We got the body thing wrong
We got it wrong because we were taught it was a thing
Our body
Some THING to be dealt with
To be managed
To be monitored
To be measured
We got IT wrong because
Our body became IT
How could this wondrous collection of cells, wisdom and energy be an “IT”
“IT” puts our body over there
Separate from us
“IT” keeps us from being connected.
Your body..
She
He
They
Goddess
Is connected to YOU
She IS you
Our parts are all connected
Body-Mind-Soul-Spirit-Feelings
But she – your body –
Keeps getting left out
She gets ignored
Objectified
She gets managed
Try calling her SHE
Or darling
Or lovey
Or whatever name you call someone you truly love.
Try that
And watch a relationship unfold.
~ Nina Manolson
For more of my poetic essays: https://ninamanolson.com/food-for-thought/
Nina Manolson, M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Psychology of Eating Coach, Body-Trust® Guide.
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, is a Body-Peace™ Coach.
She is a 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 truly feel at peace in their body! She’s the founder of NinaManolson.com and The Nourished Woman Nation.
She specializes in working with women over 40 who have tried many 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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Nina Manolson, MA, is the founder of Body-Peace®.She helps women end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body—as it is.
She is known for her deeply feminist, anti-diet, body-peace® approach. She brings her 30 years of experience as a therapist, Body-Trust® Guide and Psychology of Eating Teacher to helping women create a respectful and trusting relationship with their food and body.
Nina’s Body-Peace® work is all in service of helping people get off the diet roller-coaster, and into a compassionate and powerful way of eating & living which creates a positive long-lasting change in and with their bodies. Her courses, coaching, poems and Body-Peace APP positively change the conversation that women are having with their body.
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