Making Peace With Your Body
Body-image struggles are rarely about the body. Here’s a kinder path than the endless fight with the mirror.
The short answer
Body image is how you think and feel about your body — and it’s shaped by culture, comparison, and often deeper stories about worth. You don’t have to love your body to stop being at war with it.
A gentler direction
Body respect and neutrality — caring for your body without needing to adore it — is a realistic, freeing goal. Therapy can address the roots (self-worth, control, past experiences) so the mirror stops running your day.