When I first saw posters of beautiful women at the back of some public washroom doors several months back, I was relieved that someone was finally doing something about it. ‘It‘ being the start of putting an end to commercial messages using toothpick bodies as talents as opposed to ‘real’ women. The advertising world has moulded society into thinking thin is beautiful and has all these preconceptions about what beautiful is. It wasn’t fair.
I know a medical surgeon from London who is succesful, tall and pretty and everyone who knows her would imagine that she had the perfect life but guess what? She had battled with anorexia for 15 years of her life till she met her husband. Even now, she has think fat moments and goes on a treadmill frenzy. Then there is the succesful financial analyst with lots of money but who is totally self absorbed, insecure and emotional and as a result, cuts herself to release pain. What about the pretty young accountant who never believes that she can do anything well and in fact believes strongly that she is just not very smart or the teenaged girl who doesn’t talk much because her family makes fun of her tanned olive skin? These are real life ludicrous incidences that can be avoided or at least have it’s effects lessened.
I am genuinely grateful to Dove for taking a stance on the subject that beauty is from within and not the stereotypical image that the media keeps throwing at our faces. The Dove project aims to improve the confidence and self esteem of young women the world over and proposes to reach at least 10 million females by the year 2010. But they cannot do this alone.
By spreading this message and by opening up and sharing your own struggles with loving yourself, you are helping another person. This is exactly what Dove has; an online diary of real life stories with a forum for discussion. You can donate and help Dove further implement the project, spread the word or you could do nothing. The choice of making a difference is entirely yours.
**************************************************************************Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.
Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past but has grown not one but TWO network marketing businesses in the notorious MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry, achieving success in under 2 years. She believes in the MLM business model but realises the DRASTIC PITFALLS and great stigma attached to it, understanding EXACTLY WHY the majority would shy away (or RUN for their lives) from ANY MLM business. But open your eyes and take time to understand it intellectually, remove your hang-ups, confirm your research, and you may just want to seize an opportunity. She did. And no, she never went about chasing people for sales. She had a sophisticated system work for her through technology and a smartphone.
She now impacts lives authentically with proven strategies amassed through the last decade of her own transformation offering online coaching programmes and always supports the underprivileged. She believes that we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.
A beautiful life without limits.
If you wish to learn some tools to propel your life forward guaranteed, be brave enough to make contact as her life's purpose is to build people. She operates through a discovery call after which she will commit to helping you. Or not.
Most lose out on an opportunity because they are afraid they would be sold to, conned or whatever fear resides in their brain without even trying. And that's on them.
Mamapumpkin is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything, and she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, and supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.
