It’s that time of the year where most of us start thinking about going on vacation, which can cause allllll kinds of anxiety, can’t it? Vacations used to be hell for me for all kinds of reasons: we’d eat out a lot, I wouldn’t be able to count...
Committing to body-confidence, real, honest, trusting body-confidence takes the willingness to not only question your long-held beliefs but also a dedication to eradicating patterns and behaviors that seem normal now but can’t be considered normal anymore....
When was the first time you were ever told to fight your body? As a toddler? In kindergarten? Pre-School? Or long before? I bet you’ve had to eat up your plate even if you weren’t hungry. I bet you’ve heard messages about having to track your...
Have you ever stopped to think about how your body image affects your life? The way you see yourself doesn’t just impact how you look in the mirror—it shapes your confidence, relationships, and the way you show up in the world. If body insecurities are holding you...
Bodies are weird. They do things we aren’t very excited about, like farting and getting sore when we’re doing fun stuff and extruding…substances. Often times, these are sources of shame and embarrassment, silly as it is. We worry about allowing people to get too...
When I was a little girl I began to believe I was a klutz. My father frequently told me this, others compared me to my sister who was apparently “coordinated”, and of course, good old Ma Martin in gym class did not do much to counter my ideas about my physical...
By Sophia Holly For a majority of my childhood, I felt alive and confident in my body. I played in the woods, I biked around my cul-de-sac for the fun of it, climbed trees, and danced to the beat of my own drum. One day at recess, this aliveness turned upside down. I...
By Lisa Newman The side street lured me with its quaint cobblestone, flickering lamps, and ancient buildings. “It’s a shortcut,” I told my teenage son, pointing to the map as I stepped forward. It was my first day in Amsterdam without a knowledgeable guide, and I was...
What really causes the pain, the fear, the agony? What really causes you to drop and cry? What really causes the overeating, the never-ever ending binge episodes? What really causes all this? Where does it come from? Where did it begin? Where does it end? And when? It...
This is what I need to say: Body-love. Happiness. Self-acceptance. Unlimited bliss. They’re not out there, flying around in the Universe, Too far to ever reach. This is what I need to say: 100 % joyful self-confidence. Boundless body-trust. The magic of the...
