If you met yourself today for the very first time, would you be kind to that person?

There was a time when Rachel knew exactly who she was. She knew what she could do, what her future looked like, and what she expected from herself. But when illness and unexpected life changes altered the course of her life, she found herself grieving a version of herself she could no longer return to.

In this episode of Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful, Rachel explores the difficult process of learning to love yourself after life changes the way you see yourself.

Through her personal journey with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), she shares the grief of identity loss, the struggle of comparing herself to who she used to be, and the realization that healing is not always about becoming the person you were before.

Sometimes healing begins when we learn to extend grace to the person standing in front of us today.

This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt like they no longer recognize themselves and wondered how to move forward when life doesn't go according to plan.

• Grieving the version of yourself you used to be

• Living with the uncertainty of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)

• The emotional impact of chronic illness and life changes

• Why we often measure ourselves by outdated expectations

• Learning self-compassion during difficult seasons

• Identity beyond abilities, accomplishments, and independence

• Extending grace to the person you are today

Maybe learning to love yourself again isn't learning to love the person you used to be.

Maybe it's learning to extend grace to the person standing in front of you today.

If you met yourself today for the very first time, would you be kind to that person?

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You do not have to earn your worth back.

You do not have to become who you were before in order to be valuable today.

Your story is still unfolding.

And even if you don't fully recognize yourself right now, that doesn't mean you've lost yourself.

You may simply be meeting a new version of who you're becoming.

Remember there is no one else in this world who can be your kind of beautiful.

Choose to Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful.