A Thanksgiving Note from Liz Thompson, NEDA CEO

As we enter this season of Thanksgiving, I wanted to pause to extend a warm thank you for your support of NEDA. On behalf of the Board and staff, we appreciate your dedication, your investments of time and resources, and your willingness to stand with us during change.

#BodyAcceptanceWeek 2021 x YBIC Blog Round Up

Editor’s Note: This blog round-up is part of a collaborative media series organized and curated by NEDA and the Yoga and Body Image Coalition (YBIC) for Body Acceptance Week. YBIC’s mission is to work with all of the ways yoga and body image intersect to create greater access and dignity for all. FINDING PEACE AND POSSIBILITY […]

Coming to Accept and Love My Average-Sized Body and ‘Johnson’

Editor’s Note: This blog post is part of a collaborative media series organized and curated by NEDA and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition for Body Acceptance Week. Bigger is Better, Right? In the world at large, in the world of straight cis-gendered men, in the world of gay males—we all know that bigger is […]

Intuitive Self Nurturing

Editor’s Note: This blog post is part of a collaborative media series organized and curated by NEDA and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition for Body Acceptance Week. As I write this, I’m in the midst of recovering from a breakthrough case of Covid-19. It has been over three weeks since I first tested positive and over a […]

Listening to the Yellow Lights of the Body as a Path to Body Acceptance

Editor’s Note: This blog post is part of a collaborative media series organized and curated by NEDA and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition for Body Acceptance Week. The body talks, then screams, then causes a nuclear meltdown. At least this has been my personal experience as I’ve been navigating a decade-long recovery journey from an invisible disability. […]