
Amanda's Breaking Free Journey
I have been working on breaking out of my shell for what feels like forever. Living in a body that is not considered society’s standard of beauty ...
Read moreI have been working on breaking out of my shell for what feels like forever. Living in a body that is not considered society’s standard of beauty ...
Read moreFrom a young age, I always struggled with my body image and hated how people constantly told me how tiny I was. I have always been an active girl b...
Read moreIt started back in 2017, when I got heavy into fitness and decided I wanted to transform my physique. When I did the research to see what I needed...
Read moreI always remember feeling very uncomfortable with my body. From a young age I was constantly concerned with covering up, and whether what I was we...
Read more"Growing up in Hawaii, one of the things I had a love-hate relationship with was the small size of the community because "small" also meant it inc...
Read moreGrowing up, I was always that skinny girl. Although, I felt everyone had a judgement against them in some sense. You’re too skinny, you’re too cur...
Read more"Growing up I was always incredibly insecure. I remember when I was young and noticing how much smaller all the girls in my class seemed to be comp...
Read more“Ever since I first heard of the launching of Xel Swimwear I was immediately obsessed. I have never personally been the one to flaunt around in a ...
Read more"I took a leap of faith when I bought my Xel Swimwear suit since I’d previously never felt comfortable wearing a bright red piece of swimwear, or ...
Read more"Social media can be very misleading. I have had a continuous battle with body image and have always been self-conscious of my body – particularly ...
Read more"Confidence is something we all struggle with and it doesn’t come easy to feel free and beautiful every day. I honestly always struggled to feel co...
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