Learning About Health At Every Size Changed My Body Image

My “ideal body” came from Gisele Bündchen featured in a Got Milk campaign when I was 12 years old.

I remember like it was yesterday: Camping with my family, flipping through the pages of Self magazine again & again & again...

Writing down diet & exercise tips. DREAMING of getting my body as close to Gisele’s as possible…

At TWELVE. How F’d up is that????

Over the past few years I’ve opened up about my story & taken a stance. The foundations of my work are based on Health At Every Size.

WHY? Because health is so much more than our bodies. It’s our mental & emotional wellness, our relationships, our passions, social justice, how we FEEL in the skin we’re in. How we see ourselves.

The way you treat yourself has a direct impact on every woman around you. Your daughters. Your sisters. Your friends. Your co-workers.

And our relationship to the concept of weight informs the way that we think & feel about ourselves, both consciously & subconsciously.

You cannot hope for a greater solution in your world, in your environment- for the women in your life- without being willing to look at the places in which you’ve become a part of the problem.

You matter.

The way that you feel matters.

And if your relationship with your body isn't the place that you want it to be, now is the time to make a change.

If you’re learning about Health At Every Size for the first time & feeling triggered, confused or “good for them but it’s not me”- you’re normal.

But I can’t encourage you enough to stay open to learning in this community & to reach out to me directly if you’re ready for deeper support.

Until then, I'm so grateful for you and your attention to this important topic- that alone is invaluable and a major step forward to creating a more inclusive, accepting & socially just society!

If you’d like even more resources around HAES and Intuitive Eating, so that you have a clear next step forward, be sure to download my free Body Acceptnace Starter Kit.