Facing Ana: How gaining 30 lbs during pregnancy taught me to love my body

When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.Lao Tzu It took me almost 10 years to admit out loud to another person that I had an eating disorder. When I did, I spoke about it like it was done with, gone, in the past-…

Cordelia’s birth story

When we think of the past, it’s the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that. Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale Forward As children, we love to hear how we made our miraculous entrance into the world; as mothers, it’s the story of how our lives were forever changed‒…

Reflections after 22 weeks of BBG

I have rug burn on my right elbow. Today I’m doing 120 commandos so it’s going to bleed all over my yoga mat. 120 seems like a lot, so Kayla breaks it into chunks of 30. I still struggle to keep my hips perfectly aligned during this exercise, but the only one watching is my…