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Posts by Nicola Casey

Nicola Casey is a language teacher living in Kent, England with her fiancé and cockapoo, Gus. She loves writing and is also currently working on a crime novel. She is passionate about living a balanced life and reaching others through her writing, music and art.

The Number on the Scale Does Not Dictate Your Value

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“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

We try to give our bodies value with numbers. We’re obsessed with the number on the scale and the circumference of our waist.

We also think our value lies in labels. Words like “obese,” “fat,” and “overweight” are triggers for many, and we abhor them like coffee breath, because we’ve been immersed in pocrescophobia (the fear of getting fat) from before we can remember.

But we are more than a category on a pie chart. We are …