Bree Lenehan\u00a0is showing fans her outtakes.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the body-championing influencer took to Instagram with a\u00a0post\u00a0comparing two side-by-side photos of herself at the beach, one posed and the other candid, giving her followers a candid look at “what gets posted” and “what doesn’t.”<\/p>\n
She paired the photos with a powerful,\u00a0body positive\u00a0message, urging others not to compare or hold themselves to the unrealistic beauty standards that they may see on\u00a0social media.<\/p>\n
“Just a friendly reminder not to compare yourself to others. If you see someone at the beach online, you\u2019re probably seeing their favourite photo out of hundreds (a.k.a. what the left photos represent),” she\u00a0captioned\u00a0the post. “But if you see them in real-time at the beach, you\u2019d more likely see the right-side version.”<\/p>\n
Lenehan explained that bodies don’t always appear firm and toned like they do in many people’s photos.<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s because bodies move. They\u2019re not always firm and toned-looking. They fluctuate, wobble, expand and look different under different lighting, poses and angles! I read recently that two of the most powerful words in the English language are ‘I am.’ Too often we go around hating on ourselves,”\u00a0she went on, pointing out that self-criticism only perpetuates insecurity.<\/p>\n
“‘I am: ugly… gross… a loner,’ only to attract more of those horrible feelings of insecurity and unworthiness into our lives. As soon as you say ‘I am’ something, your brain cherry-picks evidence in your life to support that belief and disregards anything that doesn\u2019t,” Lenehan\u00a0penned.<\/p>\n
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