Watch video: Olympian Ilona Maher shares her self-talk for boosting body confidence | Olympian

Ilona Maher is opening up about what she does when she is not feeling optimistic about her body.

The Olympic bronze medalist, who's at present competing on “Dancing with the Stars,” shared a weak TikTok video over the weekend through which she talked about how she wasn't feeling “body confident.”

“I like to keep it real with you all, so I wanted to just let you know I'm not feeling too body confident right now,” she started. “But that's OK, that's OK — and I know you all are gonna hit me up.”

“But just remember, the mind be playing tricks,” she continued. “It be telling you different things. So, I think I'm making this video more to help myself out, and if it helps you, even better, a win.”

Maher stated it is regular to “not love your body all the time and to think it's just so amazing,” and she or he stated it is one thing she struggles with every so often. However, she stated when she will get into that headspace, she reminds herself of three issues.

“I try to remember what my body does for me, how strong it is,” she stated. “How strong it is, whether it's I go for a walk or I go on a run, I go lift weights, I go dance.”

The second factor she stated she tells herself is that our bodies change continually and “will constantly change the rest of our lives.”

“Doesn't matter whether we're in a different part of our cycle, you know, whether [we're] eating more, eating less, working out more — I'm not working out as much as I usually do, so that's why my body is changing a little bit,” she added.

The ultimate factor she stated she tells herself is to “give yourself some grace,” which she stated is not all the time simple to do.

“I think it is hard for me this time,” she stated. “My whole workout schedule has been off. I'm just dancing and not, like, running, you know, 500,000 meters every day.”

Maher ended her video by telling her followers to, “take a breath, remind yourself you're beautiful, it's OK if you're going through [this].”

“It's gonna be ups and downs [for] the rest of your life,” she added. “I love you, and thank you all for loving me.”

Ahead of her “Dancing with the Stars” debut, Maher, who helped the U.S. girls's rugby workforce to a bronze medal on the 2024 Paris Olympics and in addition grew to become the digital cowl star for the 2024 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, told “Good Morning America” that she needs to point out people who rugby stars are multidimensional.

“We go out there on the field and we're beasts, but I can be a beauty, I can dance and do all these things,” stated Maher, who added that she needs to proceed her message on body appreciation throughout her “Dancing with the Stars” journey.

“My new goal for this is to show that all body types can dance and express themselves out there through dance and feel sexy and beautiful when you're out on the dance floor,” she added.