Tag: mentalhealth
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4.5 ‘Thinfluencer’? I hardly even know her!
Ah, that joke never gets old. First of all, let me just reveal two Truths that I know exist out here in the Body Acceptance Realm. Truth 1: Everyone, no matter their gender, size, body type, race, ethnicity, height, etc. deserves to love and feel comfortable and secure in their body. Truth 2: Everyone, no…
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4.4 *Food morality has entered the chat*
Don’t be insecure / If your heart is pure / You’re still good to me if you’re a bad kid, baby. Lady Gaga, “Bad Kids” Really, I just wanted to use a line from a Lady Gaga song. I’m back in the blogosphere. I took a little break to figure out how I want to…
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4.2 Coming to Terms: Body checking
Here’s the thing: I like to talk. I like to talk about my experiences and share what goes through my mind and open up the discussion, because if I’m feeling a certain way, then someone else is, too. So I want to start another little series for my blog that I can publish periodically that…
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4.1 Hot Girl Summer, anyone?
I think it’s time for some classic Emma June wisdom. The weather is heating up, right? We’re starting to sweat? We’re starting to realize that wearing sunscreen is a necessity? That means it’s nearly time for… Summer attire. Swimsuits. Shorts. Tank tops. The works. I feel like I talk about the whole swimsuit-season thing a…
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3.20 Gotta have faith
It’s been kind of a weird time for me over the last few weeks, if I’m being completely honest. I won’t go into the nitty-gritty details (cue general disappointment from the audience), mainly because it would take too long, but there are a lot of things I’m thinking about right now and trying to come…
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3.18 Let’s Get Physical
Let’s break Emma June into the parts of her whole. Ew. Let me try again. Let’s look at the different parts of Emma. Hmm, nope. That’s not it either. “Head, shoulders, knees and toes?” Okay, I give up. What I’m trying (and failing) to say in a normal, not-weird kind of way is that body…
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3.16 Hard to Swallow
It’s been a hell of a week. In case you didn’t know, this weekend marks the end of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. This is a topic that I’ve toyed with touching on for months and months now, but I’ve never been able to put my thoughts into words. But, if there’s ever a time…
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3.14 Trust the Gut (No, Really, Trust It)
If a muscle is not used, eventually it withers. Intuition is exactly like that: without food, without employment, it atrophies. Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, “Women Who Run with the Wolves” (The first installment of the Let’s Howl series, in which I do some reflecting on Dr. Estés’ book. It’ll be a great series. You’ll love…
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3.12 THAT’S a Stretch
I got to spend a little time with my family during Christmas, and I had an interesting exchange with my little brother. He goes to a military academy, and he’s working on getting…what’s the word he used? Oh, right: “swole.” He’s trying to pack on some muscles, and one day when he was prancing around…
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3.2 Keep It Together, Emma June
I wanted to write a post that would be silly and make you giggle and maybe forget about the whole COVID-19 situation for a couple of minutes. That’s sort of my niche, and writing about serious stuff doesn’t always come naturally to me, but I have been thinking for a while about what I could…
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