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Beauty Redefined

By Seline Shenoy

true. So appearance fact that the author all of her doubts and Being insightful
meant everything. is not just telling a insecurities. enough to realize
In today’s world, story, she lived it. Statistics such she needed help
women can be suc- She was chastised as the fact that “40 overcoming the
cessful on their own, for being bigger than percent of all nine damage that had
Photo courtesy of Seline Shenoy have their own ca- comments cast her a diet,” and that the negative comments,
and ten-year-old
the other girls and
been done to her
they can support
themselves, they
girls have been on
had many negative
through years of
National Eating Dis-
Seline has now
reers and their own
way, not only by
children her own
dreams which they
orders Association
written a book
can achieve on their
states that 70 percent that can help other
age, but by adults
of six to 12-year-olds women understand
and even family.
own. So why do
want to be thinner,
women still cringe
why they feel the
She managed to get
at a laugh line or shy
what they need to
regimen including
it is ever possible to
away from mirrors?
So as women on a healthy eating make us wonder if way they do and
do to overcome the
I knew when I how do we over- pain that remained
opened up this book come these neg- even after the weight
to review it, that this ative body image disappeared.
was going to be an thoughts? Seline If you read one
important book. My admits that some book this year, let it
REVIEW
first clue was in the women were able be Beauty Redefined
Quote that Seline to escape the low and learn how you
chose to open up her self-image. “The can not only feel bet-
Seline Shenoy is an author, podcast host and life coach on
only way a woman ter about yourself,
first chapter. It was self-esteem,
topics related to personal development,
the following: can bypass feeling REVIEW but share the im-
productivity and wellness. She is the founder of The Dream
COPY
“The beauty of a woman this way is if she portant information
Catcher—a blog community that connects and encourages with your sisters,
grew up around
must be seen from in her eyes,
supportive parents
people to live their dream life and to make a difference. Its children, friends,
because that is the doorway to COPY
or mentors who
inspirational message has been attracting thousands of and neighbors. A
her heart, the place where love
were sensitive to her
resides.”
readers every month from all over the world since 2014. change needs to be
vulnerability and
—Audrey Hepburn
She is a regular contributor to publications such as Forbes, made, so women no
who were able to longer fear that their
MindBodyGreen, Elite Daily, Project Happiness, Global
Throughout skillfully steer her worth is measured
Love Project and several others. To learn more about
history women have towards adopting a by their appearance
always been judged healthier self-con- and not the signif-
Seline’s coaching services, workshops and retreats or to
cept, not based
by their appearance,
hire her for speaking events, please visit her website: icant contribution
whether it is who on the superficial they make to their
www.selineshenoy.com.
gets the attractive constructs estab- loved ones, friends,
man or the attractive lished by society and exercise, and before overcome the stigma business associates
job, it all seemed history.” long she was finding associated with not and society as a
rooted in appear- Beauty Re- people reacting to being the prettiest or whole. The change
ance. As Seline defined is a book her more positively the thinnest. This is has to start some-
explains, perhaps that every woman, and getting com- where Seline’s book where. Start by
this was because young and old pliments instead Beauty Redefined purchasing a copy of
women were reliant should read. What of criticism. The comes to the rescue. Beauty Redefined!
on finding a suc- makes it even more only thing that she
cessful, handsome significant than the realized was that she Pick up a copy of Beauty Redefined on
man to make all of astonishing statistics was still the same Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Beau-
their dreams come it contains is the person inside, with ty-Redefined-Seline-Shenoy/dp/178710804X
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