We all know the woman. The one who appears to be crushing it at life, but every time you acknowledge her efforts, she doubts what she’s done and judges herself for not being better. “Yeah, but I…blaaaaaaaaaah.” You want to … Read More
I don’t care if you love your body…
I don’t care if you love your body or think your body is beautiful. Your body is not your power. I want you to not hate it so you can go out and do meaningful things with you life. I … Read More
How to Stop Hating Your Body and Accept Your Beauty
Tell me if this sounds familiar… You wake up in the morning, you get dressed and as soon as you see yourself in the mirror, you feel a hot wave of shame come over you. You think, “I hate my … Read More
Perfection Has No Place In Body Acceptance
The perfectionist in us – the voice that tells us that if we take all the steps and do everything “right,” our life’s problems will disappear and everyone will love us and we’ll be the best at everything – wants one … Read More
You Were Not Born Hating Your Body
This is a picture of me when I was 2-ish years old… I was a mini-badass who fearlessly did what I wanted (including knocking at least 5 years off my parents’ lives) and couldn’t care less about what anyone else … Read More
3 Things You Must Do to Stop Wanting to be Thinner
I’ve spent the last couple weeks talking to you about how to stop wanting to be thinner (see here and here) and today I want to give you three things you can do to really move on. It bears repeating … Read More
How to Stop Wishing You Could Lose Weight
Letting go of your former thinner or “ideal” body is essential to accepting your body and who you are now. Last week I talked about 2 must-know facts to help you stop longing for your former or “ideal” body. Intellectually … Read More
2 Must-Know’s to Stop Wishing For a Thinner Body
Through my years of dieting and endlessly tweaking my food and “lifestyle”, my weight would go down and then end up higher. It gradually inched higher as my body stopped responding to my attempts at weight loss. When I finally … Read More
7 Ways To Feel Better About The Way You Look
Last week I talked about “how to feel better about the way you look.” I mentioned that the way to feel better about the way you look is by focusing on feeling better about yourself and accepting that you may not “like” … Read More
How To Feel Better About The Way You Look
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re going about your day and things are feeling pretty good, then you see a reflection of yourself and it feels like a wave of negativity and panic has flooded your system. You don’t … Read More