When you look in the mirror, do you like what you see? How do you feel about your body? How do you talk to yourself inside your own head?
Many people see their body as an enemy. The voice in their own head is the meanest person they interact with. They beat themselves up over what they look like, what they eat, and how their body performs— suffering a constant barrage of bullying and terrorizing all day long.
If you're ready to form a healthier relationship with your body, it's time to face the grief of an incredibly toxic culture. Let's be honest about what we've been told about our bodies and learn to care for ourselves like a best friend, rather than an enemy.
Counseling is a great place to find the initial community you need to battle this kind of oppression. If you'd like to do some work concurrently with your counseling, resources such as Love Well (that tells the story of Brandi's own experiences with a stark gender binary and patriarchal structures of middle-class America) or The Truth About Holy Sex (a workshop designed to help Christians recover the God-given design of their bodies for good) can be very helpful.
Brandi is also personally available to help larger groups navigate body image recovery.
