Today we’d like to introduce you to Emily Ware.
Emily, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
In today’s world, social media and outsiders’ opinions have a lot of influence on a person life. With that, my story/journey dates back to my early childhood. Growing up, I often compared myself to my siblings and friends. I was insecure and feared that society would never love or accept me. Years later, I developed an eating disorder, Anorexia Nervosa. I struggled with it for several years, and honestly on occasions still find myself being tempted by previous disordered thoughts. These thoughts gave me a sense of control and made me believe that society would finally accept me. Looking back, I see now that my family and friends had already accepted me for who I was and not my appearance. An eating disorder is more than just a physical illness, it dives deep into the mental and emotional side of one’s health. Many people share stories and experiences like mine; however, this is a short paraphrase of my story. While I would not wish the pain upon my worst enemy, I wouldn’t change anything about my story. I’ve said this once and I’ll continue to say it again, but it led me to my passion for health and fitness and shaped who I am today. I currently work at a few fitness studios across Dallas and love the impact I can have on a person’s life. I love being able to support others both mentally and physically and show them the impact proper nutrition and exercise have on their life.
To me, exercise is an outlet. Whether it’s an outdoor walk, a group fitness class, or strength training in the gym one thing is for sure, that I really don’t know where I would be without it. Whenever I find myself struggling mentally, I go move my body in some way. I love challenging my body to achieve its limits, so I want to challenge others to do the same and become the best version of themselves.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
My journey has never been and I don’t believe it ever will be a smooth road— I genuinely don’t think anyone’s journey will ever follow a linear path. We all have our own struggles (some bigger and worse than others) but all bumps in the road are valid. Personally, I believe mindset is everything. The way we think about and view our struggles and issues determines how we persevere through anything that comes our way. To do this day, I struggle with depression and anxiety, and as I previously stated I the occasional toxic eating disorder thoughts. That said, every morning I wake up with the mindset that it’s a new day, a fresh start, a chance to pick myself up, improve myself, be thankful, be positive, and another chance for new opportunities.
One thing I have found super helpful in the morning is to find a quote online or in a book that sets the tone of my day. After I write the quote in my journal, I write what it means to me and how I can apply it to my life.
We’d love to hear about any fond memories you have from when you were growing up?
This is bizarre and silly, but honestly one of my favorite memories growing up was on a family cruise for summer vacation. I believe I was around twelve years old and one evening my little sister and I were hanging out with my mom, while my older sister and little brother were with my dad. On this evening, my mom decided she wanted to go get a glass of wine, so my little sister and I tagged along to the bar with her. While we were sitting at the bar, my little sister really had a craving for a Cherry Coke, so she asked the bartender if he had cherry coke on tap. Sadly, he did not. However, Anthony (the bartender), said he could make her and I one out of grenadine and coke and top it with a maraschino cherry. We become obsessed and for the next five days we were on the cruise we would drink the cherry cokes like they were water. By the time the cruise was over, Anthony always had two ready for us when we approached the bar. To this day, I am still just as obsessed with cherry coke and go to Sonic every day for a large cherry diet coke.
Pricing:
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Contact Info:
- Email: emily.ware182@yahoo.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/em_balanced/
