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Body Neutrality – a new way?

I can´t even begin to tell you how many times I wrote and deleted this blog post. Or how long it took me to even write the first paragraph. The reason? This picture.     I wanted to write about my dance class, about Tribal Fusion (the limited knowledge I have of it at least), about happy things. But whenever I looked at the picture above, all I could see was my belly. And it isn´t just a bad angle. This is how my belly looks right now, and my kids are…

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Body image after giving birth

Now that you are reading this, Peanut will most likely have arrived and I will be completely caught up in the wants and needs of this tiny human being. And while the first weeks (months?) after welcoming a new member of the family are usually spend in a fog caused by hormones, sleep deprivation and utter exhaustion, I know that I will someday emerge, look into a mirror and try my very best not to hate what I see.     This post, of course, needs a disclaimer. I am fully aware…

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