Healthy body image

Editor’s note: This jealousy article has been among the most popular ever on First Ourselves. Listen to this special message from author Karly about how to dissipate jealousy from your life, and what it represents to you when jealous moments arise.

An audio message from Karly, 2 April 2010. 13:14 minutes.

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Like many women, my body size fluctuates. A lifelong emotional eater, I’ve been learning how to meet my needs without food. Sometimes I am more successful with this than others, which explains why my weight can fluctuate by a size.
For years, I was very, very critical of myself for this pattern, beating myself up and [...]

How do you talk about your body? What things do you say about it when you’re with your girlfriends, your female relatives, your daughters? Do you use your words to uplift and celebrate your body? Or do you use your words to pick at, make fun of, shame, loathe, or judge your body?
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Loving your body is primarily an inside job. But we also live in a physical universe. While you are changing the internal environment of your mind, learning to love your body from the inside, it’s just as important to make your external environment as supportive as possible, to love your body from the outside.
Why? Ignoring [...]

Pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding change more than just your daily life:  they also change your body, and your body image. How can you love and embrace your pregnant and postpartum body? Here are 9 tips:
1. Don’t compare your pregnancy to another woman’s. Every pregnancy is different; every baby is different. Here are just some of [...]