by Hilary Kinavey | Jun 5, 2020 | Book Recomendations, Inspiration, Kindness, Newsletter, Relationship, Uncategorized, Visionaries
We stand in solidarity with the people and protestors who fight systemic injustice, police brutality, white supremacy, and the destruction of Black bodies and communities. Right now, solidarity looks like listening, believing, donating, feeling, holding space, asking...
by Mandy | May 2, 2019 | Body Positive, Inspiration, Kindness, Relationship, Shame Resilience
We, as a culture, are having a difficult time naming and understanding the impact that a dieting and weight loss focus is having on our children. It is essential that we, as caretakers of children, begin to understand that our obsession with weight and “healthy”... by anna | Apr 8, 2016 | Attuned Eating, Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Respect, Intuitive eating, Relationship
“No! Maybe? Okay, you’re right.” This is the phrase one client used to describe her experience learning about intuitive eating. The first reaction: No. How could it be? I thought I was doing the right thing by trying to control my food to lose weight. This can’t be... by anna | Oct 21, 2015 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Respect, Body Trust®, HAES, Health at Every Size, Kindness, Relationship, The Weight of the World
By Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD Most people recoil when they first hear us use the term “fat” when we give a talk. And then we explain that part of the work in the body positive movement is reclaiming the word fat, to strip it of its negative or pejorative... by anna | Oct 9, 2015 | Be Nourished, Inspiration, Kindness, Newsletter, Nourishment, Relationship, The Weight of the World
By Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC All of us learn to numb. Food, shopping, substances, sex, relationships. TV, phones, overworking, we see numbing all around us and it is not always questioned in our culture. Habitually numbing helps us to not feel so much – sadness, anger,...