I was listening to a podcast this morning about body image, emotional eating, binge eating, and it was between two other women that I truly respect in the same field, and they were talking about the above line, “How do you love your body, as it is, in a fat phobic world?” To be honest, it hit a nerve, because I know how true it is to feel uncomfortable in your own skin, in such a fat phobic world. In my life, at my heaviest I was 120kg, and at my lowest was 65kg, and I recall vividly how … [Read more...]
Let’s Talk About Sex….And Body Image
Yep, let’s go there! So, are you the lights on, or the lights off type of lover? This is one of the key ways to ascertain how truly comfortable you are with your body! Over the past few months, I have been consistently hearing from truly beautiful women, who feel completely uncomfortable with their bodies, which is magnified during sex. I have heard so many stories from women who feel they must be drunk to even contemplate having sex because it gives them confidence to have their … [Read more...]
I have a beautiful body
I have a beautiful body!! Try saying those words out loud, to yourself…. How do they feel? Do they feel truthful? Do they feel like a lie? Try saying the words, “I am beautiful”. How do they feel? If you were to look in the mirror right now, would you be able to find three things about your body that you love? How about three things you don’t like? My body is truly beautiful, and the reason I believe that it is, is because with everything that I have put it through, it is still … [Read more...]
Body Love vs Body Acceptance
There is a big difference between body love, and body acceptance, and for those of us that have spent the majority of our lives at war with our bodies, body acceptance, is a gift. I was recently asked when I knew that I loved my body, and it made me reflect on my own journey, and, it was a journey. I was diagnosed with body dysmorphia and bulimia and social anxiety disorder around food in 2010. It took three years for me to be able to look in the mirror and just be able to see my body at … [Read more...]
What do you see when you look at this image??
What do you feel when you look at this picture?? For me when I was in the midst of bulimia, cup cakes were a massive binge food for me. They triggered such happy pleasant memories for me of baking with my grandma. We would bake cup cakes, biscuits, sweet crust pies, big cakes, slices, sponges, raspberry jam, and lots of different savoury treats. Think high teas, we made cakes to suit an amazing high tea. No surprises that she owned a bakery! They were really … [Read more...]