04/17/2024
Hi I’m Grace, a lot of people meet me or see my posts and say things like “you live such a balanced life,” “your energy is so calm”, ‘you seem so happy’ etc. It means the world to me to receive a compliment like that, but 1) I’m not always love & light 2) I struggled through a lot of my 20s battling disordered eating, body dysmorphia, gut/hormone issues & mental health battles. I started body building at the age of 20, I thought if I had the ‘perfect body’ I would surely be happy. It was actually quite the opposite, in the second pic when I was so focused on my physical body, nothing else mattered. My whole life revolved around what I ate, when I was going to the gym and how i could look better.
I ended up stumbling into a yoga class, that ultimately saved my life, I was in child’s pose and uncontrollable tears began to stream down my face. I left that class and decided it was also time to leave bodybuilding. There was not overnight change from leaving body building to learning to live a balanced lifestyle. I had lost touch with my intuition, leaving me lost on where to go next. I battled with binging and restricting with food/the gym, body image, inflammation & mental health for the next 2 - 3 years. Many days I cried myself to sleep & felt like I was alone on this journey.
It took about 3 years to finally get to a place where I felt like I could go out to eat with my friends without worrying about extreme bloat or guilt about what I was eating. I’m not perfect & there are still days I struggle with body image, gut health & food, but I’m grateful to say my life no longer revolves around this.
My purpose is to help others to learn to recognize their inner wisdom, connect to themselves & live their version of a balanced life. You deserve to feel safe in your body & let your inner glow out. If this resonates with you, I would love to hear about it
