{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Filipino Fairy Tales, Mythology and Folklore - Episode 65 - You're Already Beautiful","description":"Today I\u2019m sharing \u201cYou\u2019re Already Beautiful\u201d\u2014a folk-fantasy tale I wrote in the middle of an \u00a3D relapse, when my body d*$m0rph1@ felt louder than my own heartbeat. Crafting this story was my way of whispering back to that voice: magic doesn\u2019t ask for beauty; it asks to be believed. This was inspired by the tale \u201cHow the Town of Marikina Got Its Name\u201d. In this story (and in my own journey) I found that every time the wind touched my face, every time I felt a river-stone underfoot, the earth carried medicine. Reconnecting with the land\u2014letting cold water hold me, letting birdsong rewrite the script in my head\u2014showed me that nature mirrors back wholeness long before we can see it in ourselves. The forest doesn\u2019t call us flawed; it calls us home. \ud83c\udf31\ud83d\udc9b  If you have been at odds with your body, this one is for you. Let the forest remind you:&amp;nbsp;marikit ka na\u2014you are already beautiful, right here, right now. ","author_name":"Filipino Fairy Tales, Mythology and Folklore","author_url":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pilipinxpages\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37353900\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/37353900"}