by Mikalina Kirkpatrick | Dec 20, 2018 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Trust®, HAES, Health at Every Size, Provider News, Visionaries
In 2008, Chevese Turner founded the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) recognizing the need for an organization to advocate on behalf of individuals affected by binge eating disorder (BED) and the providers who treat them. Chevese is an award-winning activist... 
by Mikalina Kirkpatrick | Dec 6, 2018 | Attuned Eating, Be Nourished
We all grew up and were socialized in a culture where oppression and abuse of power take many forms. This is reinforced within family systems, institutions, and cultural norms. The effects of living in a patriarchal, white supremacist culture impact everyone... by Mikalina Kirkpatrick | Nov 29, 2018 | Be Nourished, Fashion
Happy Holidays! There are many things people consider when buying holiday gifts for the special people in their lives. We wanted to highlight some talented people’s work and offer some ideas, in the spirit of supporting marginalized communities and working toward a... 
by Mikalina Kirkpatrick | Nov 18, 2018 | Attuned Eating, Be Nourished
It’s Transgender Awareness Week, a week dedicated to helping raise the visibility of transgender and gender non-conforming people, and address the issues the community faces. Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance on November 20th that honors the... 
by Mikalina Kirkpatrick | Oct 10, 2018 | Be Nourished, Body Trust®
At Be Nourished, we believe survivors. We believe survivors’ stories. We believe survivors’ pain. All survivors. In all bodies. Body oppression takes many forms. Power is exerted and abused in many ways. We are living in a time of collective retraumatization. We are... by Mandy | Sep 20, 2018 | Be Nourished
We recently had a participant in our online e-course No More Weighting comment: I can’t even count how many times I’ve heard kindness, love, acceptance and letting go of what isn’t serving you is what will create positive change… but that is all so vague to me.... 