• Essentialism

    A Better Way to Escape Toxic Diet Culture

    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…