Self-Love is the Gift that Keeps on Giving – December 2022 Mantras
IME Community » Body Positivity
by Dr.Karla, ActivistMD
1y ago
We made it!  A year of self-love superpower mantras!  I’m excited to share that I’ve put the whole year of self-love mantras into a 12 month journal!  Available soon!  Just if you would like one to gift to someone you radically love! Let’s wrap this year up with radical self-love superpower! Here are your December mantras: 12/1: Choosing food that serves my body is a gift I give to myself. 12/2: I am blessed to have the friends I have. 12/3: Picking out gifts isn’t about the gift. 12/4: I love thinking about the person when I pick out a gift. 12/5: Self-love is created ov ..read more
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Cultivating Daily Gratitude – November 2022 Mantras
IME Community » Body Positivity
by Dr.Karla, ActivistMD
1y ago
November is for Cultivating Daily Gratitude If someone asks you if you are a grateful person, you will likely say, “Of course.”  But, do you have a daily gratitude practice? One where you show up with gratitude for even the smallest of things?  Most of the time we don’t look up in life. We spend our days looking down, grinding out external achievements with the promise that at the finish line we will feel a certain way about ourselves or avoid feeling a certain way.   We’re taught that what are perceived as negative emotions, just your everyday human brand of emotions need ..read more
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Obesity Is Hormonal – October 2022 Mantras
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by Dr.Karla, ActivistMD
1y ago
Obesity is hormonal. Don’t be a Diet Culture Zombie!!! TikTok testimonial from one of my followers (adult) who I coach on my TikTok lives: “I have great news!! A1C was 6.1 in March.  Made changes to diet and did Intermittent fasting.  Lost 30 lbs and as of June A1C is 5.5. Smiley face emoji! Thank you!” Her labs show a reversal of pre-diabetes.  She said I was the one who connected her to a new way of thinking by introducing her to “The Obesity Code” and coached her to make changes and show up as a curious compassionate scientist for her health.  Her doctor told her to die ..read more
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Stuck in Stretch Mark Drama?
IME Community » Body Positivity
by Dr.Karla, ActivistMD
1y ago
PERFECT doesn’t exist.  Perfect DOESN’T exist. Perfect doesn’t EXIST. Ginny is 15 and hates her stretch marks.  Every time she glances in the mirror, she notices them on her thighs and stomach.  They just seemed to pop up overnight.  Even if she’s having a great day, seeing her stretch marks ruins everything.  It doesn’t help that her doctor just diagnosed her with PCOS, and she’s scared about it.  Also, Ginny’s Mom says, “You’re beautiful.  You’re growing. We all have stretch marks in our family.”  Sometimes Ginny can’t get her mind off her stretch mar ..read more
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Stop Body Shaming – Write Your Own Body Positive Anthem and Cancel Diet Culture
IME Community » Body Positivity
by Dr.Karla, ActivistMD
1y ago
Parents, have you heard of @Jax? If not, you better get with it! Have you heard @Jax’s viral hit “Victoria’s Secret?” If not, listen to it on YouTube using the link above and share with every friend and every teen you know. Never mind on the teen part.  They’ve already heard it. Her song is not a secret and it’s maybe, just maybe, unintentionally taking down a decades old, body-negative, body shaming, disordered eating promoting brand. Who Is @Jax? I’ve been following @Jax, a 20 something songwriter on TikTok for quite a while now.  Jax is a fun singer/songwriter and American Idol a ..read more
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Debunking Diet Culture – Story vs. Facts – September 2022 Mantras
IME Community » Body Positivity
by Dr.Karla, ActivistMD
1y ago
Ready to challenge beliefs? Like, really challenge beliefs? Let’s do some necessary self-care by debunking diet culture beliefs that many people have accepted and internalized. Do you know your thoughts have power?  Your current thinking creates your current reality. Your Now thinking creates your Now result. The IME Community Think/Feel/Do Circuit Check out the IME Community Think/Feel/Do Circuit below.  Your brain is a story making machine.   Most of what goes on in your brain, the thousands of unconscious thoughts coming up on the daily are just stories.  Thoughts ..read more
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Abundant Self Love – August 2022 Mantras
IME Community » Body Positivity
by Dr.Karla, ActivistMD
1y ago
What does abundance mean to you?  The opposite of abundance is scarcity.  Fixed, rigid, all or nothing, living small, negative self-talk, inner critic, fear of missing out, scarcity mindset, like you’ve got this one chance and you better not blow it? I bring you a mind-blowing, or in coaching talk, belief-blowing discovery. Did you see the Webb telescope’s image back from 13 billion light years ago?  Within a snippet the size of a grain of sand of the universe, the first image closest to when time began is full of galaxies, solar systems, nebulas of dying and birthing stars.&nb ..read more
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Fatphobia Quiz – Am I Fatphobic? (Some Answers May Surprise You)
IME Community » Body Positivity
by Dr.Karla, ActivistMD
1y ago
Take this fatbphobia quiz to answer: “Am I fatphobic?” While a few of the answers may surprise you, we can start a healthy discussion about weight. Don’t want to take the quiz? Download our free ebook, “Cut the Cringe,” and learn how to create positive conversation habits that support body positivity. People’s body sizes are a very sensitive issue. Many people have strong opinions about overweight (or what our culture defines as overweight) people. Some think that heavier people are lazy, stupid, and unhealthy. They think heavier individuals look terrible or are bad people. These are all eleme ..read more
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