Written by Stephanie Voytek Everyone says that I should love my body, but how can I when it feels like it’s changing everyday? Throughout my years as an eating disorder dietitian, so many of my clients have repeated this exact line. Sometimes spoken loudly, sometimes with tears, and sometimes apprehensively waiting for me to tell them that they’re wrong. That loving your body is easy if you just will yourself. Love your body. Love your fat. Fat is normal. Embrace your rolls.

Written by Nikki Heyder Shame is a universal human emotion that we've all experienced at some point in our lives. It's that feeling of discomfort or embarrassment that arises when we feel like we've done something wrong or failed to meet expectations. Oftentimes when I work with clients who have experienced shame they say things like - “I just wanted to sink under the table and disappear” or “I had my hands over my eyes the whole time - I didn’t want them to see me”. While it

Written by Team BBP May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To create a culture of acceptance and understanding, we must recognize as a collective that mental illness is a common and treatable health condition, and seeking help is a sign of strength - not weakness. At BBP, we strive to create a safe, supportive, and inclusive space where we can feel comfortable discussing our mental health without facing the stigma - because it is okay to not be okay and if you are struggling

Written by Jolene Hart, CHC Sneaky nutritional stressors (which may not leave you feeling a typical ‘stress’ reaction at all) can fuel exhaustion and hormone imbalance— often without your knowledge. Here’s how to know if they’re affecting you, and easy ways to avoid them. We’re all well-acquainted with the concept of stress. We’ve also heard about the wear and tear that elevated stress levels cause on our bodies over time. Stress, when prolonged and in large amounts, sparks a

Written by Nikki Heyder Have you ever found yourself striving for perfection in certain aspects of your life? Maybe you feel like you need to act a particular way to earn love or attention from those around you, or maybe you just have a fear of making mistakes. Perhaps you feel as though if you are in control of everything around you, it means you can avoid chaos or unpredictability. Whatever the reason, perfectionistic thinking can oftentimes feel like a good idea, but actua

Written by Amy Polacko “Letting go of a toxic partner is an act of self-love.” - Unknown You might be shocked by this - but when a woman named Brooke hopped on a Zoom coaching call with me and said she was grateful for her toxic relationship, I wasn’t. I help women take their power back during and after these devastating situations because I’ve been through it myself. I know firsthand how betrayal, emotional and physical abuse, plus narcissistic behavior can leave victims ree

Written by Jaclyn Willms For years my clients would come to me and say I had too much dessert last night, or I need to work out hard today, or I need you to kick my butt, and the best one yet – I need to have a good workout today because I need to look lean for an event tonight. I started to wonder how many of us work out because we are thankful for the body that we have been gifted with. Who is working out to celebrate what their body can do? Rather than being frustrated a

Excerpted from Ignite Your Light: a Sunrise-to-Moonlight Guide to Feeling Joyful, Resilient, and Lit from Within by Jolene Hart ©2020 Running Press. Your personal energy— a mix of thoughts and feelings, food and movement, people and surroundings that are uniquely yours— shifts across different parts of your day. In the sunrise moments, the earliest parts of your day from about 5 AM to 9 AM, the energy of your mindset, movement, and the way you prepare yourself for the day