Should a Christian woman wear a bikini? This complex and confusing issue is one that a lot of people have an opinion about. Here's the answer I gave one of my readers when she asked this question (and she gave me permission to share it! No matter where you stand on...
Teen Body Image Issues
4 Ways to Tell if You Are Obsessed with Body Image
Body image struggles can manifest in various forms and in the smallest of ways for us. I know it personally did not take me a long time to realize I had a poor body image. But beyond negative thoughts and ideas about what I wish I could change about my appearance, I...
Will My Date Think I’m Pretty? Dating & Body Image
Let’s talk about dating I’ll be fully honest with you, I haven’t been on a date in 5 years! I know this is going to sound crazy and unusual for women my age nowadays, but it’s the truth. I dated a boy in high school for over a year, and when it ended horribly, I swore...
Why Does Attention From Guys Make Me Feel So Insecure? Body Image & Identity
I love my body. Trust me, I haven’t always. But I have learned, or actually I’ve unlearned, all of the unhealthy thought patterns and actions, and have stop putting my body through so much grief. My body actually doesn’t much matter to me anymore. I love my body...
Why Am I Always Hungry? Health, Diets, “Good” Vs. “Bad” Foods
Why am I hungry all the time? It’s a question I find myself asking too often. I’ll admit, sometimes it’s because I’ve been restricting myself. Instead of listening to my body, honoring my hunger, and eating intuitively, I only allow myself to eat what seems right and...
Puberty and Body Image: Be an Image Bearer, Not a Comparer
The Natural Forces Won I mentioned in my blog My Body Changed & I Hate It: Comparison and Body Dysmorphia, that I was a late bloomer in high school. Puberty didn’t hit me until my sophomore year. Prior to that time, I thought my body would never change. Honestly,...
Am I Pretty Enough? Struggles With Pride, Vanity, Worth, Identity & Love
am i pretty enough? I thought I wasn’t like the other girls around me in high school. I knew I was a good person on the inside, I just wasn’t sure if I was pretty enough on the outside for boys. At least I was beautiful on the inside though, that’s what they always...
Podcast: A Christian College Student on Body Image in Teens & 20s
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My Body Changed & I Hate It: Comparison and Body Dysmorphia
I Was A Celery Stick I used to be that girl. You know, the perfectionist. The girl who acted like she had her life together, who had everything figured out. The goody two shoes rule-follower, the straight A student, the perfect little Christian girl…you name it, I’ve...
I Didn’t Know I Struggled: One Ballet Dancer’s Body Image Perspective
It took me being an intern for a body image-focused platform to face the fact that I struggle with my body image. Crazy right? For a long time, I thought body image issues were something that I couldn’t possibly struggle with as someone who would be conventionally...