Body Positivity and Body Neutrality: Tips for a Healthy Mindset
For Maya, “wellness” was a performance. It was the 5:00 AM green juice, the cryo-therapy session, the Barry’s Bootcamp class where she’d surreptitiously compare the definition in her triceps to the woman on the next treadmill. The goal was never health . The goal was control . Control over the softness at her belly, the curve of her thighs, the number on the scale that dictated her mood for the day.
Body positivity is a movement that encourages individuals to have a positive and accepting relationship with their bodies, regardless of shape, size, or appearance. It promotes self-love, self-acceptance, and self-care, and seeks to challenge societal beauty standards and the stigma surrounding body shape and size.
