Body Positive
“To all the parents out there, please calm down about Halloween Candy. Despite popular belief, sugar is not addictive. Candy is part of the world, and candy will be in your child’s life one day, with or without your approval. Without your approval, they are likely to be the child who goes to their friends’…
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Our collective fails to understand the role discrimination, stigma and oppression play in people’s emotional and physical well-being. We fail to see how conversations about health often bypass the social determinants of health (poverty, trauma, environmental racism, genetics). We over-rely on personal responsibility and bootstrapping rhetoric (i.e. If you get sick, it’s your fault). We…
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This month, we celebrate 15 years of Be Nourished. When we began this work, we knew we wanted to offer something completely counter to conventional “wisdom” about food, bodies, weight, and health. We had no idea where this work would take us or what it would teach us. We’ve facilitated transformational workshops for thousands of…
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We’ve been getting asked more and more about how to share this work with others when it’s so counter-cultural. Learning about Body Trust® is like learning to speak a new language, and sometimes when you are fairly new in your own process and understanding of it, it can be especially hard to talk about. So…
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We recorded a video series for our beloved community to help you learn more about the Core Elements and Phases of a Body Trust® Practice. Below is a note and link to Video #5. “What if it’s a measure of our freedom to reclaim pleasure?” ∼adrienne maree brown One of the ways we reclaim body…
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