It’s that time of year when body image tends to worsen (lookin’ at you summer!).Follow these three tips to help improve body image during the challenging summer months but keep them in your back pocket to pull from all year ’round! What is body image? I talk about this in my best body image books post.There are so many different ways we could describe body image but I think of it as the mental picture you have of your body, which includes thoughts, feelings, attitudes and beliefs toward your body.

Body image is influenced by so many factors including systemic oppression (the culture telling you that thin bodies are best and fat bodies are bad), your genetic makeup, your history (including any trauma), your values, and so on.Body image healing work is a practice – it’s not a destination you arrive at and then you can kick back on the lounge chair and drink margs all day (although wouldn’t that be nice?!).It’s a journey.

A practice of continuing to come home to yourself and to your body.Some days/weeks/months will be more challenging than others and will require more attention, energy, and grace, and other seasons will feel a little easier and lighter – maybe you won’t have to think about it all that much.Body image healing work is about being in right relationship with your body.

Think about other relationships you’re in – maybe with a partner, child, or friend.Some days you feel really connected with and supported by that per

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