One day you feel great about your body, the next day you feel homeless. One day you like your legs, the next day you wish you could cut them off. One day you look in the mirror and are confident, the next day you hate everything you see. It’s a constant up and...
I’ve been getting Facebook reminders of how miserable I used to be. of the pain I used to feel. of the heartache I used to experience. Years ago. In another life. The life that was solely focused on food on my body on calories on not gaining weight. The life that...
We like to think we’re the ones taking care of our bodies. However, listening to your body is key to truly understanding its needs. Sometimes we’re diligent about self-care, and other times, we completely ignore what our body needs. There are moments when we’re...
You are not too old. You are not too young. You are exactly where you need to be at this moment in time. Exactly where you’re supposed to be to do what needs to happen in your life. That thing you’ve always wanted to do – the healing the breaking free the...
It was about 3 weeks into isolation with just Johann and I being together ALL THE TIME that I realized something was wrong. Really wrong. Like, ‘I-really-want-to-sell-him-at-the-market’ kind of wrong. You know the feeling, right? I mean, he’s a great kid, a really...
With the world around us being totally out of our control (as if things ever are/were in our control), one of the practices to lean on (in order to not fall into deep despair) is to consciously and mindfully breathe. And by breathing I don’t only refer to the the...
Change. We experience it dramatically right now, but we’ve lived through it before. Remember? Remember the times when you used to wake up, step on the scale and plan your day, your week, your month or year depending on the number you saw? Remember the times when...
Do you know how precious you are? Do you know how needed you are? Do you know that you’re not an accident, something that just happened to happen? Do you know that you were born exactly as you were meant to be, look, love, shape this world? Do you know? Or, more...
What if your body was holy ground? What if you treated her with respect – now? Not when you’re thin – Not when you’re “in shape” – Not when you’ve adopted “good” habits around food. But right now. What would...
We live in a world that rewards discipline in all areas of life and especially in the area of body-control. The thinner you are, the more discipline you show (in people’s eyes), the more people admire you. No matter how toxic and destructive this kind of...
