Beyond Before & After

Intuitive Eating: Life-Changing Practice Or Just Another Diet?

I’ve never trusted my body — at least not in the time I have real memories of having feelings about my body.

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6 Things Everyone Should Be Doing Everyday

Life is hard. It’s just really hard sometimes.

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5 Ways To Make Peace With A Body You Don’t Love

I’m mostly really ok, even when my body feels like a sack of skin. If you’re wondering how you can live in your skin-sack peacefully, here are five ways:

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9 Disordered Eating Practices You Thought Were Normal

If you wake up and you’re thinking about dinner, and it’s not because you forgot to thaw out the pot roast, you have a problem.

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I'm Learning To Be Human-Shaped

Looking at this humble gift created by my fourth child, the one I waited 10 years for, I am grateful, tearful. She has drawn me, her mother. And other than having a really big head, I just look like a person. I’m wearing a dress. I have two arms and legs, five fingers on each hand (a surprisingly short thumb, however). My hairstyle is questionable, but all in all, I just look like a person.

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Why Do I Spend So Much Time Thinking About Food?

Deciding that I needed — wanted, even — to put myself, my emotional, mental, physical, health first, didn’t mean not loving my body. But it did mean that my body would probably need to change to be more agile, more functional.

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Yo-Yo Dieting, Yo-Yo Emotions

Sure, it's ridiculous to compare your life to a poorly constructed, absolutely terrifying rollercoaster — but also sadly accurate.

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The Calories, The Scale, And The Illusion Of Control

Control is a drug, and I’m a strung out addict looking for my next fix.

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