by Elizabeth Scott | Dec 16, 2020 | Stories
How Cultivating Self-Love Supports Social Justice posted by Elizabeth Scott / December 16, 2020 The practice of turning towards our critical voice with curiosity and kindness is the foundation of social justice work. Why? If we can become aware of how our aggression...
by Elizabeth Scott | Sep 27, 2020 | Stories
Why we talk about “embodiment” instead of “body image” at The Body Positive posted by Elizabeth Scott / September 27, 2020 You may have noticed that at The Body Positive we talk about embodiment instead of body image. Ever since Connie’s book Embody was published in...
by Connie Sobczak | Feb 2, 2020 | Stories
Education is Choice In honor of denise brown (shown here with my daughter Carmen in 2001) It was thirteen years ago today that I, and hundreds of other grieving people, attended the memorial service for Berkeley’s beloved educator and school administrator denise brown...
by Connie Sobczak | Nov 29, 2019 | Stories
The Circle of Life: Impossible to Complete Without a Body posted by Connie Sobczak / November 29, 2019 Breaking news… Human bodies change throughout the lifespan—and this is supposed to happen! It’s difficult to remember such a simple fact when we’re bombarded with...
by Connie Sobczak | Nov 14, 2019 | Stories
Mistakes… What to do when you make one posted by Connie Sobczak / November 14, 2019 Mistakes…it hurts to make them, yes it does! Wouldn’t it be lovely to always get things right? Well, actually, no. I have learned so many incredible lessons from making mistakes,...
by The Body Positive | May 22, 2019 | Stories
Discovering Joyful Movement with Nia Dance posted by The Body Positive / May 22, 2019 I walked in late to the Jewish Community Center’s (JCC) basketball court, which was cut in half by a temporary sliding wall. The room was sparsely sprinkled with women aged 50+, in...
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