Blogger gets real about 'least favourite part' of her body in powerful post

Nisean Lorde
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Kenzie Brenna is all about promoting self-love, although the body-positive blogger admittedly has days where she questions the love she has for the least favourite part of her body.

The Toronto native recently posted two revealing side-by-side shots on Instagram, where she bared her stretch marks while donning tight jeans and a black lace crop top. The ensuing conversation with herself wasn’t entirely positive.

“They’re not usually this noticeable. If you only had the money to get rid on them,” she said she thought to herself while peering at the marks, before deciding to focus on something positive. “They actually look kinda cool. Sorta like a the beginning of a story.”

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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

A post shared by Kenzie Brenna (@omgkenzieee) on Mar 23, 2017 at 7:52am PDT

The contradictory thoughts concerning her “flaws” ping-ponged back and forth in Brenna’s head — something that many women can admittedly relate to. Brenna encourages women to keep moving forward, and to not dwell on moments where you don’t accept yourself.

“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,” she added, before reminding her nearly 150,000 followers to keep dreaming, and to keep loving themselves.

In an interview with Yahoo Canada, Brenna says she posts these messages because she wishes that she heard them as a teenager.

“I wish I had someone telling me it was OK to be myself and that I was going to be loved regardless. I hope a girl sees my message and I save her from a moment of hating herself, I hope she can look down and say ‘this is OK,’ instead of ‘this needs to change.'”

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Wild mane today. No makeup. Hesitant to post bc all of the fucked up comments that people have been leaving. YES. I know other women have it worse than I do. Can y'all do me a favour? Tell me how working on self love has helped you or changed you for the better. @bodyposipanda did this once when she wasn't feeling great and reading through those comments last summer made me feel alive. I would love to YouTube some of them so only comment if you're comfortable with that ???? #bekindtooneanother #endbullying #bullysneedtherapy

A post shared by Kenzie Brenna (@omgkenzieee) on Mar 26, 2017 at 10:07am PDT

The actress and YouTube star has publicly opened up about her extreme weight loss and the resulting sagging skin. She decided to forgo plastic surgery and #embracethesquish — a viral movement that encourages women to embrace their bodies and stop seeing them as flawed.

 

This is apart of me I'm not changing. ???? Not only do I not have the finances to chance this part of my body, I don't have the emotionality to change it. To actually undergo the surgery I've researched and phoned in about so many times, I can't do it. ❌ I don't blame others for going through it, it's just not something that I can do. I honestly don't even hate this part of me anymore, through #embracethesquish I have found more and more women who help me accept this part of myself. ???? There's nothinggggg to be ashamed of. A body part that doesn't look like the body parts you've seen PLASTERED in the media, doesn't make it wrong. Yes it'll feel wrong to embrace. Yes it's counterintuitive to love yourself as is. Yes there will be moments where you're not fucking good at accepting yourself. And you'll truck through all of them, just like you have with the last x amount of years of yourself. When I get messages from my friends, people from my city, women from other countries, on different continents, within different cultures that tell me I help them love themselves a bit better, I end up loving myself a bit more in the process. GOOD ATTRACTS GOOD. If what you're doing right now DOESNT feel good, STOP. Start doing something that might be a little scary (but may be a little fun) and try something new. Chasing yourself in circles fuelled by dislike, hate, negativity will NOT equal out to a positive, well balanced, harmonious, loving, soothing, body, mind or soul. If could all just embrace the squish a little more maybe we wouldn't be as rigid to ourselves and to others. #selflovebootcamp #selfloveisthebestlove #beyourownhero #beautybeyondsize ????????????????????

A post shared by Kenzie Brenna (@omgkenzieee) on Jan 30, 2017 at 8:40am PST

Brenna was able to connect with other females who struggle with body acceptance and now, through her social media platform, encourages hundreds of thousands of women worldwide to stop feeling ashamed of their bodies and to love themselves, even if it feels wrong or counterintuitive to do so.

“Body love has helped realize that I am a queen, not despite how I look but because of how I look,” Brenna said. “It’s a story that makes me powerful, unique and special. Something I think girls are dying to feel everywhere.”

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