How I Got Rid of Eczema (After All the Miracle Treatments Failed)
Nathalie tried everything to cure her eczema, trying every miracle product and magic potion. Then, she discovered the real source of her skin problem.
Tagged: body image
How I Healed My Relationship With Food (And With My Body)
For decades, Karen struggled with body image and eating disorders. This is how she turned her life (and her relationship with food) around.
For Survivors of Hysterectomy (A Poem)
Janet Ruth Heller’s vulnerable and moving poem about women who have survived hysterectomy. She calls it a secret sisterhood.
When You’re Feeling Inadequate (A Letter to Myself)
“So please, dear me, be patient. Be patient as I heal, and I learn to love, because no one ever showed me how. I’m learning. Slowly.”
A Letter to Worthlessness
“I have believed you, owned you, lived with you, shrunk because of you, nearly broke apart in your hands many times, I have seen how easily you can destroy.”
Psychiatric Medications Didn’t Heal My Daughter (But This Did)
Medications led Tabita’s 13-year-old daughter to hallucinations, suicidal thoughts, and eight psychiatric hospitalizations. Here’s how she healed.
The Constellations of My Body (A Poem)
“I tanned the cancer into my flesh …shaved my teeth
to needles …filling
my mouth with bathroom fixtures, let doctors
cut me apart like a hunting prize”
Overcoming Body Shaming (Especially From Myself)
After years of shaming, abusing, and hating her body, Julia realized the importance of not only accepting, but honouring it. This is her body love story.
How I Learned to Stop Hating My Body
Alison realized that hating her body was at the core of her unhappiness. This is how she dug herself out.
What Bulimia Taught Me About the Real Me
Kendra thought recovering from bulimia would be the end of all her problems, but at the “end” of her journey, she found another beginning.
