There is a demographic of individuals who might find that their stories are lacking within the body positive community. Through no fault of their own, those who are losing weight are seemingly invisible or worse, banished, from the body positive community. This is something that I’ve wanted to write about for a while now, only … Continue reading Finding the Balance Between Body Positivity & Weight-Loss…
There seems to be a misconception that self-care revolves around bubble baths, glasses of wine and yoga. Whilst these are great things to enjoy, self-care is so much more than that – and often it’s a lot simpler than you may think. You don’t need to immerse yourself in silky bubbles to feel sated, nor … Continue reading 5 Things That Don’t Seem Like Self-Care, But Are…
If like me you’ve been feeling a bit down that the festivities of Christmas and New Year are over, then Feel Good February could be the thing for you. I wanted to create something that would blitz away my January blues and replace it instead with something positive, fun and challenging… With that in mind, … Continue reading #FeelGoodFebruary – A 28 Day Feel Good Challenge
If you didn’t know it already, your relationship with your body is a turbulent thing. One minute you’re looking in the mirror thinking that you look fine as hell, and the next minute you’ve fallen victim to society’s taunts that your skin isn’t clear enough/hair isn’t shiny enough/body isn’t trim enough (give us a break … Continue reading Don’t Let These 5 Things Burst Your Body Image Bubble…
If like me, you are immersed in body positive culture, you would have noticed the community has blossomed in recent years. As something that started out as a fat activism movement, the community has now garnered an abundance of followers, supporters and activists of all body shapes and sizes. Hallelujah! But, within the BoPo world, … Continue reading 5 Ways You Can Take Your Body Positive Activism to the Next Level…
Self-love, unfortunately is not something that can be conjured up overnight – after all we have been listening to society drone on about the ideal body image for most of our lives. So much so, that it will understandably take some time to undo the negative effect that the media and ‘friends’ have on our … Continue reading 7 TIPS FOR SELF-LOVE IN ACTION…
I owe a lot to the body positive community. The ability to look in the mirror and not cringe, the freedom to wear whatever I want, being able to acknowledge that I am worth my time, knowing that I can conquer my goals, but most importantly, finding the strength to push aside everything that society … Continue reading Unpacking Body Image Baggage…
FAT AND FOXY For week seven I thought I'd take us to seventh heaven (you lucky people!) Fat women are told every day that we are not sexy and that sexiness is reserved for those who fit into societies ideal when wearing a slinky nightie or goddess approved day-wear. Where society is concerned, fatness is … Continue reading
You probably don't even remember me, or if you do, you probably don't recall the throwaway comments that you tossed my way or the fun that you poked at me - but I do. It's hard to forget something that you feared every day and without even realising it you've had an inconceivable impact on … Continue reading An Open Letter to My Bullies…
Body positivity is not something that is ingrained into us from an early age, we do not arrive as fully-fledged EffYourBeautyStandards members and sometimes we have to remember not to run before we can walk. The journey to body love is long and tumultuous, it seems ridiculous sometimes that even though we are given this … Continue reading Need a Body Positive Boost…?
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