Matt Joseph Diaz

This week on Mondays With Matt: Wearing a crop-top. And I have a NEW BELLYBUTTON.

People who live with mental illness are aware of how our brains work differently. Because of this, we constantly go the extra mile to try to validate what we’re feeling within ourselves before even considering voicing an opinion out loud.

You are not where you're from, and you are not your environment.

This Monday, Matt talks about female comic characters. Batman? How about BatNOTSOMUCHMAN.

You aren’t half of something waiting to be made whole — you’re a complete human being with your own important thoughts and ideas, looking for someone to add to your life. You're neither incomplete nor missing out on anything just because you’re single.

Not sure how to stay mindful about the motivations behind how you fuel and move your super rad bod? Allow Matt to explain:

Though it's worth noting that my weight was beginning to become a health concern, I’d never considered my body a “problem” until I heard how doctors talked about it. In the same way a hurt child won’t start to cry until he sees the worry in his parent’s face, I never felt bad about my body until the first time I felt like I was being looked at with disgust. So whatever route you decide to take with the health of a child, make sure it’s treated as a growing opportunity and not a solution to a problem. Your children are not problems — they are the foundation upon which the adults of tomorrow will be built.

This is literally the cutest, happiest thing you will see all day.

This week, Matt talks about fear. What happens when the worst thing you can imagine happening, actually happens?

We met Matt a year ago when he showed us his post weight-loss body.