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The Body Speaks

By: redtentwomen May 19, 2023May 8, 2023

Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesAmy Rupple, Blessing your Body, Body image, female bodyLeave a Comment

Me: Okay, so what if I gave you the chance to speak to take up space and what if I just listened? To your experience To your side of the story? Would you be honest with me? Would you want to speak? Essentially, I am asking: Do you feel safe with me?

Do You Like Me?

By: redtentwomen June 29, 2022June 26, 2022

Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly Themesbeing kind to your body, Bethany Cabell, Blessing your Body, Body image, Wednesday in the Weeds1 Comment

The door gently shut behind your back as you made your way into the bathroom. Placing your toes on the back of the opposite tennis shoe, you slipped each heel off and shoved them under the counter. They are dirty and torn, but they take you where you need to go. You patted each pocket…

For the Love of My Body

By: redtentwomen December 1, 2021November 15, 2021

Day to Day, Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesBlessing your Body, body, Body image, Caring for your body, Christy Bauman, Shame, Wednesday in the Weeds, Yoga4 Comments

I am moving through the class movements when I hear our instructor Anna say to the yoga class, “Relax your shoulders and pull your tongue back from the roof of your mouth.” It takes a few seconds to register what she is saying, and then I notice my tongue is, in fact, stuck to the…

Blessing Her

By: redtentwomen May 31, 2021May 19, 2021

Day to Day, Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly Themesbeing kind to your body, Blessing your Body, Body image, Body Shaming, Hillary McBride, Tracy Johnson5 Comments

Black spandex leggings—“Spanx”—hug her tightly. The wide waistband at the top stretches across her abdomen, smoothing and holding her core. On top she wears a long-sleeved black top, silhouetting her curves nicely. The rust and burgundy crushed velvet flowers covering her duster make a bold statement as she walks.

Hungry for Worth

By: redtentwomen January 22, 2021December 16, 2020

Day to Day, Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesBlessing your Body, Body Shaming, Body Weight Stigma, Caring for your body, dieting, weight loss4 Comments

When I was in college, I heard a rumor that the cute girls who worked in the cafeteria would take all the leftover slices of pie from the food line and eat as much as they could hold; then, they would force themselves to vomit. I was so jealous. I tried, yes, but my body…

The Inner Child

By: redtentwomen August 17, 2020August 15, 2020

Day to Day, Femininity, Monthly Themes, UncategorizedBlessing your Body, body, female body, Haley Wiggers, Inner Child, Kindness to self, Motherhood, Mothering, Mothering a Baby, Mothering yourself, Pregnancy, self-care2 Comments

I place a hand on my heart and a hand on my belly. I take a deep breath in and say, “How can I best nurture and honor and serve you today?”

I Don’t Do Needy

By: redtentwomen July 20, 2018July 19, 2018

Day to Day, relationshipsAccident Trauma, Anxiety, Blessing your Body, Katy Johnson, Lay It All Down, Recovery from Accident, Singleness, Will Reagan6 Comments

I don’t do needy. Which means, I don’t do sick. I don’t do broken bones. And I don’t do hospitals. At least, I didn’t do those things until four months ago. In late March I was bustling around a friend’s kitchen, blending graham crackers and dumping crumbs; all to whip together a graham cracker crust.…

Redeeming Woman

By: redtentwomen March 15, 2017March 13, 2017

Day to DayAnna Smith, Blessing your Body, Dan Allender, Healing, Pregnancy, recovery from childhood abuse, Recovery Week, Restore One, Yoga16 Comments

Nearly two years ago, I sat at Recovery Week Two listening to Dan Allender talk about breaking curses that had been spoken over our bodies, and I felt a stirring in my heart.