This woman's powerful 'before and after' photos crush myths about body positivity

Michelle Elman, a body positivity coach, helps people who are struggling to find confidence in their own skin. After persevering through numerous medical conditions and surgeries in her own life, Elman realized a few years ago that body positivity wasn’t just about size or weight. Things like scars, birthmarks, and anything else that makes us … Read more

This woman's powerful 'before and after' photos crush myths about body positivity

Michelle Elman, a body positivity coach, helps people who are struggling to find confidence in their own skin. After persevering through numerous medical conditions and surgeries in her own life, Elman realized a few years ago that body positivity wasn’t just about size or weight. Things like scars, birthmarks, and anything else that makes us … Read more

This woman's powerful 'before and after' photos crush myths about body positivity

Michelle Elman, a body positivity coach, helps people who are struggling to find confidence in their own skin. After persevering through numerous medical conditions and surgeries in her own life, Elman realized a few years ago that body positivity wasn’t just about size or weight. Things like scars, birthmarks, and anything else that makes us … Read more

Wake Up! Body Positivity Is for Fat and Skinny People

The body positivity movement has long focused on fat people, when it should really represent people of all different shapes, sizes, and ethnicities. Source: Getty Images The Gist: Body shaming has wreaked havoc on folks of all shapes, sizes, and ethnicities over the years. The body positivity movement has tended to focus on people of … Read more

This woman's powerful 'before and after' photos crush myths about body positivity.

This article originally appeared on 06.08.17 Michelle Elman, a body positivity coach, helps people who are struggling to find confidence in their own skin. After persevering through numerous medical conditions and surgeries in her own life, Elman realized a few years ago that body positivity wasn’t just about size or weight. Things like scars, birthmarks, … Read more

Disney's new heroine is a larger-than-average ballerina dancing her way to body positivity

Disney is known for making big statements with small films, and one of the newest shorts from Disney Animation Studios says a whole lot in just 2 1/2 minutes. The latest episode in Disney’s Short Circuit Experimental Films series, “Reflect,” takes on the topic of body image and body positivity through the eyes of a … Read more

Posed V. Unposed Instagram Series For Body Positivity

“This perfection [some people are] chasing doesn’t actually exist and therefore we shouldn’t stress so much over it, and [instead] learn to start appreciating ourselves how we are naturally,” she continued. “We need to realize that these images we see daily can be edited, posed, etc., and are not always a realistic depiction of bodies … Read more

This woman's powerful 'before and after' photos crush myths about body positivity.

This article originally appeared on 06.08.17 Michelle Elman, a body positivity coach, helps people who are struggling to find confidence in their own skin. After persevering through numerous medical conditions and surgeries in her own life, Elman realized a few years ago that body positivity wasn’t just about size or weight. Things like scars, birthmarks, … Read more