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Rebecca Storch runs Greenbird Living, a website that shares inspiration on living a wholesome, healthy lifestyle. She writes regularly about self-acceptance and mindfulness, as well as writing about nourishing foods that support your best health.

How to Handle Life: Get Out of Your Critical Head

“Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There was a time when I lived almost completely inside myself. I couldn’t handle much of the outside world.

Yes, I am an introvert, but back then, I had such low self-esteem that the only place I felt safe was inside my own head. I had a low tolerance for problems and mistakes. I was life intolerant.

Yet, my inner world wasn’t exactly a peaceful sanctuary; it was a cold, discomforting, and harsh place to be. Mainly because I was fat. Or so I thought. I …