If you’re reading this, you have an internet connection. That means you view daily messaging about dieting, weight, and body image. We’re bombarded constantly. Magazines at the check-out aisle, pop up ads on websites, Instagram reels, and TikTok beauty influencers are all implanting the idea in your mind that you should – at all times – have “achieving bodily perfection” as a top priority. Apparently, it needs to be a top priority for absolutely everyone. Why should it be a priority? ….Because! When I was growing up in the early 2000s, there was very little messaging to counter this idea. By now, there’s been a backlash in the form of…


