PROFITING ON THE SHAME OF WOMEN

PROFITING ON THE SHAME OF WOMEN

It was a group of women

So supportive

So uplifting

Cheering each other on in our lives and our work
And then she stood to introduce her amazing self

And the shame attack started

It started subtly with a friendly announcement of a new supplement she was selling

And then it got more specific

Weight loss

Her product was weight loss

On the surface it might not seem that her esthetically packaged pills held such pain

But they did

Because every time she stood up in her slim body steeped in thin-privilege and said weight loss

She was saying to more than half the room…

You are not OK as you are

You are flawed

There is an answer to all your woes

Life will be all better when you get thinner

In her cheerful demeanor she was saying

YOU NEED FIXING

YOU, as the size you are

In the BODY you are in

is UNACCEPTABLE

And I have the ultimate answer

Be thin

I have the magic pill

I watched her shame brilliant, beautiful women who don’t need any fixing.

I watched women wilt and look at their bellies in disgust and shame.

Here’s what I wished I had said to her…

You are making money on the back of women’s shame

Your diet pills and quick fixes feed the sickness that we aren’t good enough as we are.

Please open your eyes to your own thin-privilege.

Your collusion is diminishing women’s power.

Please stop selling the concept that we don’t have the answer inside.

I wish I had told her that she was enough as she is and to please stop telling other women that they are less than.

If you’d like help with navigating an authentic and respectful relationship with your body. Let’s talk.

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Nina Manolson, MA, NBC-HWC, board certified Health Coach, Psychology of Eating Coach and Certified Body-Trust Provider, believes that every woman deserves to feel good in her own body.

She helps women create a healthy and positive relationship with their food and body so they can love their body and life! She’s the founder of NinaManolson.com and The Nourished Woman Nation.

She helps busy women feel good in their own body.. She specializes in working with women over 40 who have tried other diets and approaches but are still struggling with their body and food.

She’s the creator of the BODY-LOVE MAP and the recipient of the prestigious Health Leadership Award from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

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