Body image – Red Tent Living

Belly Dance

By: redtentwomen July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Day to Day, relationshipsAnnie DeWaal, Body image, Kindness, Kindness to self, Motherhood, Shame6 Comments

“Ewww, Mom, that’s disgusting,” he said as he glimpsed a sliver of the wrinkly, stretched skin of my stomach. The moment had started sweetly. Miracle of miracles, the kids were ready to go to school early which of course, never happens. So my two youngest boys and I were enjoying a few minutes of snuggling…

Someone Who Talks About Miracles

By: redtentwomen May 7, 2018May 7, 2018

Day to DayBody image, Childbirth, Mallory Redmond, Pregnancy4 Comments

“I take my shoes off,” I told the nurse apologetically. I flung off my sneakers before stepping on the scale, knowing I was taking up her time in order to save myself from the weight of my Nikes. I was 34 weeks pregnant, or maybe 35, and the weigh-ins were all running together as I…

All Bodies Are Good Bodies

By: redtentwomen February 26, 2018February 25, 2018

Day to DayBody image, Body Weight Stigma, Dismantling Privilege, Let the Bones Dance, Lindsey Braman, Marcia Mount Shoop, Shame, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology11 Comments

In Zadar, Croatia there is a thousand year old church that sits crumbling on the edge of the Adriatic sea. Embedded in its foundation are countless broken artifacts, alters, and columns from the pagan temple that once stood in its place. It was only a few meters from this church where I swam in open…

The True Dance

By: redtentwomen October 9, 2017October 8, 2017

Day to Day, Intentional Livingbeing kind to your body, Body image, Body Loathing, Brave On Conference, Dance, Susan Tucker, Yoga, yoga practice8 Comments

“Oh Woman, come before us, before our eyes longing for beauty, and tired of the ugliness of civilization…Dance us the sweetness of life. Give us again the sweetness and the beauty of the true dance.” Isadore Duncan On the morning of September 15, before the Brave On guests began to arrive, I stood in…

Bravery with Self

By: redtentwomen October 4, 2017October 2, 2017

Day to Day, Intentional LivingAddiction, Body image, Brave On Conference, Bravery, Change, Kindness, Mary Jane Hamilton, Recovery, self-care, Striving15 Comments

As I was preparing my talk for the Brave On Conference, I was searching for clues as to why March 22, 1990, was the day that changed my life. It was a pivotal day that ended my 25 years struggle of an eating disorder addiction.

On Girls and Small Stories

By: redtentwomen September 19, 2016September 18, 2016

WarriorBeth Bruno, Body image, Breaking the Cycle, Change, child sex trafficking, Cycle of Abuse, Faith, Hope, Perpetrators of Abuse, Sex Trafficking, Sex Trafficking in America, Sexual exploitation, Shame, talk to your kids, Victims of Abuse9 Comments

Four girls gaggle in the back of our van as I eavesdrop. They discuss Donald Trump, Miley Cyrus, the status of their braces, and length of their earrings.