What Your Body Is, What Your Body Isn’t

Perspective is a powerful tool. Because “how things are” is incredibly relative, and how we think about them is key. When it comes to our bodies, we are coached to consider their deficits. They aren’t thin enough, strong enough, sexy enough, young...

Body Neutrality

Before I became aware of the voices contributing to the body image conversation, most of the information that I took in about my body related to its faults. Because most of the messages promoted by the media and big business are about how women’s bodies are...

Body Love, Pride, and Vanity

Occasionally, someone will pipe up in a conversation about body image to request consideration of pride and vanity. Suggestions of praising one’s own body aloud – either into a mirror or in conversation with others – can seem not only challenging,...

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