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By Amy Anderson

Here I am, 47 year old me.  I’m a little weirded out by that number, but mostly not.  Turns out, this has been a transformative year, I’m starting to realize.  Like so many women out there, I have a tendency to fall into the pits of self-doubt, self-worth and self-criticism.  It’s how we’re conditioned and it takes real work to avoid it sometimes. But I’m noticing that I’ve crossed a threshold and the mindset shift is easier now.

As a health coach, I’ve had my moments of feeling like a fraud.  Not because I don’t know what I’m doing or what I’m talking about, but because I’m not “skinny”.  I don’t have a “bikini body” and I’m not much of a fitness buff. I'm a health coach with muffin tops and cottage cheese, how can that be?  I am a human woman.

I know that skinny sells. Summer bodies sell.  Hot mom contests sell. But I’m...