Come as you are by Emily Nagoski PhD (workbook)
Seven days in a row write down what you like about your body.
Gottman might liken it to the culture of appreciation we cultivate in a romantic relationship.
What was the experience like for you?
Recognize the pattern of shame and judgment -do we want to hold onto that?
Do you want to create space for something else?
It will certainly take more than a week to change that relationship to compassion and affection for our body.
Keep returning to this exercise over time and notice how things change.
I might add
Consider getting people to love their bodies and to forgive their bodies for not being the perfect ideal or living up to their unrealistic expectations. Imagine, forgiving ourselves giving ourselves grace and slack and engaging in self love to find it non-judgmental self-love.
I appreciate these:
“Beautiful is not something that bodies should be, nor is it something they could be if only they conformed to the fantasy ideal. Bodies already are beautiful.”
“Look for beauty in bodies that don’t conform with aspirational beauty ideals.” Emily Nagoski PhD
Seven days in a row write down what you like about your body.
Gottman might liken it to the culture of appreciation we cultivate in a romantic relationship.
What was the experience like for you?
Recognize the pattern of shame and judgment -do we want to hold onto that?
Do you want to create space for something else?
It will certainly take more than a week to change that relationship to compassion and affection for our body.
Keep returning to this exercise over time and notice how things change.
I might add
Consider getting people to love their bodies and to forgive their bodies for not being the perfect ideal or living up to their unrealistic expectations. Imagine, forgiving ourselves giving ourselves grace and slack and engaging in self love to find it non-judgmental self-love.
I appreciate these:
“Beautiful is not something that bodies should be, nor is it something they could be if only they conformed to the fantasy ideal. Bodies already are beautiful.”
“Look for beauty in bodies that don’t conform with aspirational beauty ideals.” Emily Nagoski PhD
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