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Body Story ~ Megan M.
“Full Circle
Welcome to the Enchanted Body Trust Forest
It is cool and calm here, but also warm and welcoming
We are a Fat Friendly Space, like Cat Pausé’s Friend of Marilyn Podcast ♥
Body Story ~ LaNae L.
“A Story with no Beginning…and no End.
I started writing my body story shortly after arriving home from participating in the Reclaiming Body Trust weekend last month (July 2018). I identified a definite start to my story, and jotted a few paragraphs down before life got busy and I set it aside. I knew I would come back to it…and here I am.
Body Story ~ Jen D.
“My Body Story is long and complex.
My Body Story is still being written.
There is trauma and redemption.
There is heartache and love.
There is disappointment and acceptance.
There is everything and nothing.
Body Story ~ Jean P.
“My body story starts like many others. I was 10 years old when I got learned my body was not the “right” body. I was 10 when I went on my first diet through Weight Watchers. I was the first person to get a bra in 5th grade. I was the first person to get my period in 6th grade at age 11. I was one of the tallest girls, always in the back row of the class picture. Early on my body was different than everyone else’s. Messages about food and bodies from my family and peers reinforced that.
Body Story ~ Jen I.
“I remember watching Tricia do a cartwheel during recess in third grade. I found a grassy spot and tried to do one and the results were not the same.
Body Story ~ Colleen Y.
“The story of my body is one that has hidden in the shadows, underneath three-quarter sleeves and shirts with rounded collars and high necks. For years, I attempted to define my body through an obsession with being a smaller size because that was the one way I might pass for “normal.” One way people might find me acceptable or even attractive. One way I could forget for a moment that my body was deformed and burned and has been ever since I can remember.