‘But I felt confident when I was thinner’ is the number one thought error women have about their body image. Ready for the reframe? You felt you could show more …
Food, Body & Relationships
When we are dieting due to having poor body image, we are lacking self-confidence, self-worth, and self-trust. We believe that in order to feel confident and worthy we first need …
Mourning the Body Fantasy
Makeovers were my absolute favorite thing to do at a sleepover as a kid. From my memory, I didn’t have a very creative imagination for playing with toys like most …
What If You Chose A Different Path?
Drs. Lindsay and Lexie Kite are twin sisters, leading experts in body image resilience and media literacy, and co-authors of the book More Than A Body, a pivotal read in …
Change Your Reflection
What do you see when you look at your reflection? I’ll be honest, lately what I mostly see is the way my body has changed over the last year. I …
It’s All in Your Head
As women, we learn from society that weight gain is the absolute worst thing that can happen to us. When we’re young we watch our mothers follow diets and talk …
It’s Not What You Eat, It’s How You Eat
I used to believe that there was some magic formula for eating that would effortlessly result in thinness and freedom from farting and bloating. At the height of my disordered …
Is Sugar Poison?
If your dieting career dates back to the ‘70s I can probably guess you avoid carbs. However, if you started between the ’80s and ‘90s you most likely count calories …
How Dieting Affects Your Hunger and Fullness
It can feel impossible to tune into your body’s intuition after spending years eating based on external rules. Sometimes, even after deciding to reject diet culture, we’re not aware of …
I’m a Feminist
There, I said it. It took me a while to feel comfortable saying it, and understandably so. The word feminist evokes the negative stereotype of being an angry, whiny, loud, …