Every Monday features a tip, exercise, inspiring quote or other tidbit to help boost your body image. For many of us, Mondays are tough. We may feel anxious and stressed out, anticipating an arduous week, especially if we didn’t get much rest and relaxation during the weekend. These kinds of feelings don’t create the best environment for improving one’s body image. In fact, you might be harder on yourself and easily frustrated. You might even feel like you’re walking on egg shells – with yourself! With these posts, I hope you’ll have a healthier and happier body image day, that’ll last throughout the week.

Got a tip for improving body image? Email me at mtartakovsky@gmail.com, and I’ll be happy to feature it. It can be anything you do that’s healthy and helps boost your body image. I’d love to hear from you!

“As my body was changing and becoming healthy, I wanted to find something to aid me in the ever-so-difficult feat of accepting my new vehicle. I wanted something positive to say each time I saw myself in a negative light or if I was having a bad body image day. So I decided to come up with a body mantra. I figured that saying (or should I say singing) this mantra over and over would help to convert the negative thoughts to positive ones. So I sat down armed with paper and pen and got to work.”

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