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Embracing Your Body: Rising Above Weight Gain Judgement
Whenever you gain weight, there’s often a fear of dealing with judgment about weight gain from others. Sometimes, this fear feels even worse than the weight gain itself. One of the first thoughts after realizing that your pants don’t fit anymore might be: What will X,...
Is this you?
There's a girl living down the street. She seems to lead a normal life; goes to work every morning, drinks her coffee, smiles at strangers and waves hello every time we pass. She paints her nails, listens to music, watches TV and goes about her daily life with quiet...
5 Books to Read This August
Summer time is reading time - at least for me. I love diving into new books, exploring new adventures and following the paths of awesome female characters and exceptionally interesting science books. On our vacation in Italy, I spent every free minute reading: from...
Radical Body-Acceptance Workbook
Hi lovely, I wanted to create something special for you before I leave for vacation to Italy (I cannot wait!). So, I put together this Radical Body-Acceptance Workbook for you. Now, before you dive into the juicy body-acceptance exercises in this workbook, I want to...
Just Perfect: Hanne Arts
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a girl named Hanne Arts who had just published her first novel and asked me to add it to my resource list for girls fighting anorexia. When I heard about Hanne's story, I instantly wanted to interview here and I'm thrilled...
What to Wear In Summer When You Hate Your Body
It's hot. Really, really, really hot! And while we're all dying of this heat, trying to stay as cool as possible eating ice-cream to reduce the pain, most of my clients are in an existential crisis. For them, this time of the year is not about getting a tan, being...
A Call To Action For All Women
One of the biggest grievances I have regarding us women is that we don't accept the work we need to do in this world at this time. We don't see that we're the biggest obstacles in our own way of finding body image freedom and joy in food. You see... It's us who...
What I've learned in my first year of being a single mom
So, my baby boy who was just born like yesterday is now 1 year old. It's hard to grasp how fast time flew by. It's hard to grasp that this tiny baby that was just in my belly is now beginning to walk, talk and really engage with the world. He's grown and evolved (just...
When You’re Being Hated for Who You Are
Let's be real: just like not everyone in this world is going to think you're beautiful, not everyone on this planet is going to like you. There'll be lots of people who love you, there'll be people who won't care about you, and there'll also be people who downright...
The Gift of Our Compulsions with Mary O’Malley
Today, I am delighted to share an interview with one of my greatest teachers and inspirations: Mary O'Malley. Mary is an author, counselor and awakening mentor in Kirkland, Washington. In the early 1970’s, a powerful awakening led Mary to begin changing her...
You've Got to Make Your Choice
There's one thing you have GOT to stop doing when you are serious about wanting to accept your body: you have GOT to stop believing in and going on diets. There's no way around it. It's non-negotiable. If you continue to believe that your next diet is going to fix...
Self-Care for the Busy Mommy
Before I was a mommy, I wrote a lot about very elaborate self-care practices that nourish your entire being and give you the resources you need to step into your highest self. * Now, however, that I am a mom and my "real" life has begun, my eyes are wide open and I...