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    The Exercise Effect: How Fitness Can Boost Your Self-Esteem

    by Mia Johnson Aug 23, 2019 3 minutes
    The Exercise Effect: How Fitness Can Boost Your Self-Esteem by Mia Johnson. Photograph of a women doing a backbend yoga pose on the beach by David Hoffman
    Photograph by David Hofmann

    Being physically fit can help you fit in your old dress or jeans, but it also can lead you to a healthier and happier state of mind

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    The Latin expression “Mens sana in corpore sano” means that if we maintain good physical condition, our mental state will also be great. There isn’t one without the other.

    Experts will tell you that taking care of your body is a way of making yourself feel better — happier and more confident. Your self-esteem and your image of yourself can also be improved through physical exercise.

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