for further education.


Follow Rosie


Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Rosie's books


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