Dearest Kristina, so lovely to see you. Donald shared your link with me. Awesome. I know I saw it a while ago. I am currently doing a provider certification with Be Nourished.org. They maybe people you would enjoy having conversations.

They are very much up in the world of discourses and hold strong values around discrimination and believe the body images is harmful to suggest to others as it has an implication that there is something wrong with a person and it does not even begin to touch on what that may stand for and how it can only exist from outside influences.

They prefer to look at body acceptance whilst strongly support insights into how these ideas are shaped. My world is being so rocked at the moment in the political and social justice realm where to be honest I have never really ventured before.

I am week 15 of a 25 weeks study. I attended 5 days training in Portland, Oregon and a 6 week on line course about that. It would be so neat for us to perhaps meet up even on skype or zoom or something if you wish. This is very much US based and so prevalent for here too. Hope your studies are going well. 🙂

Hi Liz
I agree with you, ‘body image’ can take on so much importance. I wonder if that’s supported by ideas that we should be working towards ‘good body image,’ which can become an obligation in itself. Perhaps that, in part, adds to the strength it seems to gain in conversations sometimes. A small act of resistance in my own life is questioning the usefulness of ‘body image’ as a concept at all. I really appreciate your reflections, thank you.
Warmly
Kristina