• What To Do When You’re Not Feeling Seen, Heard, and Received

    I ran up to her, bubbling with excitement. She looked at me, frowned, said “Ummmm, no…” and turned around. This was something that would happen often during my first year of public school, at age 10. I’d been homeschooled up until then. After playing soccer for a season with a group of girls who were […]

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  • How I Stopped Agonizing Over Food and My Body

    I used to almost ALWAYS feel uncomfortably full after meals – unless I was restricting or on a diet, in which case, I was just always hungry. 🙂 Today I never feel uncomfortable after meals – not even on Thanksgiving or Christmas. And no, it’s not sad. I don’t restrict or miss out on anything. […]

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  • Creating Change Through Self-Love and Celebration

    We can reach a certain distance and depth by shaming and judging ourselves, but it doesn’t touch what we can do through self-love, acceptance, and celebration. “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” – Carl R. Rogers, On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of […]

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