Emily Shannon was happy, fulfilled, fit and feeling fantastic at age thirty-five. She and her husband had been married for ten years, she says, when she decided she wanted to “enhance her upper half” and balance her frame with breast implants. But six months postpartum after her son was born, she began to compile a long list of unpleasant medical symptoms from gastrointestinal problems to pain to food sensitivities and a steady brain fog. Her weight dropped to under 100 lbs and none of the many doctors she saw was able to help. When she read about Breast Implant Illness, all the pieces of the puzzle came together and she didn’t hesitate to schedule explant surgery. And that was when her journey to a new, healthy life truly began.
Hear Emily's shocking realization at minute 4:14
And her advice to women at minute 5:54
Emily Shannon was happy, fulfilled, fit and feeling fantastic at age thirty-five. She and her husband had been married for ten years, she says, when she decided she wanted to “enhance her upper half” and balance her frame with breast implants. But six months postpartum after her son was born, she began to compile a long list of unpleasant medical symptoms from gastrointestinal problems to pain to food sensitivities and a steady brain fog. Her weight dropped to under 100 lbs and none of the many doctors she saw was able to help. When she read about Breast Implant Illness, all the pieces of the puzzle came together and she didn’t hesitate to schedule explant surgery. And that was when her journey to a new, healthy life truly began.
Hear Emily's shocking realization at minute 4:14
And her advice to women at minute 5:54
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Emily's Thoughts On What Makes a Woman Beautiful & Worthy:
"A restored understanding of the concept of beauty is an integral part of this journey.
When we participate in the hard work of tackling our shame and trauma headfirst, we gain fresh perspective and develop the ability to admit where we may have held incorrect thinking about beauty — What it looks and feels like and where it comes from.
Your beauty is innate. Your worth cannot be earned or measured. It cannot be added to or taken from. Beauty LOOKS like every unique element, nook cranny and scar that makes you you. Every one of your physical features from head to toe has played a part in your story. Your body is a miraculous self healing machine that is working FOR you and has tirelessly carried you through treacherous territory. In order to feel beautiful, we must work toward finding a comfort within ourselves that allows us to live in these bodies with complete acceptance and non-judgement. Beauty FEELS like a willingness to be PRESENT even when life is challenging, and confidence in spite of what the world is telling us. Beauty is developed from resilience under pressure, hope and strength in the face of defeat and in a willingness to move forward regardless of circumstances. Your soul, and the physical vessel that is your body, are working together to bring you into each new day, and THAT is beautiful."
- Emily (Client)
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