This week, we’re talking about something diet culture never wanted you to learn: body trust.
Diet culture teaches us that our bodies are problems to solve.
Fatphobia teaches us that distrust is our fault.
And for many of us — especially those of us in larger bodies — that lack of trust is reinforced through stigma, restriction, medical bias, and years of being told we’re “too much.”
In “Take Care, Take Up Space”, I explore what it actually means to trust your body again — or maybe for the first time. From divesting from diet culture to navigating health anxiety, to understanding the difference between self-awareness and fear, we’re reclaiming the connection we were never taught to build.
And of course: we’re taking up space while we do it.
This Week I’m opening up about:
Why body trust is a neutral practice — not forced positivity
How diet culture destroys our ability to hear our own hunger, fullness, rest, and intuition
The ways fat people are pushed away from trusting their bodies
Navigating aging, body change, and the fear that often comes with it
How medical weight stigma shapes our relationship with our bodies
The difference between self-awareness and health anxiety
What it means to take up mental, emotional, and physical space
Practices that helped me rebuild body trust — slowly, gently, imperfectly
📝 Reflection Questions Mentioned
Take these to your journal, screenshot them, or come back to them whenever you need:
What would it feel like to trust my body?
What would it feel like to make decisions from a place of deep trust instead of fear?
What is possible if I don’t fear my body?
In what ways can I practice body trust this week?
