Give Body Hate

the Finger

 
 
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The Impact of Diet Culture and Weight Bias

 

Surprise! Self-love does come in plus sizes.

Fat women are left out. You’ve had to shop in plus-size stores, sit in chairs that weren’t designed to hold you, gotten passed over for promotions, posted a cute pic on Insta only to get verbally abused, hid behind others in photos, listened to your thinner friends and family talk about how they need to lose weight, and been told by your doctor that every single medical condition would be magically cured if you lost weight. This takes a toll. It’s hard to love yourself when the world wants to exterminate fat people. You start to feel like shit when you look in the mirror and see a double chin. You judge yourself for having rolls. You disconnect from your body because it’s painful to think of yourself as the person/body everyone seems disgusted by. You feel like you matter less than a thin person.

Fuck that shit.

 
 

A different way to be fat in the world

You’re here because you’re ready to work through:

  • fears of being seen and taking up space

  • judging yourself

  • feeling uncomfortable in your body

  • not knowing how to stand up for yourself

  • navigating fat-phobic spaces

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Together we’ll discover how to talk to yourself in a more compassionate way, choosing different words to describe your body. We’ll lean into being more mindful of your body, and how to feel comfortable in your body as it currently exists. You’ll learn how to stand up for yourself so your family doesn’t make comments about your body. We’ll talk about how to respond when hateful comments about your body are made by strangers. We’ll create that mindset shift you’ve been missing or couldn’t quite figure out so that you can have confidence in your body. Our work together will dismantle and heal the fear - or even hate - of your body.

 
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Unleash that inner badass

After therapy my clients tell me that they KNOW they matter.

They talk to themselves like they matter.

They advocate for themselves like they matter.

They boldly take up space because they matter.

Even more, they talk about their body with kindness and love. With genuine compassion for themselves! They feel connected with their body in a way that they haven’t known since childhood, if ever. My clients can look in the mirror without discomfort, and maybe even like what they see. Their family stops talking to them about their body and doesn’t mention weight loss. Their doctor focuses on their actual symptoms instead of asking them to lose weight. They no longer panic when going out in an environment not designed for their bodies - they adapt and advocate. They can finally rest and enjoy themselves comfortably, knowing they are valid.