by Andrea Amador | Jul 11, 2009 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, Creating Confidence, It's All Just Energy
If you want to feel better about anything in your life, you have to change the way that you think about it. Remember, your body’s listening. In your body, you have chemical messengers that tell your brain how you will feel about the thoughts that you think....
by Andrea Amador | Oct 25, 2008 | Body Respect, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Creating Confidence, Power of Role Models, Sexy At Every Size, Supreme Self-Care
Role models are powerful influencers that can lead us to do great things. Jessica Weiner is an author, speaker and the Ambassador for The Dove Self Esteem fund. She’s one of my great role models and the reason that I am ready to spread my message of emowerment...
by Andrea Amador | Oct 1, 2008 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Creating Confidence, Health At Every Size, Make Peace with Food, Self-Compassion As Strength, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care
As I finish the last 5 chapters of my book, “Lovin’ the Skin You’re In: The Juicy Woman’s Guide to Making Peace with Food and Friends with Your Body,” I notice that I go through cycles in my body that alternate between ‘fat’ days and ‘skinny’ days. In fact, oddly...
by Andrea Amador | Sep 16, 2008 | Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, It's All Just Energy, Mind/Body Connection
Did you know that according to research, nearly 4 out of 5 women hate their bodies, picking at flaws and focusing endlessly on imperfections. Diet organizations feed on that kind of insecurity and fear, happily encouraging that trend of thinking that deludes you into...
by Andrea Amador | Sep 15, 2008 | Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame
In a poignantly funny scene from one of my favorite movies, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Renee Zelwegger, who plays Bridget struggles with negative feelings about her body and tries to cover herself up after making love with her boyfriend, Mark Darcy. Mark...
by Andrea Amador | Jul 4, 2008 | Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, Coaching, Creating Confidence, Depression, Inspiration, Mind/Body Connection, Power of Role Models, R.E.C.L.A.I.M. System, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic
Sometimes you have to release the past, along with your old negative self image, in order to open a window and breathe in the sweet smell of self acceptance, compassion and love...
