The most frequent question I've been getting this week is: why is I Have a Body! ending? Why is this the last cohort?
The truth is that I don't have a good answer. I'm following some intuition inside me that says I need to create space for something new to blossom.
I created I Have a Body! because I want to live in a world without fatphobia, and this felt like the thing I could offer towards that vision.
I first started imagining the 12 sessions that make up I Have a Body! in 2016, first started writing them in 2018, and first started leading them in 2020. I love these sessions. I love the practicality of the sessions on intuitive eating and fatphobia, and I love how things gets progressively weirder and juicier as we move into the work on attractiveness and health and movement. I love combining my skills in curriculum, facilitation and coaching with my passion for body liberation to create an accessible, online program that is both transformative and fun. I love learning from the participants, and witnessing them learn from each other.
It's because I love these sessions so much that I did 6 cohorts of them. I have loved each cohort and every person who participated--you know who you are and I am so grateful for the ways you have changed me.  Thank you for bravely sharing your feelings and ideas. This can be hard work, so thank you for trusting me and yourself. The sessions have gotten better each time because of your input, while also remaining true to my original vision.
And now there's something in me that's saying "time for something different."
I don't know if it's something a little different or a lot different. I imagine I'll keep working with this material, but I don't know how yet. I'm just leaning in and trusting (which, TBH, some days feels great and some days feels scary...reminiscent of the body journey, no?).
So that's why I decided to have one last hurrah of I Have a Body! in its original form. Like the last bite of a dark chocolate cake, I am going to savor every moment of this one.
We already have an amazingly sweet crew of folks who will be starting next week (shout out to you!). We'll be meeting each other on our body liberation journeys and setting intentions for where we'll go.
If you'd like to join us, apply tonight by midnight.
Here's to savoring the sweetness and to whatever comes next.
P.S. One thing I'm not (currently) planning to change is 1:1 coaching. So if it's not the right time for you to embark on this journey, there will continue to be opportunities to work with me privately. 
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