SUMMER SHAME
It creeps up with talk of bikini bodies
It shows up with moms hiding behind kids in the vacation pics
It stays invisible but deeply felt in the resistance of “I don’t want go to the beach or that pool party, with everyone in their bathing suits.”
Body-shame gets loud in the summer
It shouts – you’re body should be different!
It should look like that image – that image of perfection emblazoned in your psyche.
For me it was…
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no stretch marks
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no belly
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no hair
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no jiggle
Which meant…
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no me
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no pleasure
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no freedom
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no body ease
Yet there’s an antidote to Summer Shame
It’s not a new you
not a new body
not the last 5-10-15 lbs
It’s summer feeling
Naming your body-image wounding and shame
It’s summer healing
Choosing to heal instead of looking for the next way to fix yourself
It’s summer outrage
Speaking out against the rules and limitations you put on your body
It’s summer compassion
Creating gentleness and connection with your body
It’s letting the
warm air,
the gentle breeze,
the water’s edge
soften the conversation you have with yourself.
Please,
make space to breath fully,
flow,
and live in your body with ease.
You deserve summer freedom.
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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, 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.
If you’d like help with navigating an authentic and respectful relationship with your body. Let’s talk.
