Joyful movement is any type of physical activity that you enjoy and that makes you feel good. It's not about sweating buckets or pushing yourself to your limits. It's about moving your body in a way that feels natural and pleasurable.

If you're not sure where to start, here are a few tips for finding your own form of joyful movement…

As parents, we want to protect our children from negative messages about eating and help them develop a healthy body image. But it can be difficult to control what your friends and family say in front of your kids. Here are some tips for setting boundaries with them:

We all want to have a healthy relationship with food and our bodies, and as parents, we definitely want our kids to get there with less stress than we experienced. The impact that diet culture and unrealistic body image standards can have on kids can cause a ripple effect that reaches decades into adulthood. With the messages we received in childhood about food and health, it's no wonder that so many of us struggle with our body image today.

The good news is that there are things we can do to help our kids build a healthy foundation with food and the way they see their bodies.

We all want to have a healthy relationship with food and our bodies, and as parents, we definitely want our kids to get there with less stress than we experienced. The impact that diet culture and unrealistic body image standards can have on kids can cause a ripple effect that reaches decades into adulthood. With the messages we received in childhood about food and health, it's no wonder that so many of us struggle with our body image today.

The good news is that there are things we can do to help our kids build a healthy foundation with food and the way they see their bodies.

Spring Psychotherapy & Wellness has been built by a book-loving team, so we’d like to introduce ourselves and our lens through the content and messaging of these books. The works mentioned here are anti-diet in nature and have a strong focus on loving ourselves and accepting our bodies. While Eating Disorder Recovery is a primary focus for us, we believe every human being can benefit from the messages here.