Adam Roa
Adam Roa
This is something I heard years ago but have only recently begun to truly understand. It all starts inside. When I am able to love my perceived flaws, I can love your flaws too because I see myself in you. When you might stumble on your journey, I empathize because I see my own struggle mirrored back to me. My heart expands because I feel COMPASSION. And the world could use some more compassion right now.
We can all be insecure and harsh on ourselves. And yet, if we choose to, we can also become our greatest supporter. We can expand our capacity to love others through our ability to love ourselves deeper and deeper. This video is a reminder that you are amazing. I hope it's the motivation for you to begin to treat yourself like someone you love. Every moment, of everyday. It's the first single released from my new album, PERMISSION.
After a week of pastries and refined sugars, I was regretting my food choices because I knew I was ignoring what my body wanted. But instead of shaming and judging myself, I decided to reflect on why I was eating more sugar and meat, even though my intuition was telling me no. I realized that I was using food to comfort myself. The pleasure of taste is comforting and I enjoy the chemical reaction in my body from the release of endorphins. While pleasurable sugar rushes feel good in the moment, in the long run, being aligned with my absolute truth is more important to me. So I stopped to ask myself, “If I’m leaning into sugar more, why do I need it to feel good right now?”. The answer I got back was because I was
