Body Vitality, Safety, & Self-Image
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Who Will I Be Without the Weight? Identity After Body Change
Changing weight can disturb more than appearance. A familiar body may have carried an identity, a role, or a way of moving through attention. Part of us can want change while another asks, “Who will I be without this protection?” That question is not resistance to health. It is useful information about belonging, visibility, and…
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I Don’t Want To Go There Again
– Old Coping Mechanisms are hard to release when we fear we’ll need them again. – Used to self hatred – Medical anxiety – Addictions from when dad divorced me – Falling apart
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Letting Movement Be FUN!
Is movement fun for you? Do you look forward to stretching, dancing, walking, running, and playing? A lot of people dread movement. They’ve associated exercise with pain, frustration, disappointment, and failure. We want to help you put the fun back into movement!
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I Want To Get Moving
– What do you notice when you think of exercise? – I might get hurt – I can’t do anything – longevity requires extreme physical work – What if movement can be fun and life-affirming? – What if you invited your body along instead of forcing it?
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Fear of Being Alone
– Fear of not finding my tribe – I want to be in relationship – On my own for the first time – Need someone to take care of me – Lack of relationship – Alone in a group – I don’t fit in my family
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When Beauty, Power, or Feeling Good Feels Unsafe
Beauty, power, happiness, and celebration can all increase visibility. If visibility once brought ridicule, jealousy, punishment, or loss, feeling good may trigger an immediate brake. Perfectionism then becomes a strange compromise: strive toward beauty or success, but never arrive long enough to be exposed. What This Pattern Is Protecting The feared consequence matters more than…
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After Too Many Diets: Rebuilding Cooperation with Your Body
After repeated diets, the body may react to another plan as if force, deprivation, and eventual blame are arriving again. What looks irrational about dieting often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With dieting, the aim is not to make the body responsible…