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It’s not willpower, it’s your nervous system
For years, I believed my struggles with food and body were all about willpower, determination, drive, resiliency, and gritâŚand when I failed, or slipped, or disappointed myself with what I called my âweaknessââŚI told myself I was emotional. Undisciplined, and just...
The Voice in Your Head Isn’t Telling the Truth
I don't know about you, but the voice in my head always felt like it was me. That it knows everything, and is always right. It is known, truthful, personal, and intimate. Does your inner critic sound like that too? Like your thoughts are true and on repeat? Does it...
The Weight of December
The holidays are often described as âthe most wonderful time of the year,â yet for so many of us, it doesnât always feel that way. Instead, it can feel like a heavy pressure, some added in sadness, that is accompanied by anxiety leading you straight to overload. You...
Understanding the Weight We Carry
And it is not measured on the scale... We carry so much more than the physical weight of our bodies. There is a ton of invisible weight we carry and have been given: the expectations of others, the beliefs we inherited, the comparisons we make to family, friends, and...
Evicting the Inner Critic
How negative self talk effects your health "Itâs a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighborâŚâ    Or is it? Most of us remember the gentle tune that started the PBS show Mr. Rogersâ Neighborhood, inviting us into a world of kindness,...
Divorcing Exercise from Appearance
If youâve spent years fighting your body like I have, by logging endless hours of cardio, running miles and miles, and taking class after classâŚall in the name of weight loss, youâre not alone. For decades, society has drilled into us the same message: Work harder. Go...
Strength Training is Body Confidence in Action
I found strength training while healing from my battle with Anorexia Nervosa, back in the late 1970s. It made me feel safer and stronger in my body. I went to a tennis club my parents belonged to. They had one Universal Machine. That was it. At first, it felt...
How Body Confidence Is a Quiet Superpower
Oprah had a sign above her dressing room door that read: âYou are responsible for the energy you bring into this room.â So, I always am thinking about the energy I want to bring into the rooms that I enter. What I have come to realize, is that how I feel in my body...
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The Good Gift – How we see our bodies impacts everything
Thereâs a pink stuffed monster named Izzy sitting on the back of my couch. Sheâs not a scary monster. She is actually a âNot so Scary Monsterâ stuffed animal. Izzy has been with me through six moves, 4 states, countless conversations, and had even sat on the...
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