Center for Body Trust

Don’t forget to download our Bad Body Day Toolkit! We all have bad body days 🤍 Even if you have a strong Body Trust practice, you’re not immune to the experience. Knowing how to navigate bad body days can help. Want our Bad Body Day toolkit? Download yours: https://lnkd.in/gb7wBtaY 🌟 #CenterForBodyTrust #SelfLove #BadDaysBuildBetterDays #SelfCareIsntSelfish #BodyAcceptance

We encourage you to delete the tools that reinforce the hustle. Once you start to see just how pervasive this messaging is, you won’t be able to unsee it.  Delete fitness trackers, calorie counters, and weight loss apps like Noom. Recycle (or burn) diet books so nobody else has access to the harmful information in them. Stop measuring and weighing your food portions. Use measuring cups, spoons, and scales only for the purpose of baking and cooking. When diet-y shit shows up in your inbox, unsubscribe. When a friend is posting nonstop about their latest plan, unfollow them for thirty days, block, or unfriend them. But when you lessen your exposure to toxic messaging, you’ll be less likely to be pulled toward old patterns and be more likely to move towards reclaiming Body Trust.  #CenterForBodyTrust #BeyondBodyPositivity #WeightInclusive #DietCultureDropout #SelfCareTips VIDEO DESCRIPTION: A tan background with a lighter tan circle in the center and blue text that reads, "Lessen your exposure to diet-y shit." The remainder of the video outlines the above text using the same graphic template.

🎉 Dana and I are thrilled to announce that our first episode of The Body Trust podcast is out! Listen to the teaser (it's sooo good!) or better yet, listen to the whole episode on Spotify or Apple podcasts.  We made this podcast for YOU! What topics would you like us to cover on the podcast? Let us know in the comments 👇 #BodyAcceptance #FindYourPeople #FatActivism #BodyLiberationMovement #Podcasts

🌟 Professionals in our community – Dana & I (Hilary) have something special coming up for you! We're hosting an online workshop about "Freeing the Body Narrative."  🌱 Our workshop is your introduction to a counter-cultural healing paradigm that places lived experience and story at the center. This will be a trauma- and justice-informed approach to healing body shame and distrust. Join us for this 2-day workshop on November 7-8th from 9 am - 3:30 pm PST.  🤍 And yes, CDR & NASW CEUs are available!

🌱How do our students describe School for Unlearning? Liberating Life-Changing Fierce Affirming A Community Connection 🌿What do they want you to know about School For Unlearning? "I think every woman struggling with her body should do this program." "Without this course I would have continued and suffered through. You helped me be brave." "The materials and topics are thought provoking and applicable in real life. The School For Unlearning is a place to find unconditional support, deep discussions, and a community committed to inclusivity, honesty and healing." "Please do this for yourself. Be patient and use self-compassion. This is not easy work, but don't be discouraged. Allow yourself the time to unlearn and get rooted." "I left feeling a part of a collective of brave and courageous beings." ✨Sign up for School For Unlearning by heading over to our profile! #CenterForBodyTrust #Webinar #HealingJourney #FatAcceptance #PersonalDevelopment

Fat folks are devalued, stigmatized, disenfranchised, and victimized by prejudice and discrimination. 🤔 How? Fat folks have diminished access to employment, raises, non-stigmatizing medical care, and basic respect. Fat folks struggle to find affordable clothing to wear. Adolescents report weight as the most common reason for being bullied. Fat bodies are exploited by the diet, health, wellness, and fitness industries, and the academic, research, and health care communities collude with all of it. And research shows all this impacts a Fat person's health and well-being. 🌿 It's no wonder that we are where we are today: 70 million people suffering with eating disorders worldwide, a $72 billion diet industry with no data to support it, toxic "wellness" culture, and TV shows like The Biggest Loser and 1000-lb Sisters that just reinforce stereotypes. 💭 We have a medical system with an enormous crisis of imagination when it comes to supporting the health and well-being of fat people. And researchers and academics, who've devoted their entire careers to a failed paradigm, remain unwilling to reckon with the data. The truth is, bodies exist on a spectrum and come in a variety of presentations, abilities, shapes, and sizes. #CenterForBodyTrust #CommunitySupport #WeightInclusive #Discrimination #GasLighting

Movement should not be a mandate.  You are not required to perform health or pursue fitness to be worthy of love, respect, and belonging. 🤍 🌿 A lot of folks are not even able to explore movement for a whole host of reasons, including disability, chronic pain, access to supportive therapies, and more. It’s not as simple as “just do it.” #CenterForBodyTrust #InclusiveCommunity #CommunitySupport #Accessibility #HealingJourney VIDEO DESCRIPTION: A tan background with a white blob shape in the center and the text, "Movement should not be a mandate." The edges of the graphic are framed by abstract dark green, golden yellow, and pale pink flowers, and  pink dots. The remainder of the video looks the same and visually displays the text in the above caption.

🤍 Healing is a lifelong journey of understanding, self-discovery, and compassion. Healing is a continual unraveling. If you’re ready to radically reclaim what was always meant to be yours, then School for Unlearning was made for you.  🌱 And if you’re not ready yet, that’s fine. Healing happens on your own terms and we will be here to support you in that journey. But if you are – School for Unlearning is a 9-month online experience that will help you unlearn the social constructs of health, size, beauty, race, gender, age, and ability.  👉 Head over to our profile or website to sign up! #CenterForBodyTrust #Webinar #PersonalDevelopment #HealingJourney #FatAcceptance VIDEO DESCRIPTION: A tan background with white chalk scribble in the corner and dark green dots. In the center of the graphic is the text "'Unlearning is part of the healing journey — it is fluid and it is a process. The School for Unlearning provides a gateway to walk through to call the healing in' -School for Unlearning Student."

🤔 You know what? Food deprivation isn't always related to diet culture, the pursuit of thinness, or even the desire to feel in control.  Sometimes the lack of adequate intake was due to our caregivers not having enough money and resources to give us consistent, stable access to food.  We know that many of you in this community may struggle financially to meet all your needs. You may find yourself stretching food to make it last, prioritizing your children's food needs over your own, eating the same thing several days in a row because that's all you have, or needing to use the little money you have to pay for bills and non-food expenses instead.  Researchers have found that people who experience food insecurity have an increased risk of any type of eating disorder and higher levels of binge eating disorder. Cycles of scarcity and abundance likely contribute to this risk. 👉Research has also shown that childhood food neglect is associated with a higher risk of an eating disorder later in life than those without a history of food neglect. If there was not enough food, or if your parents and caregivers were not attuned to your needs, or they left you for long periods of time to fend for yourself because they were working multiple jobs to keep you housed, you may have never learned how to meet your needs.  Or you may have come from households with enough money and resources. They may have had chaotic feeding patterns themselves and they were just feeding you in the best way they could. They may have denied you snacks or seconds or desserts because they were concerned about your growth or weight, and while there was enough food available, you were not allowed to meet your needs.  🌱 Our early childhood experiences have a huge impact on what our relationship with food and eating will be like for us as adults. #CenterForBodyTrust #FatAcceptance #FoodInsecurity #EDRecovery #ChildhoodTrauma VIDEO DESCRIPTION: A mint background with the words, "Access to food impacts your relationship with food" in the center. Below the text is a line-work drawing of a plate with a knife and fork. There is a salad on the plate. Around the edges of the graphic are white blob shapes, yellow stripes, beige dots, and pink abstract flowers. The remainder of the video outlines the above text.

School is back in session! 🥳🤓 No, we don't mean school for the kiddos – we’re talking about school for YOU. You asked, Dana and I listened… and made some updates too. We are so excited to be bringing back our popular "School For Unlearning."  In the past, it has been such a powerful tool for our community.  If you missed this program before, now’s your chance to get in! Last time around, some folks loved our School For Unlearning so much that they took it twice. So you can trust that it's full of all the juicy, healing, paradigm shifting teachings you desire.   Take this as your sign that it's time to do something big for yourself, and sign up 🤍 #CenterForBodyTrust #OnlineClass #Inclusive #PersonalDevelopment #HealingJourney