I spent the night before I left for winter break crying to my friends. I opened the floodgates, ignoring my anxieties and sharing my recent body image issues. I have come incredibly far with my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is a day we New Yorkers quietly celebrate, that we don’t have a name for. It’s the morning when I can feel the earth peel ...

Growing up the oldest of five sisters, comparison was the air we breathed. I never liked my body — especially my stomach, which was never flat like theirs. Rugby changed that. I stumbled into it ...

In 2008, on my 20th birthday, I made a decision that would change my life forever: to lose weight. It was something I had attempted many times beforespecifically, by eating low-cal cereal bars twice a ...

As many of you know, I struggled with my own eating disorder for over two decades, but have fortunately healed myself over the past few years. A Psychology Today reader recently reached out to me and ...

In a world where beauty standards are omnipresent and often unrealistic, it's hard not to feel the constant pressure to conform to an unattainable ideal. Some voices are rising up to challenge these ...

Lizzo graciously hit back at responses to her fitness journey in an Instagram video highlighting “true body positivity.” Lizzo is opening up about the importance of self-love in response to comments ...

There is a day we New Yorkers quietly celebrate, that we don’t have a name for. It’s the morning when I can feel the earth peel back her blanket and stretch out for the first time in months. For once, ...