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YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
I have written 3 Essential Skills for Loving the Skin You’re In! to inspire you to examine your current relationship with your body and take the steps necessary to improve the connection you have with the amazing vessel that houses your soul. No matter where you are on the spectrum of body acceptance/hatred, or if you are a professional or teacher who works with people who are struggling with their bodies, it is always possible (and valuable) to increase your own self-love and appreciation for your unique body.
Here’s what I hope you will take away from reading my e-book:
I founded The Body Positive 25 years ago after my sister Stephanie died from an eating disorder and faulty breast implants. I had healed myself from my own eating disorder in my early twenties, and Stephanie’s death sparked my determination to change the world so that my daughter would never go through the pain of struggling with her body as my sister and I did.
As part of the message I was sharing, I used the term “self-love” (when no one in my profession was), even though at the time I was told it wasn’t possible and was misleading to tell people they could love themselves. I even had advisors tell me that the phrase would never work because it would be interpreted as masturbation!
Since those rough beginnings a couple decades ago, a worldwide Body Positive movement has blossomed. I’ve helped millions of people in over 20 countries around the world end the harmful consequences of negative body image by opening them to having a more loving, peaceful relationship with their bodies.
In addition to getting my book Embody published and producing films that have won a couple of awards, my time has been focused on working with school campuses, companies, and organizations like Amazon, Kaiser Permanente, ClifBar, Stanford, Cornell, Georgia Tech, Brandeis University, California Rural Indian Health Board, the National Association of the Deaf, the Mental Health Association of Illinois, and Girls, Inc., to provide facilitator trainings, classroom curriculum, and online courses to keep the movement going strong and reach as many people as possible.
I am truly grateful for my work, because I practice what I teach every single day. My self-love continues to expand and change, bringing new levels of freedom and awareness to my life. I still have moments of suffering, as all humans do, but with self-love as my protection, I am able to learn and grow from the experiences in life that are painful. It’s so easy to get lost and frozen in all the suffering without my consistent self-love practice.
Connie frequently publishes blog posts for The Body Positive.
Check out her writing here.
This is an invitation to women* over 40 to experience my very best resources to support you to explore, reconnect, re-identify, and redefine who you are and what you want.
You are living in the most experienced, grounded, spacious time of your life.
Just imagine being connected to an incredible, like-minded, open-hearted, and intimate circle of women around the world who truly see you and understand you. A safe space where you can let out a big exhale and step away from all of your roles—spouse, parent, business owner, creator, contributor (to name a few)—as we reflect, share, talk, and inspire one another to stay
connected to our souls!
When's the last time you...
Many women over 40 feel they are at an incredible juncture in life—where they have been supporting so many others for a very long time, and now realize they could use some support themselves. Even if they are still raising children, there's a window that's opening for them to journey into the next phase of creating magic in their life. They feel rooted in experience yet open to new possibilities and finally have some time to focus on themselves, even if for just a little bit.
Don't let life pass you by while you miss out on the joy, richness, and juiciest moments because you were too busy tending to everyone else's needs and neglecting your own. If you are secretly yearning for space to fully let go, be yourself, have time to reflect, share, and learn while being appreciated seen, and cherished for all that you are, this program is for you!
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* Women refers to gender-expansive individuals (cis women, trans women, non-binary, gender queer, and gender non-conforming people, and any woman-identified individual).
Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!) offers hope and a gentle path to self-love. The book’s message is rooted in the belief that people inherently possess the wisdom necessary to make healthy choices and live in balance. It emphasizes that self-love, acceptance of genetic diversity in body size, celebration of the unique beauty of every individual, and intuitive self-care are fundamental to achieving good physical and emotional health.
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