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Let’s Take Back and Redefine “Beauty”

Eating Disorders are complex illnesses. As a young girl growing up in a larger body in the 80’s and 90’s, I often struggled with body image, to the point of almost falling into the trap of Bulimia while in college. Thankfully, I received…

Real Solutions not Resolutions this NYE

Body Image

Unfortunately, it’s impossible to live in America and not be bombarded with messages about the new diet fad that promises to give you the security of “optimal” health. The idea that there’s something wrong with your body, is a toxic…

#BodyAcceptanceWeek 2021 x YBIC Blog Round Up

Body Image

Editor's Note: This blog round-up is part of a collaborative media series organized and curated by NEDA and the Yoga and Body Image Coalition (YBIC) for Body Acceptance Week. YBIC’s mission is to work with all of the ways yoga and body image…

Coming to Accept and Love My Average-Sized Body and ‘Johnson’

Body Image

Editor's Note: This blog post is part of a collaborative media series organized and curated by NEDA and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition for Body Acceptance Week. Bigger is Better, Right? In the world at large, in the world of straight…

Intuitive Self Nurturing

Body Image

Editor's Note: This blog post is part of a collaborative media series organized and curated by NEDA and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition for Body Acceptance Week. As I write this, I’m in the midst of recovering from a breakthrough…

Listening to the Yellow Lights of the Body as a Path to Body Acceptance

Body Image

Editor's Note: This blog post is part of a collaborative media series organized and curated by NEDA and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition for Body Acceptance Week. The body talks, then screams, then causes a nuclear meltdown. At least…

5 Steps to Body Neutrality

Body Image

How do you feel about your body? How do you think you are “supposed” to feel about your body?There is body hatred, body love, body positivity, body acceptance, body confidence, and more.But today, we dive into body neutrality. What is…

Finding Peace and Possibility

Body Image

Editor's Note: This blog post is part of a collaborative media series organized and curated by NEDA and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition for Body Acceptance Week. There is so much space and possibility within stillness. Stillness…

Disability and Body Positivity

Body Image, Disability

In high school, I was the classic overachiever. My identity was (and to a certain extent still is) wrapped up in doing everything and doing it well. I did debate, mock trial, volunteered, danced and loved it. After graduation, I moved away from…

Androgynous Bodies Come In Every Shape and Every Size

Body Image, LGBTQIA+

The biggest lie that Tumblr ever told me was that an androgynous body is a thin body.As a genderqueer person, someone who doesn’t strictly identify as a man or a woman, I had always craved a more “androgynous body.” I wanted to be a…

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