I Choose Me

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2. Understanding, Admitting, and Processing the Struggle Apr 20, 2020

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In one way or another, everyone grows up telling themselves a story about their body — a story that is reinforced through social media, through pop culture, through our parents’ and friends’ expectations. So it’s no wonder that nearly every girl ends up struggling with their relationship to food and their body at some point while they’re growing up, and social media is just magnifying the pressure that young adults feel to look and act a certain way.

I want you to know that you’re not alone. I’m still struggling with this today. You shouldn’t be embarrassed or ashamed, and there is support out there. So, today, I’m going to talk about how I came to acknowledge what was happening in my life and start processing it. You don’t have to walk this path alone.

Connect with me on Instagram: @NadineLeopold

I Choose Me is a production of Crate Media

1. How It Started Apr 13, 2020

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When I first started opening up about the crappy experiences I went through from the ages of 14 to 25, my DMs were flooded with young girls sharing their own pain. This is such a defining period of your life, and many of us go through extreme hardship, but it’s not something we speak about very often — but we SHOULD be sharing how these years transform us, the good and the bad.

If I had heard other girls share their stories with me when I was younger, I might have been able to make some different choices in my life. I can’t change that now, but I can provide a platform for stories + support to all of the girls who need that now.

Connect with me on Instagram: @NadineLeopold

I Choose Me is a production of Crate Media

0. Creating a Platform to Share Stories + Support a Generation of Young Women Mar 30, 2020

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My name is Nadine Leopold and I have been working as a model for over 10 years. I have walked on runways, I’ve done magazine covers, and I’ve worked for Victora’s Secret. But there’s so much more to my story than you will see on Instagram.

My whole life, I was so focused on making other people happy and doing what I was “supposed to do” that I completely lost myself. I cared so much about what other people thought, I cared so much about other people’s approval, and then one day I looked in the mirror and realized that I didn’t like the person looking back at me. That’s when I said to myself, “I Choose Me.”

So I created I Choose Me as a platform to share these stories; to start conversations about mental health, about those dark times that so many of us go through but so few of us feel safe talking about. I know that, if I had heard other girls were going through the same things, it would have been a lot easier for me to make different choices — and I don’t want any more girls to be lost like that.

My name is Nadine Leopold and I Choose Me.

Connect with me on Instagram: @NadineLeopold