Stories
Will You Be Your Valentine? Gifts for Cultivating Self-Love
Will You Be Your Valentine? Gifts for Cultivating Self-Love posted by Martha Krausz/ February 14, 2023 When I was in college studying Virginia Woolf among the Jersey-cowed fields of rural Massachusetts, my mother would send me boxes of See’s Candy. In February,...
Prevention Nourishes Hope in Eating Disorders Treatment
Prevention Nourishes Hope in Eating Disorders Treatmentposted by Elizabeth Scott / January 31, 2019 Today I learned that a client I’ve been treating for a chronic, long-term eating disorder will not be returning to therapy. She does not feel hopeful and cannot go on...
Combating the Body Image Blahs
Combating the Body Image Blahsposted by Naomi Finkelstein / September 5, 2018 A few weeks ago, I found myself in the middle of a bad bout of the Body Image Blahs. My body was the first thing I was thinking about when I woke up in the morning, and it wasn’t a good...
MIGA Swimwear: Sharing Stories in the Disfigurement Community to Combat Stigma
MIGA Swimwear: Sharing Stories in the Disfigurement Community to Combat Stigmaposted by The Body Positive / May 17, 2018 I think it was around the time I was eleven years old that my feet started to look funny. All my other toes kept growing normally, except for the...
Connecting to Joy and Purpose through African Dance
Connecting to Joy and Purpose through African Danceposted by Elizabeth Scott / May 1, 2018 I followed the sound of the pounding conga drums that echoed down the sidewalk and found myself in a large studio in the Santa Cruz Cultural Center where a circle of dancers...
On Pain, Weight Gain, and Body Respect
On Pain, Weight Gain, and Body Respectposted by Naomi Finkelstein / April 11, 2018September, 2001:I am 18 and I start to experience pain in my outer shins during and after intense exercise. The doctor says it's shin splints. It is the beginning of an ongoing issue...
Choosing Love Over Fear
Choosing Love Over Fearposted by The Body Positive / February 7, 2018When it comes to developing a peaceful relationship with our body, one of the major challenges we face is learning how to deal with the critical voice. This is the voice that chimes in to discourage...
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