Empower Yourself and Follow Your Dreams––Without ApologyEverywhere women look ––on TV, in ads, in social media––there are reminders of how far we are from achieving perfection.As women, we’ve been taught that the only way we’ll succeed or be happy in a perfection-obsessed world is to play the roles assigned to us, and give Oscar-worthy performances. We’re told not to make waves--to please others by looking the way they want us to look and act the way they want us to act.Be smart, but not so smart you’ll intimidate people. Be athletic, but don’t get too muscular.Lose weight, but don’t obsess over your diet. Negotiate for better pay, but don’t be too assertive. Is it any surprise many of us go through the world second-guessing our every move? Keep reading on our blog: shapermint.com/blogs/news/empower-yourself-and-follow-your-dreams-without-apology

Don’t Be Afraid to Stand Up for Yourself - Be YourselfWe’ve all had that friend that’s says “You should stand up for yourself”, or maybe you’re that friend. Either way, what does it actually mean? Does it mean fighting back and acting tough? Does it mean you should always share your truth?As we grow wiser, the way we stand up for ourselves starts flourishing from our own values. Those values may change over time. But whatever they are, they’re all valid because they come from your own value systems.Watch the full story on: shapermint.com/blogs/news/dont-be-afraid-to-stand-up-for-yourself

How Becoming a Mom Taught Me To Finally Love My Body By Kayra MerrillsI can still remember a key moment in my life, probably around 10th grade, when I woke up to bigger hips, full breasts, and a bigger butt. It was as if my body did a complete transformation overnight without my approval. In this body transformation, there were days that I felt like a beautiful young woman and there were also days where my body’s curviness overwhelmed me.I used to compare my clothing fit with other young girls, and I envied how many girls didn’t have to deal with curves that contributed to a shapely look in clothing. I would try my best to run in the mornings and engage in crazy diets to lean out the best that I could. But it wasn’t sustainable - and I would gain the weight back.The rest of the story on: shapermint.com/blogs/news/how-becoming-a-mom-taught-kayra-to-love-her-body

Even Skinny Girls Are Called Fat - Lydia’s StoryWe all have our hang-ups but what’s amazing is that, probably, 89.99% of them are all in our head. And if you’re anything like us, most of the time we can recall WHEN that self-doubt started to creep up in our lives (teenage years, anyone?).Meet Lydia Donaldson from California, Shapermint customer and one of the smartest, confident and gorgeous women we’ve ever met. She can tell EXACTLY when she started thinking she was fat.Read the rest of our story: shapermint.com/blogs/news/even-skinny-girls-are-called-fat

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4 Things You Can Do To Start Loving Yourself TodayAt Shapermint, we’re proud to walk the walk - and talk the talk. We work very hard so that everything we put into our little shapewear store that could actually make sense with what shapewear means to us. And this includes, of course, our amazing models.Meet Paulina - you might recognize her from the eleventy billion pictures of her that are featured all across our shapewear marketplace, but she’s so much more than that. Born in Poland, Paulina is actually a former child ballerina that had HUGE body issues growing up. Fortunately, with time, she actively worked on herself to learn to love her body and let her inner light shine through.You can watch everything on the blogpost:
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#Shapermint Challenge: Dare to Wear These 5 Summer Outfits with Your Shaper ShortsKeeping reading on our blog: shapermint.com/blogs/news/summer-outfits-for-your-shaper-shorts