There’s a reason Lizzo is so popular, she tells it like it is to her fans, in her music and to herself.
She chooses to focus on what’s beautiful and unique and teaches everyone to be more inclusive of what that means.
But this self-love didn’t happen overnight, it took years to learn to love what others deemed her flaws.
Speaking with CBS Sunday Morning, the 31-year-old said that learning to love yourself is work, it’s not something that just happens.
“It’s not something that you really change; it’s something that you address and work on,” she explained.
“I had to address every layer of insecurity, ‘cause I can’t just be like, ‘Alright, my arm’s not jiggly and lumpy anymore.’ That’s delusional. You have to be like, ‘That’s not ugly to me anymore. and it’s not wrong to me, it’s beautiful to me.’”
The singer believes that once she started to be kinder to herself is when her career began to take off.
Lizzo revealed the mantra that she tells herself everyday is, “I love you… You are beautiful… And you can do anything.” I might sound simple, but Lizzo believes that in the same way negative words can stick with you forever, so too can positive ones.
She makes sure to remind herself of the hard work and effort she put into her career and that luck had nothing to do with it.
Lizzo said that while she was ready for her success 10 years ago, the music industry wasn’t. Thankfully, they are now.
“Hopefully by existing, there can just be more opportunities for people that look like me that are, you know, beyond what a trend is.”
She added, “And that they’re there on the merit of their talent. They’re there on the merit of their beauty. And they’re there because they’re good enough.”
Hell. Freaking. Yes.