The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the things that get in the way—especially shame, fear, and our resistance to vulnerability.

It is more than the name of a nonprofit organization; it is a state of mind and a growing cultural movement that offers people the opportunity to put down the burdens of judgment, comparison, and shame in order to cultivate a relationship with themselves that is built on a foundation of self-love and trust.

The way out of our cage begins with accepting absolutely everything about ourselves and our lives, by embracing with wakefulness and care our moment-to-moment experience. By accepting absolutely everything, what I mean is that we are aware of what is happening within our body and mind in any given moment, without trying to control or judge or pull

If you find yourself having resistance to the information you read about HAES, please try to keep an open mind and remember that current approaches to weight and health in this country have not been successful in making our population thinner or healthier in the long term. The quick fixes promised by weight loss programs, TV shows, pharmaceutical c