You guys, I don’t expect any of us to be able to easily dismantle the systems that support the notion that women only fit when they shrink. But once we have a little light shed on something we didn’t know before, I expect that we find a way to do better for each other.And I don’t know what that looks like for you, but I have an idea.

Consider new compliments.

This Brave Body: The Ali Story

There is a moment where you aren’t holding on to anything. That’s the scary part, taking that leap. I used to say that I wasn’t “sick enough” to recover. However, I have learned that at any stage of an eating disorder, you deserve recovery. You are worth it. You are enough.

This Brave Body: The Juliana Story

This girl is me Juliana Rounds. The reason I stand and fight for mental health and Eating Disorder awareness is because it is okay to not be okay.

This Brave Body: The Lindsay Story

Carrying this weight of guilt around left me feeling so imbalanced and the struggle within me held a tightness like a rubber band that could snap at any point. Knowing I was living a lie and always wondering..Could I ever really live my truth?

Sarah StevensFebruary 25, 2019eating disorder awareness, eating disorder recovery, body positivity, body positive

This Brave Body: A Survival Story

I see the body I have deprived and depleted and poisoned and starved. This brave body that has never left me.

I can recall doing each of those things in the name of health, and with the hope that I might finally find a way to belong. And when each of those things failed me, I walked myself right up to the edge of this life and peered over the side. I discovered what it means to want to die in one breath, but pray to be saved in the next.

And I am still here.

Sarah StevensFebruary 24, 2019body positivity, eating disorder awareness, fat positivity