Body Positive Therapy

"All my life I've compared myself to others negatively. I'm starting to smile at myself when I look in the mirror. I'm noticing how wonderful it feels to hug my chubby hubby, how I adore the lined face of my aging mom. Most of all, it feels empowering to embrace the truth - that my body is mine to enjoy, not an object for others to admire."

I know what it's like to feel body shame. My mother had an undiagnosed eating disorder, and I was a fat little girl. It was clear she was ashamed of me. In school I was teased and bullied. As a teenager, I was exposed to ultra-thin models of beauty and longed to look like the women in Charlie's Angels. I was taught to hate my body, and that made it impossible to love myself.

Fortunately, I found a therapist who showed me how to nurture my whole being - mind, body, and soul - without condition. I gradually let go of the belief that my body was an object to be admired and desired, that my worth was contingent on my looks.

I began to focus on my own happiness, finding ways to feed myself that embraced both pleasure and health. I learned to honor my body's cues for hunger and fullness. I learned to move for the pure joy of dancing, hiking, and feeling strong and capable.

I let go of anything that felt punitive or shaming. I also let go of people who judged and shamed me based on their own internalized prejudices.

Now, I am so happy to be fully my soft, round, strong, aging self, knowing that the people in my life love me exactly as I am. It is my pleasure and honor to help my clients find that same sense of freedom and ease in their own bodies.

Through Body Positive Therapy, you can learn to:

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