MY MARRIAGE…TO MY BODY
“Most of us are going to have 2 or 3 marriages or committed relationships in our life,
And some of us are going to do it with the same person.” Esther Perel
I’d say my husband and I are in our 3rd marriage to each other.
We’ve been married for 21 years.
I’d say my body and I are in our 8th marriage to each other.
We’ve been married for 54 years.
When I ask my clients
How many different relationships have you had with your body?
How many times has your body changed?
They say…
MANY
The numbers range from five to fifteen
The relationships range from ease to war
This long term committed relationship with my body has changed so many times
That moment I felt a sexual tingle in my cells our relationship changed
That moment my boundaries were crossed and my body felt invaded, our relationship changed
That moment I started to grow a baby my body-marriage shifted again
That moment I gave birth, I nursed, I stayed up every night, my relationship with my body transformed again
The health crisis, the surgeries, the weight changes, the aging, the injuries, each and every body change put me in a new phase and new relationship with my body
And each
Each and every change deserves to be marked
Noticed, honored
Each and every change is normal
We don’t have one marriage
We don’t have one body
We have an ever changing body
With an ever present relationship to her
You may not feel very committed some times
You may want a divorce
You may have in fact divorced yourself already
But she remains
This is the longest-term relationship that you have in your life
So a few questions…
How many marriages have you had?
Do you talk about them?
Are you still striving for a “perfect” relationship with your body?
What’s your current relationship?
Are you talking to each other?
My invitation…talk to each other
And if it’s hard
Get marriage counseling for you and your body
It’s a relationship worth working on
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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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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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