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By Kristen Donia --- This year has been one for the books. Everywhere we look there are resources to combat all the stress as well as an overwhelming feeling from many of us to celebrate the joys the holidays often bring, early. Bring on the Christmas trees, menorahs, and kinaras. ...
By Kristen Donia --- Life is full. Between school, homework, time unwinding with friends and family, clubs, sports, and getting enough sleep to do it all, sometimes it can feel like life gets away from us. Regular check-ins help us get a clear picture of how we’re feeling about a ...
By Kristen Donia --- Have you heard? Healthy is the new skinny. There’s a lot of talk about body positivity lately (yay!) and sometimes people aren’t quite sure how to make sense of it all. If someone is happy with their body, does it matter how healthy their eating habits ...
By Kristen Donia --- You’re probably not surprised to hear that just like other aspects of life, body positivity is made up of more than one component. Let’s look at an example. If you decide one day you want to play volleyball, from that day on you will make choices ...
Written by: Kristen Donia The media plays a powerful role in shaping how we view ourselves and others. In the last fifty years, the media often portrayed a very narrow and unrealistic standard of beauty, with only a certain body type being considered attractive. This is harmful to us at ...
Written by: Kristen Donia Hello, August! Can you believe we’re beginning to welcome fall and say goodbye to summer? I don’t know about you, but there’s something about fall that makes me more pensive and introspective. I find myself doing less and thinking more. As I go on early morning ...
Written by: Dr. Charlotte Markey Summer has always been my favorite season. I’ve always loved the warm weather, longer days, and time outside swimming or just hanging out. But summer brings a special brand of angst for many of us. Higher temperatures and time in the water means wearing shorts ...
By Kristen Donia --- In learning more about what it means to be body positive, discussing the role of affirmations was only natural. In Daily Affirmations for Building Body Confidence we talked about what affirmations are and how to best use them when it comes to body positivity. These daily ...
By Kristen Donia --- The body positivity mentality and movement began to finally put an emphasis on the essential idea that we all deserve to feel comfortable in our bodies. The Past Our society has always championed one type of body - skinny. In recent years that has even narrowed ...
By Kristen Donia --- Throughout our body positivity series, we continue to look at different elements of this movement, things that might surprise you about body positivity, self-love, affirmations for body confidence, and the relationship between body positivity and nutrition, among others. Today we are shifting gears to explore the ...