How do you deal with family and friends who don’t support your journey to make peace with your body? Hi, I’m Nicole C. Ayers.. Welcome to the Love Notes to My Body Community Chat. Today I want to talk about another question I’m often asked, which is: I’ve decided to make peace with my body […]

How do we help our young women and girls to grow up without body shame? Hey, loves! I’m Nicole C. Ayers. Welcome to the Love Notes to My Body Community. We’re going to have some chat time today. Every time I talk to folks about making peace with their bodies, somebody asks me: “How do […]

Writing love notes to my body was my entry onto the body-acceptance path. I knew I wanted a different relationship with my body, but I had no idea how to get started.

One of the go-to strategies I share with women who want to offer their bodies more acceptance is to create a sensory moment. Engaging the senses is a powerful way to connect with your body.
Notice I said “moment.” This is meant to be something you can do quickly to reconnect with your body, self-soothe, or offer yourself love, even if you aren’t feeling very loving.

The sensation created a synesthetic crackling that reverberated in my body. And of course, it’s left you tender and bruised. And also looser. And healing.

our bodies, just as they are, is community work.