• How Sexuality Affects Food Behavior and Body Image

    Starting around age 10, I got the message, over and over, that my body was too sexual, and that sexuality was dangerous… 1. When my 5th grade principal called me into his office to tell me my shorts were too short, even though they were exactly the same as every other girl. 2. When people […]

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  • What To Do with Heavy Emotions

    It’s safe to feel everything – and it’s so necessary. When we suppress emotions, we intensify and/or numb them. For example, by suppressing sadness we intensify it, and we numb happiness. We can’t selectively feel. When we ignore “negative” emotions, or shame ourselves for having them, we can’t fully feel positive emotions, either, because we’re […]

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  • Healthy Reliance vs. Self-Sufficiency

    I used to feel a lot of resistance and shame around asking for help. Especially when it had to do with my body and health. I felt like I should always have the answers. In fact, my self-sufficiency has been so strong at times that I could’ve been biking through a flaming tunnel, and probably […]

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