Category Archives: Self-Acceptance

3 Reasons Why Everyone Needs to Watch ‘Embrace’

February 28, 2017

This week’s Body Love Tip is for anyone and everyone (even men!) who’s ever had a negative thought about their body: Watch ‘Embrace’, the documentary A Global Movement The documentary…

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…

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…

7 Body-Positive Parenting Rules to Live By

August 23, 2016

Body-Positive Parenting: Why it’s so important I recently read some disturbing statistics about body image and children, via the Huffington Post, which really highlights a need for our conscious body-positive parenting efforts –…

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??…

How Your “Blissful Place” Can Help Build Body Love

May 24, 2016

This week’s Body Love Tip is from my wise 6-year-old daughter, Eve: Go walking on the beach. (or, your equivalent “blissful place”) Eve’s been listening to my messages regularly and has recorded a…

The #1 Key to Loving Your Body

May 17, 2016

This week’s Body Love Tip is what I believe to be the single most important key to loving your body: Highlight your STRENGTHS This can be difficult to sum up in…

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!