It used to be that every new beginning
was a date with a diet
A diet-date.
It was the day I planned
to start “being good”
to “get serious about what I ate”
It looked like this:
January 1st – the BIG cultural diet-date
Birthday – diet-date the day after
A wedding – diet-date 2 months prior
Conference – diet-date 2 weeks prior
Family gathering – diet-date 1 month prior
Every new beginning
An opportunity for
Food shame
and
Body blame
What if…
(and it can truly be this way)
A new beginning was
A date with deepening
A deepening-date.
The New Year – deepening self-compassion
Birthday – deepening into my desires
A wedding – deepening my love affair with myself
Conference – deepening authenticity
Family gathering – deepening relationship
What if new beginnings
were not another time to engage
with cultural messages of
body-expectations and beauty ideals
What if new beginnings
were a time to engage
with ourselves
not from a place of management
but from a place of tenderness.
~ Nina Manolson
NinaManolson.com
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 relationship to 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.To take a powerful step on the Body-Peace™ Path, download your Practicing Body-Peace Journal right HERE.
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