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WHO INSPIRE Alicia Galantic from Healthingyou.com
ALICIA GALANTIC, SHARES HER JOURNEY TO HEALTH AND SELF-LOVE. AFTER OVERCOMING POOR SELF-ESTEEM, ALICIA IS THRIVING AND INSPIRING OTHERS.
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INSPIRE HEALTH
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hile growing up, I suffered with the constant battle of never thinking I was good enough. I went through a time period where I never felt talented, with no niche to give me purpose. I was constantly comparing myself to others and didn’t have an indication about what self-love was. I always thought love was found in every area, but from within. While I maintained I was content on the outside, I was very confused and lacking my true happiness deep down. Whether we know it or not, a lot of us go through this struggle of scrutinizing ourselves and finding who we are, especially in our adolescence. We try to meet some type of perfection that doesn’t exist and sometimes we look up to people that aren’t actually empowering us. My life, most of the time, seemed to be based on superficial things. I was trying to fit a mold, and trying to be accepted by as many people as possible. I started following trends that had no connection to who I was personally. I would start to obsess about working out, low fat foods, useless fad diets and my weight. I never actually listened to what my body was telling me. I never understood what impact this all had on me. I didn’t have an indication about what health even meant. The day my life changed was when I attended my first hot power yoga class. I was in the process of changing gyms and wanted to try something different. I was immediately enlightened, and it was an instant shift in feeling. I released judgment for where I was at in that particular moment of my life, what I looked like, or what anyone thought of me. I just surrendered completely on the mat, and I listened to myself deep, deep down where I was hiding for a very long time. It wasn’t easy to get honest with my demons, doubts, and regrets; it took courage to deal with everything I was hiding from. As it would for
