3 Radical Actions to Break Free from Body Shame 

3 Radical Actions to Break Free from Body Shame 

3 Radical Actions to Break Free from Body Shame  Sophia Apostol   “You want me to what?” I asked my binge eating disorder therapist in disbelief. “Stop dieting?!” Back in 2011, I didn’t know what I do now—that the yo-yo dieting I’d been doing for decades kept me...

Three Steps to a Stress-Free Holiday Season

Three Steps to a Stress-Free Holiday Season    Sheila Sutherland   Holidays: the food, the shopping, the decorating, the cooking, the planning, the parties… and the family!  There are so many aspects of the holidays that can trigger stress within our lives. Do you get...
Athlete’s Corner- Big Gal Yoga

Athlete’s Corner- Big Gal Yoga

Big Gal Yoga- Valerie Sagun   My name is Valerie Sagun, and I am a yoga practitioner, yoga teacher, body positive encourager, self-love enthusiast, author, and artist from San Jose in the SF Bay Area. I was at San Jose State University for about 10 years,...
Acting “As If” You Were Already Body-Confident 

Acting “As If” You Were Already Body-Confident 

Acting “As If” You Were Already Body-Confident  By Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LCSW-C    We are not born hating our bodies.  Rather, body-shame and internalized fat-phobia is learned through our culture.  The positive aspect of this being learned is that body-hatred can be...
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