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Here are my thoughts when I look at my least favourite part of my body. ----------- "They're not usually this noticeable." "If you only had the money to get rid on them." "They actually look kinda cool." "Sorta like a the beginning of a story." "More like the beginning of a LONG story." "Would I erase my story to not have these?" "You'd probably be more comfortable without them." "Would I truly though?" "Okay ask yourself the question." "I don't wanna." "Just do it." "Does this affect the quality of who I am?" "No." "Would it make you a better person if you got rid of these marks?" "No." "Would it make you kinder, more generous and a better lover if you had the money to erase them?" "No." "Then you're perfect." "I don't feel perfect." "That's cause perfect isn't a feeling." ------ you guys get it �� you don't have to be in love with yourself everyday, but I PROMISE if you practice self love you will have more loving moments with yourself than you could ever dream of. ☁️�� KEEP DREAMING. KEEP LOVING. KEEP AT IT. #selflovebootcamp #loveyourself #beyourownkindofbeautiful

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מה הופך אותנו למושלמות? על השאלה הזו אפשר לענות, מן הסתם, בהמון דרכים. עבור קנזי ברנה, שחקנית ובלוגרית קנדית, התשובה בטח לא תהיה קשורה לאיך שהיא נראית.

ברנה היא פעילת דימוי גוף חיובי ואהבה עצמית מוכרת ברשת, ובעמוד האינסטגרם שלה היא מרבה לפרסם תמונות של עצמה ולספר לעוקבים על תהליך הקבלה העצמי שעברה. באחד מהפוסטים הנצפים ביותר שלה, צילמה תקריב של סימני המתיחה שעל הבטן שלה והוסיפה מונולוג פנימי שמלווה אותה בכל פעם שהיא מתבוננת בהם.

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I have hope for you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I know that one day you will let go of whats held you back. That you will come to realize life is happening, the one begging you to take notice, to laugh and be in tears with it. I know one day you will let go with the preoccupation of looks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "I want to be thinner" "I want to be more beautiful" "I want to look much different than what I am now" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Translation: I want to be loved, I want to be held in another person mind, I want them to care about me, I wish I felt appreciated, I have to be desirable because if I'm desirable then I'm wanted, if I'm wanted then I have purpose. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We all want meaning in the world and we all want to find our great sense of purpose. But our looks are just one part of that, I'm not denying your right to feel beautiful but I'm saying thats not enough for you to be human. You have thoughts, ones you're not even aware of, you have quirks, hopes, dreams, fears, unresolved heartache and I want to know about all of those because thats what drives you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What drives you is not the desire to become more beautiful, I want to know why you didn't feel beautiful in the first place, I want to know when the ache started for you, I want to know the love you received and the love you didn't. To me, this connection, whats beyond the physical is much more beautiful and inspiring then having you look a certain way. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And I have hope that you will feel this one day too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #youarebeautiful #youaresmart #youareperfectasyouare #recoveryispossible #iloveyou �� - @rawkavai

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"הנה המחשבות שלי כשאני מסתכלת על החלק הכי פחות אהוב של הגוף שלי:

'בדרך כלל הם הרבה פחות בולטים'. 'אם רק היה לך כסף להיפטר מהם!' 'האמת שהם נראים די נחמד'. 'כמו התחלה של סיפור'. 'יותר כמו התחלה של סיפור ממש ארוך'. 'האם הייתי מוחקת את הסיפור שלי כדי להיפטר מהם?' 'בטח יהיה לך יותר נוח בלעדיהם'. 'באמת? באמת היה לי?'"

בהמשך הפוסט היא מעזה ושואלת את עצמה:

"האם סימני המתיחה משפיעים על האישיות שלי?'
'לא'.
'האם זה יהפוך אותך לאדם טוב יותר אם תפטרי מהם?'
'לא'.
'האם זה יהפוך אותך לנעימה, נדיבה, למאהבת טובה יותר אם היה לך כסף למחוק אותם?'
'לא'.
'אז את מושלמת'.
'אני לא מרגישה מושלמת'.
'זה בגלל ששלמות היא לא הרגשה'".

בסיום הפוסט היפה כותבת ברנה לעוקביה: 'אתם לא חייבים להיות מאוהבים בעצמכם כל הזמן. אבל אני מבטיחה לכם שאם תתרגלו אהבה עצמית יהיו לכם הרבה יותר רגעים של אהבה עם עצמכם משאי פעם חלמתם". 

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One of my favourite things about going to an art gallery or a museum is getting quiet and lost in the environment. I love the moment you experience a piece of art and immediately start storytelling in your head. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What if we acted like we are all works of art? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When I listen to Beethovens 14th Sonata, I imagine what was said (and what wasn't!) between him, Josephine and Guiletta to cause him to write something that emulates heartbreak so perfectly. The piece was later renamed as Moonlight Sonata for its "the sound you hear when the moon reflects on Lake Lucerne." I was shocked, I thought "what?! The moons reflection is much more romantic and this piece is all about the tragedy of love!" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ How can someone interpret something so differently than me? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Well, empathy comes from the German word einfühlung, which means "feeling into." Einfühlung was used in nineteenth century aesthetic philosophy to describe our capacity to mentally get inside works of art and even nature itself, to have something like a first person experience from the objects perspective. I think that is so so cool. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Empathy today means something of a connection with another human being, our ability to perceive another from their perspective. Empathy is a front end process that motivates us, whereas the social rewards are the back end consequences. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When we empathize with another human being we neuropsychologically connect to them in ways that we're actually already evolved to do! We have been able to find out in neuroscience that the "mentalizing system" or the "mirror system" in our brain is that which allows us to connect to a persons pain or happiness as if its happening to us. It’s prosocial programming. (Way more complex though!) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are all pieces of art waiting to be felt. Like walking history books, only made out of a weird, elegantly ordered, bag of cells that somehow form consciousness, which lives, breathes, speaks and thinks. Feel into each other more. Imagine what it’s like to be someone else. #empathy #compassion #itworks #givelove #compassionateliving #youaremagic #youareart #allbodiesaregoodbodies @beccamurrayphoto ��

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