Tag Archives: self acceptance

How to Start a Conversation With Your Kids About Body Love

November 29, 2016

It’s never too early (or too late) to start the conversation – with the kids in your life and with your inner child. Reading this poem (below) to them can be a great way…

Your ‘Forever Body’: Freedom from the Scale & Diets for Good

November 15, 2016

Why a ‘Forever Body’ beats a ‘bikini’ or ‘beach’ body, any day Do you feel like when you’re not following a diet’s guidelines, or at least “watching what you eat”, that…

How to Actually Be Happy with Imperfection (Advice from a “recovered perfectionist”)

October 11, 2016

My Body Love Tip this week is for all the perfectionists out there who may be having trouble “letting go” of perfectionist tendencies: Pour your “perfection” into the effort, not…

5 Simple Ways to Benefit Most from Journaling

August 29, 2016

This week’s Body Love Tip is based on years of personal experience using this one practice for moving forward in my life, especially when faced with challenges and self-doubt: Start Journaling…

Is Social Media Hurting Your Body Image?

August 09, 2016

This week’s Body Love tip is a great way to cleanse out self-doubt and negative self-talk, and to reconnect with YOU: Try a social media “cleanse”! Several recent studies have been done…

Seeking Children’s Drawings for “YOU, Beautiful You” Book!

July 19, 2016

Exciting news! I’ll soon be publishing my Body Love poem “YOU, Beautiful You” as a children’s picture book. And I’m seeking your child(ren)’s talent to create the drawings! When you…

How to Turn Self-Criticism Into Self-Acceptance (without affirmations!)

June 21, 2016

My Body Love Tip this week is a technique that I’ve found to be far more effective than affirmations for countering self-criticism: Become Curious. What do I mean by that??…

Why Aging is the Wrong Approach to Developing Self-Acceptance

April 11, 2016

…And What our Children Need to Hear NOW. Why is it that true self-acceptance usually only seems to develop as we age? Unlike acquired wisdom, which we gain from knowledge…

Move Over Bikini Body. Meet Your Forever Body!

Move Over Bikini Body.
Meet Your Forever Body!