self-acceptance

Here's what it really is -- and what it isn't.
Actress and 'Black-Ish' Star Tracee Ellis Ross shares advice to young girls, and the one quote that changed her life
Celebrating strength and beauty in a journey toward self acceptance.
I do not love my body. I cruelly blame it for my recurring unhappiness. I have made it the culprit for my failures in love. I spent years starving it and then stuffing it and talking horribly to it. I have not been kind to this flesh, and changing my destructive attitude is the work of a lifetime.
For years I've written, spoke, taught and trained about the importance of understanding one's self-worth. I even coined the phrase that self-worth is one element of the equation that makes for self-esteem: Self-confidence plus self-worth equals self-esteem.