The theme for the week at LEAP 3 is "Be You, Be Beautiful" and so many of the workshops revolve around celebrating our ability to make and create beauty within ourselves.
This morning, I had the opportunity to do a short presentation for all the students on the subject of damaged beauty. When I saw the four sub-themes for each of the days, I felt drawn to this subject, because I can relate to it. Celebrating my own beauty, physical and otherwise, is something that has challenged me since I was little.
Even though I was nervous about what would be lost in translation (even though we all speak English, it really is not the same [haha, Wendy & our heatuh]), I felt that the presentation went well. I saw a lot of understanding faces, and nodding, as I shared with them about such a difficult subject.
Today, no picture, but I am attaching my notes, which I followed pretty closely, even though I didn't use them.
Very powerful class and topic. I wish I had a teacher like you when I was in High School! I certainly wouldn't have taken me so long to work on the journey to better self esteem, we are all a work in progress, like that new comic that got done this week, we really are all kids of different ages just trying to figure it all out, we just need to learn to give ourselves a break and keep going! Thanks for sharing, xoxo Deb
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