# 207 Plus Size Empowerment with Pretty Pear Bride

Shafonne Myers is a media mogul, self-love coach for plus size brides, and visibility & online revenue strategist for wedding professionals from Temecula, California. She graduated with a biology and psychology degree but always had a love for weddings and helping people. She has built an internationally recognized, award-winning wedding publication for plus size brides, Pretty Pear Bride. Her wedding publication is the only one in the world and has solidified her as THE plus size bridal expert. She works privately with plus size brides looking to gain the confidence to show up on their wedding day and slay the aisle as the beautiful bride that they’ve always wanted to be but never felt they could.

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Big Takeaways

• Top Tips to Improve Your Self-Image
• Acknowledge the way you see yourself isn’t the way you want to see yourself.
• Create a plan and be consistent to reposition your negative thoughts into positive ones.
• Know there will be setbacks. Don’t let them derail you. Just pick up and keep moving.
• Detox your environment.
• Add positivity to your life
• Moderate your social media! Unfollow the people that make you feel worse. This will improve your self-image so quickly.
• Follow accounts that excite you!

Links We Referenced

https://prettypearbride.com

https://www.instagram.com/prettypearbride/

https://www.watters.com

https://www.jlmcouture.com/Hayley-Paige

https://www.morilee.com/browse/bridal-wedding-dresses/plus-size-julietta/

https://www.instagram.com/tessholliday/

https://www.instagram.com/ashleygraham/

https://www.instagram.com/huntermcgrady/

https://www.davidsbridal.com

https://www.bindleandkeep.com

https://www.eloquii.com

https://www.instagram.com/lizzobeeating/

https://www.instagram.com/girlwithcurves/

unboringofficiant.com

Quotes

_"It’s not about what I was advertising, it’s about who I was advertising. And who I was advertising was me.” - Shafonne

“We have to remember to love ourselves as much as we love the people in our life too.” - Christy

“If something makes you feel like shit, you need to get rid of it.” - Shafonne “You do not have to settle.” - Shafonne

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