There’s No Such Thing As a Good or Bad Body
Maybe it was the '80s or just my situation, but growing up, I noticed a lot of body talk among…
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Maybe it was the '80s or just my situation, but growing up, I noticed a lot of body talk among…
Continue ReadingDear body, I’m sorry I haven’t treated you well. After everything you’ve done for me, you would think I’d be…
Continue ReadingI’ve decided I don’t want a body that lies. I'm going to embrace a body that tells the truth. I…
Continue ReadingEarly the other morning as I was stepping into the shower, he came up behind me. He warmly wrapped his…
Continue ReadingI remember being 10 years old and having my first experience with not liking my body. I learned from that…
Continue ReadingI became a teenager in the '90s. Where the models were stick-thin. Curves were disgusting. Boobs were shameful. And anything…
Continue ReadingI feel it coming on every night. After the kids are in bed and the dishwasher is loaded, it washes…
Continue ReadingAs American Christian women, we get a triple dose of lies about our bodies. We are American. Our bodies are…
Continue ReadingTo the woman who is struggling to love what she sees in the mirror. To the woman who refuses to…
Continue ReadingMy daughter thinks I’m beautiful. She’s seven, and her eyes don’t see flaws the same way mine do. Her fingers…
Continue ReadingThis morning when I woke up, I felt yucky from the aftermath of our beach vacation, eating too much Mexican…
Continue Reading118. That was the number on the scale just before I realized I needed help. 118 pounds. It’s really not…
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