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" Surfer Bethany Hamilton recently talked to Seventeen at a Tampax Active event, and shared her secrets for finding self-confidence and making fitness fun. After surviving a shark attack in 2003, the surfer quickly became known as &amp;quot;The Soul Surfer,&amp;quot; because of her courage and determination to get back on the board and in the water after the attack. (They even made a movie about her starring AnnaSophia Robb!) As a pro surfer, working out is a huge part of Bethany&amp;#039;s life. To keep her fitness routine interesting\u2014Bethany says she gets bored super easily\u2014she mixes it up by alternating high intensity workouts, hiking with her dogs, and walking on the beach with friends. Sometimes she&amp;#039;ll even dance at the gym if there&amp;#039;s an empty studio! Bethany says working out helps her feel confident, but that it&amp;#039;s important to not obsess over it. She said it helps her feel &amp;quot;happy with who I am and the way that I look and feel!&amp;quot; But Bethany knows that feeling totally confident in yourself isn&amp;#039;t always easy\u2014even she struggles with her body at times. To work past it, she advises to pinpoint what it is that makes you feel beautiful, and then focus on that. &amp;quot;Strive to find things to be thankful for and just look for the good in who you are!&amp;quot; What are the confidence tricks you use to feel your best? Let us know in the comments! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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