The Program

Write a letter to your mind and body thanking them. Try to appreciate them as much as you can and find things about them that you genuinely like. It could be how creative your mind makes you or how your legs take you from one place to another. It can be anything you like about yourself, just make sure you appreciate yourself! Start every sentence with "Thank you for..." try to write at least 5 things. Click on the image to download a template. 

Go to a place that you find calming, and bring a journal and a pen with you. Disconnect your phone from the internet and pay attention to your surroundings. What do you see? What do you hear? What can you feel? Write down the things you find beautiful about this place, around the things in the place and about the people around you. Why are these things beautiful to you? 

We don't have to look up to people just because of the way they look. There's so many more factors that go into making a good role model- and not all of them are about appearances. Who are some people you look up to and admire? Why do you admire them? Find five people you look up to for reasons besides their beauty, click on the picture to download a template.

To completely rid the media of any beauty standards is realistic- we just can't do that, and to also try to not consume any media at all is unrealistic. What we can do however, is change the way we think about what we see online and be more critical of it- we need to start understanding that things aren't always the way it seems. These questions will help you think about the media a little more critically, click the image to download the questions.