When you have distorted or unhealthy body image, it can cause you to want to harm yourself instead of love yourself.
Appreciating and Accepting Yourself
Better Body Esteem™ is a five-step process that includes gaining awareness of body image issues and overcoming shame. Two other important aspects of this process are appreciation and acceptance. I teach people to look every day at the things they can be grateful for, for example, “I have two legs that I can walk on.” […]
The Self-Care Benefits of Yoga, On and Off the Mat
Beyond your time spent on the mat, yoga philosophy can have far-reaching effects in your life off the mat.
Heal Your Body Image With Self-Care
Body image is what you think of how your body looks, how it feels to use your body, and how your body functions. Many people with eating disorders and food addiction have body image issues that create a distorted and overly negative view of your own body. Body image issues often lead people to use […]
Better Body Esteem™ Begins with Awareness
In a previous blog post, I presented the Five A’s of Better Body EsteemTM, beginning with awareness. When we look at 12 Step recovery programs, awareness is about admitting you have a problem. In the Transtheoretical (Stages of Change) model developed by Prochaska and DiClemente, it’s the contemplation stage you reach once you’ve passed through […]
Why I Love Restorative Yoga
The first time I experienced restorative yoga was on a spa vacation celebrating my 50th birthday. After one class, I couldn’t wait to get back. It was an unbelievably healing and spiritual experience. In restorative yoga, props are used to help you hold postures and relax into them for longer, allowing the body to release […]
Two Ways to Quell Anxiety
Stress is a part of life, but anxiety does not have to be.
The Five Love Languages, Applied to Self
Applying the five love languages towards ourselves promotes balance and self-compassion, while the advantages echo into all arenas of our lives.
How to Calm a Wild Imagination
The imagination offers the gift of creating ideals for what we want, but it can also be hijacked to create in our minds what we don’t want.
Embracing Flaws and Body Positivity
Embrace what you may think of as flaws, reframe them as badges of honor, and put yourself out there knowing those flaws are what makes you YOU.
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