Into the Woods I Go, To Find Myself + Lose My Soul

Into the Woods I Go, To Find Myself + Lose My Soul

  The year I was sixteen,   on a hot summer’s day   I was initiated   into my body into possibility into courage anointed by a raging wall of white water, kissed ever-so-lightly by my own mortality.   I was changed.   The person I...
The Apology

The Apology

  The following is an excerpt from my new book, Project Body Love: my quest to love my body and the surprising truth I found instead.   I am sorry.   I am sorry for all the carrot sticks. I know you don’t like them. Even when they’re dipped in hummus....
All the words I’ve never said

All the words I’ve never said

  The following is an excerpt from the beginning of my new book, Project Body Love: my quest to love my body and the surprising truth I found instead.   This is the story of a quest – a Heroine’s Journey, if you will – that I embarked on nearly three years...
We start here, with us

We start here, with us

  The following is an excerpt from the first section of my book, Project Body Love: my quest to love my body and the surprising truth I found instead   I wrote this book not as an icon in the body positivity movement or as a fat activist with thousands of...