Welcome to the second in a four-part series exploring some of the common myths and misunderstandings about the Health at Every Size (HAES)® approach to health and wellness. Read the introductory post to the series here, where I share an overview of HAES® and some of my own journey saying goodbye to diet culture and embracing the revolutionary and empowering…
October is bringing us connection with Hathor, an Egyptian birth and death goddess. Hathor is an amazing ally for the work of letting go of body shame and reclaiming body sovereignty. By connecting with the everyday pleasure of living in our bodies, our awareness and understanding of what is happening within us increases and we become more in tune with…
To support our working in healing body shame, I offer a monthly Goddess Guidance reflection. The images and card meanings are from The Goddess Oracle Deck by Amy Sophia Marashinksy. For each goddess, I offer a reflection on what insights/challenges/gifts are being we might embrace on our Body Sovereignty Journey. The Importance of How We Relate to FoodOur relationship to food…
Welcome to the first in a four part series exploring some of the common myths or misunderstandings about the Health at Every Size® approach to health and wellness. I have both a professional and personal relationship with this radical and empowering framework, having embraced Health at Every Size® years ago after I stumbled across Lindo Bacon’s book: Health at Every…
To support our work in healing body shame and reclaiming body sovereignty I offer a monthly Goddess Guidance mindfulness reflection. For each goddess, I offer a reflection on what insights/challenges/gifts are being we might embrace on our Body Sovereignty Journey. Feedback and comments are welcome! Pele (pay’lay) is the volcano Goddess of the Polyneisan people. According to legend, she appears…
When we look to heal our relationship with food and decide to no longer participate in diet culture, it can feel overwhelming. Feelings of body shame have for so long turned us to diet plans and wellness gurus to tell us what, when and how we should be eating sometimes we cannot conceive of how else we might engage with…
The one constant in our life is change, and that is certainly true of our bodies. We all are born, live, and then die. Through the course of our lifetime, our body experiences the exponential growth of childhood, the hormonal mysteries of adolescence, the settling of adulthood and middle age and finally the slowing into the deep wisdom and reflection…
As part of our work of reclaiming body sovereignty I offer a monthly Goddess Guidance reflection. The images and card meanings are from The Goddess Oracle Deck by Amy Sophia Marashinksy. For each goddess, I offer a reflection on what insights/challenges/gifts are being we might embrace on our Body Sovereignty Journey. Feedback and comments are welcome!Ceridwen (ker-id-when)Keywords: Death and rebirth, TransformationFrom…
There is a major force standing in the way of a trusting relationship with our body – Diet Culture. We hear about diet culture a lot and probably have a good idea of what it means. But when we want to actively engage in reclaiming our body sovereignty it can be helpful to pause with concepts like these and take…
As part of our work of reclaiming body sovereignty I offer a monthly Goddess Guidance reflection. The images and card meanings are from The Goddess Oracle Deck by Amy Sophia Marashinksy. For each goddess, I offer a reflection on what insights/challenges/gifts are being we might embrace on our Body Sovereignty Journey. Feedback and comments are welcome! Hestia: Body as Home…