After years of struggling with her own dysfunctional body-relationship, Marla Marla Mervis-Hartmann has transformed her experiences into services to help women discover honor and appreciate their bodies. Marla has been featured at TEDx Salinas. Marla has followed her passion for women's health down many study paths, including women's sexual wellness; postpartum care; Restore Your Core … Continue reading How to Have a Healthier Relationship with Your Body
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Nurturing Your Child’s Relationship with Food and Body Image
Heidi Schauster, MS, RD, CEDS-S, SEP is a nutrition and body image therapist, Somatic Experiencing (SE)™ Practitioner, and Embodiment Warrior who writes about whole-self wellness. She is author of the award-winning book Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body and Self and new book Nurture: How to Raise Kids Who Love Food, Their … Continue reading Nurturing Your Child’s Relationship with Food and Body Image
How to Improve Your Body Image This Year Without Dieting
Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week, inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. The host of the internationally popular Compared to Who? podcast, she has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, and For Every Mom, along with dozens of other shows and podcasts. She was a contestant on Nailed It, the hit … Continue reading How to Improve Your Body Image This Year Without Dieting
Transforming Pain Into Purpose: Navigating Health, Emotions, and Faith
Alisa Keeton is the founder of Revelation Wellness, a nonprofit ministry that uses physical and mental health practices to spread the gospel by inviting participants to become integrated and whole beings through biblical teachings, on-line events, productions, and in-person retreat experiences. A fitness professional for over 30 years, Alisa is the author of The Wellness Revelation and Heir to … Continue reading Transforming Pain Into Purpose: Navigating Health, Emotions, and Faith
Limiting Beliefs That Impact Your Eating Habits
Brittany Braswell is a Registered Dietitian who runs a private recovery coaching practice helping Christian women ditch food rules and negative body image so they finally get off the dieting hamster wheel and experience true and lasting freedom in Christ. She has been featured as a guest expert on podcasts, at virtual summits, in blogs, … Continue reading Limiting Beliefs That Impact Your Eating Habits
Yes, You Are Swimsuit Ready!
A few days ago, as I was getting ready for the day, my youngest child, who’s five, squeezed my belly and asked me why my skin is different than his. He compared by attempting to squeeze skin from his belly, which obviously didn’t happen. So I told him how my skin is more stretchy and … Continue reading Yes, You Are Swimsuit Ready!
How to Break Free from Yo-Yo Dieting and Live Your Life in the Body You Have Today
What does it mean to make peace with food and your body? Why doesn't restriction work? What does it even mean to give yourself "unconditional permission to eat?" Holly Toronto has 4 years of experience helping highly driven women stop dieting and build resilience to toxic beauty messages. She uses an intuitive and spiritual approach … Continue reading How to Break Free from Yo-Yo Dieting and Live Your Life in the Body You Have Today
Freedom from Scale Drama
It’s been one year and a half since I stepped on a scale. She’s an old friend. We haven’t had the best relationship over the years. More like a dysfunctional one. She doesn’t give me my worth or value. She doesn’t even tell me how healthy I am. But I used to let her, over … Continue reading Freedom from Scale Drama
21 Days to Body Image Freedom
No matter who you are or where you live, we can all agree that the year 2020 shook things up. For many of us, 2021 is already proving to be just as challenging. You may have started off with good intentions, resolutions, goals, plans, or a word of the year. You said you were going … Continue reading 21 Days to Body Image Freedom
Refocus 2020: Don’t Wait for the New Year to Feel Good About Your Body
My friend Heather Creekmore (Compared to Who) and I teamed up in January to bring a different kind of detox for the new year. We wanted to bring women a mindset detox, heart detox, and a spiritual reset about health and body image. It was a success! We start our final round on November 30. … Continue reading Refocus 2020: Don’t Wait for the New Year to Feel Good About Your Body









