5 Signs to Get Food and Body Image Support
How to know if it’s time to get support for your relationship with food and body image
The Ideal Body Type Does Not Exist
“Even if we all ate and exercised the same way, we would still all look different”
History of Shapewear and Body Autonomy
If you’re like me, you just finished binge-watching Bridgerton and can’t get enough of the glamorous lifestyle of each character. The young ladies are in pursuit of finding a husband, and so they work hard to ensure their attractiveness. Some characters work on their piano skills, others on just the right dress. Though the show is fictional, it has me wondering how much we find ourselves trying to shape and conform our own bodies and lives in the pursuit of acceptance and love. My question is, are things like shapewear and bodily autonomy mutually exclusive?
Why You Don’t Need to Save Your Calories
The start of a new year and/or a global pandemic that includes stay at home orders highlights a lot of diet culture messages. Try your best to avoid them: change the conversation, disengage, provide pushback to those who tell you to watch what you eat.
12 Actually Inclusive Clothing Brands
Not all brands offer a wide range of sizes or even show those different sizes on different models! To help you get started, I have compiled a list of great places to begin.
Body Representation and Inclusivity in the Fashion Industry
Have you found yourself spending hours on end looking not only for clothing in your size but a model with a similar body size to YOU to help you visualize what it will look like on?
3 Steps to Prevent Hunger from Becoming Hanger
How to prevent your hunger from becoming ‘HANGER’ – 3 tips to honor your hunger
Why the 10000 Step Goal Doesn’t Need to be Your Goal
Do you feel upset when you don’t hit your fitness tracker’s goals for the day?
How to Practice Self-Care This Election Week
How to practice self-care and take care of yourself during Election Day (and week).
How to Stop Feeling Out of Control Around Food
How to keep your favorite foods in the house and stop feeling out of control around food.
Non-Diet Meal Planning on a Budget
Non-Diet Meal Planning on a budget: Easy, Affordable Meals that aren’t PB&J on Repeat
Is Dieting Supporting Your Values?
How is diet culture supporting your values? And more importantly, how is it not.
Five Ways to Improve your Health Today
5 ways to take care of yourself & your health, today. (No diet necessary!)
How to Feel More Comfortable & Confident in Your Bathing Suit
Why are there arbitrary rules trying to control our clothing choices? If you are sweating about the idea of sitting in a bathing suit, or being comfortable in less clothing, you are far from alone.
3 Self-Care Tools for Stress Management
Self-Care Isn’t Selfish – Tools for Stress Management What is self-care? How to cultivate tools you can use to take care of yourself now and every day. The more we take care of ourselves; we can take care of each other.
How to Reduce Your Screen Time When Everything is Online
How to Reduce Your Screen Time When Everything is Online – tips to take a break from your phone, even in quarantine.
Tips for Buying New Clothes and Dressing Your Changing Body
Our bodies are changing all the time and that can be frustrating to navigate in the dressing room, but over the years I’ve learned a few tricks that can help!
Simplify Your Body Image Journey with Goal Setting
We also know that body image isn’t really about the body itself and what’s interesting is that often a feeling connected to the body is an alert that something else is going on.
How to Accept and Navigate Body and Weight Changes
When moving towards intuitive eating, away from using external rules, and healing from disordered eating, it is expected and healthy that weight gain will likely co-occur in the process. Here are some tools to help dig in and navigate that discomfort.
30+ Resources to Educate Yourself about Anti-Racism
“Anti-Racism work is not self-improvement work for white people” – Rachel Cargle
