You should stop eating so much and work out more, you’re getting chubby.

…is the way I used to talk to myself in the mirror. All the time. Late stage capitalism had me convinced that I’d be happier if I was skinny. I honestly thought that’s what embodiment was.

One day I started listening to the voice. That dialogue. And I realized: If I wouldn’t accept hearing it from a friend, I shouldn’t accept hearing it from myself. The way we talk to ourselves matters.