POV: Healing looks different than I thought it would.
If you would’ve asked 18 year old me to step into a gym, my stomach would’ve dropped.
The gym held so many bad memories for me. Panic attacks. Feeling like everyone was watching me. Hours of overworking my body because I thought I had to earn my worth. An unhealthy relationship with movement that only pushed me further away from taking care of myself.
For years, I avoided it completely.
Then Pilates reminded me that movement could be joyful.
It taught me to move because I love my body, not because I hate it.
So this year, I decided to face the last piece I hadn’t healed yet: the gym.
Do I love it? Not yet. 😂 But I no longer fear it.
Now I get to learn, laugh, struggle through every set, celebrate getting stronger, and have my best friend/trainer
@thevianneylopez remind me that I belong here too.
This isn’t a fitness series.
It’s a healing series.🤍
Because becoming HER isn’t just about changing your body.
It’s about rewri...