Self Compassion: When Midlife Body Revolution Starts With Kindness (Not Counting Calories)
How do you feel about your body? What comes up for you when you think about your midlife body, wrinkles, stretchmarks, muffin top, menopausal weight…
How Can I Practice Body Acceptance?
Dear CrunchyTales, I've struggled with my weight since when I was younger but I slimmed down considerably later on. Unknowingly I became paranoid about eating,…
How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Your Younger Body
Comparing ourselves to others is very common and almost automatic. There will be always someone smarter, richer and younger. As a matter of fact, according…
How Can I Practise Body Neutrality?
You may have grown up with people telling you that you were too short, too fat, too dark or for a while you may have…
How To Make Peace With Your Ageing Body
It happens to everyone: sooner or later the mirror won't reflect the image we used to have and love. Wrinkles, sagging skin, shifting weight and…
Swimsuit Body Confidence: How to Embrace Yourself from the Inside Out
Stepping into a swimsuit as a middle-aged woman can be an intimidating, if not anxiety-provoking exercise that can send us into feedback loops of harsh…
Why Getting A Tattoo In Your 50 Is The New Rite Of Passage
It can be your little secret or can make a personal statement to the world about your values and beliefs. Women's motivations for getting a…
Intuitive Eating: Making Peace With Food in Midlife
Aren't you tired of calorie counting, carb avoiding, and waistline measuring? Welcome to the club! Yes, apart from new inspirations and challenges, midlife could bring…
The Midlife Mirror Angst Syndrome
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” said the Evil Queen in the story of Snow White. When we hit…