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Complimenting Weight Loss is Not A Kindness

Before there was an anti-diet or body neutrality movement, there were people like me trying to make sense out of weight-loss compliments.

Jul 8, 2021

Complimenting Weight Loss is Not A Kindness

Jul 8, 2021

The Wistfulness of Endings

A few weeks ago, I answered a question from a Patreon member in my Closet Coaching story (on Instagram and now YouTube) about feeling grief…

Jul 2, 2021

The Wistfulness of Endings

Jul 2, 2021

Why Do You Need to Explain Your Weight Gain?

Those working on recovery this past year had the fortune of being able to gain weight outside of public scrutiny (#pandemicperks) but are…

Jun 18, 2021

Why Do You Need to Explain Your Weight Gain?

Jun 18, 2021

The “Boring Complex” Among Disordered Eaters

I was chatting with someone in my DMs the other day about body image. She casually mentioned that she felt like she had to look a certain…

Mar 5, 2021

The “Boring Complex” Among Disordered Eaters

Mar 5, 2021

Self Worth & Weight

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of worthiness, especially as it relates to those who struggle with food and body image.

Jan 23, 2021

Jan 23, 2021

Falling Apart

Falling apart is sometimes what it takes to heal.

Jan 23, 2021

Jan 23, 2021

Racism and Body Image

I did not truly understand the link between racism and diet culture until I saw a weight-loss account pop up in my feed this week.

Jun 3, 2020

Racism and Body Image

Jun 3, 2020

I decided to become a health coach years into my eating disorder, at a point when my symptoms had…

I wasn’t low-functioning anymore. I was able to get out of bed and live a productive life without falling into episodes of depression. I…

May 23, 2020

May 23, 2020

How I Recovered from my Obsession with Clean Eating

I decided to become a health coach years into my eating disorder, at a point when my symptoms had changed enough for me to believe it was…

May 17, 2020

How I Recovered from my Obsession with Clean Eating

May 17, 2020

Please Stop Complimenting Adele’s Weight Loss

I just read a CNN headline calling Adele’s drastic weight loss coming-out party “amazing” and “inspirational.”

May 7, 2020

Please Stop Complimenting Adele’s Weight Loss

May 7, 2020

Stefanie Michele

Stefanie Michele

Anti-Diet and Body Image Coach, lifelong self-growth junkie, and #girlmom. Follow on IG→@iamstefaniemichele and www.iamstefaniemichele.com

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