“Why are you always so mean to yourself?”, Shaun asked me last night as I was dwelling in self doubt and crippling fear. “Because”, I said, “I don’t know how else to treat myself.” He grabbed my shoulders, looked at me and said “where is this coming from? You’re nice to your body now, but you have moved on to being mean to yourself about everything else you do.” He was right. I made peace with food and with my body and I stopped letting my negative body image take over[...]