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by Cristina D’Alto We’ve all heard the term body positivity, but few of us — including myself — have delved into its history. The idea actually comes from the fat acceptance movement, which originated to challenge the stigma against fat people. I want to quickly note that society tends...

Cristina D’Alto I heard that line a lot by the time I was age 12. It was a menial insult used in ballet class to tell students to stop arching our backs and fix our alignment. Although it was meant to be harmless, the words repeated themselves in my...

Welcome 2021, no resolutions needed, thanks! How to be gentle with your thoughts and behaviors this year. ...

There needs to be greater access to treatment of eating disorders for all people. Creating change is necessary in preventing eating disorders. ...

by Jacqueline Figueroa I don’t mean to check my phone right when my eyes open, it has just become a habit. I check my messages, emails, and social media. From doing this so long I realized that every morning when I opened a particular app I would instantly see...

Thinking today about the culture many of us live in, where striving for success and achievement is the daily and future goal. Not everyone has such privilege and the striving to get through the day with food to eat and shelter and other basic necessities is reality. ‘Pressure to...

Next Level Shopping for next size up in clothes. When you realize how uncomfortable most of the clothes you are wearing feel. For me -Bras , and jeans are the most noticeable. That you mostly ignore the pain of bra straps digging in to your skin.. and the red...

The concept of Abbastanza wellness developed over many years of contemplation. My early experience as a curvy girl in dance classes as a teenager in NY, the struggles to overcome body image problems throughout my lifetime, and the immersion into the world of fitness, as a curvy girl, for...