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Taking stock of where you are now is an integral part of building a relationship with your body. In Chapter One of Getting Happy with your Body, we assess how we honestly feel right now about our body. I think it is a rare occurrence when we step back, sit down, and truly consider what … Read more
Imagine feeling good about your body. Imagine having a sense of how to address your body’s changing needs. Imagine being able to decipher your body’s subtle aches and pains and turn them into greater understanding and solutions. Imagine a time in the near future when you feel comfortable in, confident with, and relaxed about your body. A time … Read more
When we shame and blame ourselves, we create feelings of dissatisfaction, disappointment, and levels of self-loathing. After a hefty dose of shame, our survival mechanism kicks in and we desperately, nearly unconsciously, develop ways for us to escape these negative feelings. We emotionally flee by either numbing the bad feelings or overcompensating to create good … Read more
We all have an Inner Critic. It’s our inner voice that is highly critical of our actions, outcomes, and behaviors. My question is, –do you use your inner critic and shame to motivate yourself? Do you listen and believe the harsh voice in your head and then let it bully you into making a decision? … Read more
Are your high standards for your body helping or harming you? Failing to meet high standards can lead us right down the rabbit hole of shame. Somewhere along our life journey, we absorbed messages our body should look, perform or feel a certain way. We judge ourselves, based on these invisibly acquired high standards and … Read more
*This video gives you a peek into my own potential “shame and blame hangover.” Ever have a day or evening of blowing your diet and exercise goals and wake up with this sense of a dense, dark cloud looming over your every step? You feel bad, for yet again, not following through on your plan to eat better and get your … Read more
On Monday two women told me my skin looked really great. One was my older sister, who added: “maybe it’s because you’ve put on a little weight.” Thanks…uh, I think. Truth be told, yes I have softened since I saw her last October (she lives out of state). Because the last 16 weeks have been one ongoing mini-emergency … Read more
A recent research report showed an 18-month, seemingly comprehensive, corporate wellness program showed little to no measurable benefit in the area of decreasing absenteeism, healthcare costs, and individual health scores. I didn’t really want to write this article. I almost let it slide, after all, it was the weekend. As the weekend wore on, however, … Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot about how habits are formed and how habits, particularly bad ones, truly change the way our mind works. Habits are just ways of thinking that we’ve settled into – and if we’re not careful, we might not even notice a bad habit when we’ve settled into it! That’s what happened … Read more
Yesterday during a talk I gave on getting happy with our body, a gay gentleman revealed his body shame. He spoke of how within the gay community, there is a significant amount of harsh criticism and judgment around how men’s bodies look. A woman in the back of the room murmured “…try being a woman”. … Read more