How to be an Ally: The Language Guide
Why I wrote this guide...
After over a decade of living entrenched in diet culture and mentality, I have both heard and engaged in diet talk more years of my life than not.
Not only was it potentially triggering to those around me who I wasn't aware were struggling with their own recovery, but it didn't do anything to improve my own health, or relationship to food, eating, or my body image.
Now as a binge and diet recovery coach, there is rarely a session I have where a client of mine isn't struggling with a comment made by a friend (often well-meaning), coworker, partner, or family member.
The truth is, as a society we are holding onto a LOT of body image trauma, and that often trickles into comments we make daily about our own bodies, others' bodies, food, exercise, and much more that I will dive into in this guide.
This guide isn't meant to be preachy, demand-y, judgmental or passive-aggressive.
As an educational document, the goal of this guide is to share best practices from those of us who have struggled or are currently working on healing.
I share this in hopes that we can all support each other's healing and help to create a safe space for any individual who--whether knowingly or not--may be struggling to find ease and comfort in their body and around food.
The guide was created from my own experiences, as well as the experience of over 20 other women and men.