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How I Learned to be Naked: Listening to My Body and Healing Body Shame

December 17, 2019 by M. Robinson, Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Content Note: This article references a parent's use of Weight Watchers for their child. I didn’t always hate and hide my body. I was athletic as a child. I swam competitively and played outside until the last drop of daylight. I trusted my body and knew it well. That changed when puberty hit in the fourth grade. I started to look more like a woman than a little kid, and a … [Read more...]

When You Call Me Skinny (Hint: It’s Not A Compliment)

October 29, 2019 by E. Amato Leave a Comment

Content note: This article contains extended discussion of familial fat-shaming, attempted weight loss, dieting, and eating disorders. In a radical self-love webinar I took with TBINAA founder Sonya Renee Taylor, she asked participants to recall their first memory of body shame. Everyone had one. I went blank. I had none. The truth was, I had far too many. My entire life … [Read more...]

You’re Not Responsible: How to Unlearn the Guilt Inflicted By Parental Abuse

October 16, 2019 by Toni Bell Leave a Comment

Content note: This article discusses sexual, physical, and emotional abuse at length. Victims of childhood abuse, rape survivors, and victims of domestic abuse are really good at one thing: feeling guilty. We can feel guilty about everything, particularly things that aren’t our responsibility. Survivors are taught to feel responsible for the actions of perpetrators and, as a … [Read more...]

4 Tools I Use to Replace Self-Harm with Radical Self-Love

October 6, 2019 by Toni Bell Leave a Comment

Content note: This article contains in-depth descriptions of self-harm and discussions of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. The first time I saw the film American Beauty, one scene stood out to me. Annette Bening stood in the living room of a home she was trying to sell. She assertively closed the vertical blinds, turned around, and started to cry. She then slapped her … [Read more...]

How I Learned to be Naked: Listening to My Body and Healing Body Shame

When You Call Me Skinny (Hint: It’s Not A Compliment)

You’re Not Responsible: How to Unlearn the Guilt Inflicted By Parental Abuse

4 Tools I Use to Replace Self-Harm with Radical Self-Love

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