This 8-week group program, based on the Body Positive Model, will teach you five powerful Competencies to help you develop resources and a renewed energy to take care of your body:
The 5 Competencies include:
- Reclaim Health
- Practice Intuitive Self-Care.
- Cultivate Self-Love
- Declare Your Own Authentic Beauty
- Build Community
These core Competencies are fundamental skills we practice on a daily basis to live peacefully and healthfully in our bodies. When we become proficient—competent—at using these skills, we are able to care for ourselves in body, mind, and spirit from a place of self-love and appreciation.
Session Topics
(Sessions run approx. 75 min.)
Week 1: Introduction
- In this session, we will be setting up our group agreements, as well as begin exploring messages about bodies, health, gender, beauty, food and exercise.
Week 2: Our Body Stories
- Explore how our current relationship with our bodies developed, and get introduced to Health at Every Size (HAES)
Week 3: Reclaim Health
- Break down common myths about weight and health, explore sizeism and build upon our understanding of Health at Every Size (HAES)
Week 4: Cultivate Self-Love
- Explore how our critical voice can impact how we relate to ourselves and to others, and learn to cultivate a kind and compassionate voice that can speak to our inner critic.
Week 5: Practice Intuitive Self-Care
- Get introduced to intuitive eating and intuitive movement
Week 6: Reframing with Self Coaching
- Body Image is an inside job. Learn the exact strategies to rewire our thoughts and reframe our cognitive distortions around body image.
Week 7: Redefine Beauty
- Re-envision Beauty broad enough to encompass all people. Develop more comfort in talking about identities, oppression, privilege and beauty.
Week 8: Community
- Come together to share what we have learned and to declare our own authentic self. We will end with a closing circle.
Please bring a notebook or journal to each session