The one tip that helped me feel safe with body image.

As you embrace Intuitive Eating and food freedom,your body may have changed shape as well.

You eventually want to get to a place where you feel confident in shorts and sleeveless tops again, but you may not be there yet. The thought of busting out shorts for the first time in a long time in public a size bigger or two scares the daylights out of you.

I want to invite you to a practice what I learned when embracing my own intuitive eating and body image journey through what is called titration. It’s what it sounds like- “dripping over time”.

In this case, you can find a sense of safety by just slowly introducing things like wearing shorts for the first time since any weight gain.

While we stick with the example of wearing shorts, if you do not feel comfortable wearing shorts outside the home, why not start wearing them around the home first? In this scenario, you are creating safety around doing something different without going to the extreme. At least until you are ready and comfortable to then wear them out in public.

The next step then may be wearing them while walking over to the coffeeshop real quick to grab a coffee and return home.

Creating a safe environment while trying something that is helping you get outside your comfort zone is key. Maybe you will only do this if alone if you have others living with you,etc. You can create safety that would work and feel good to you.

Will you give this a try? Would love to hear your thoughts and how you will incorporate this practice.

PS. Season 2 of The Intuitive Wellness Cafe podcast is now in full swing! Check out the first three episodes here: The Intuitive Wellness Cafe