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May 16, 2012 by Molly 10 Comments

Hi, I’m Molly. I’m an author, journalist, campaigner and Executive Director of the social enterprise The Body Happy Organisation. Sadly this blog is now essentially defunct as I simply don't have time to write here any more but deleting it felt too much like burning all my old love letters to my kids, so here it still is. If you're interested in me and my work your best bet is to catch me on Instagram where I still post regularly. Thanks for stopping by :) Read More…

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Body Happy Pocket Boosters in action! Been a while

Banning pudding from the menu won’t suddenly mak

All 👏 Movement 👏 Is 👏 Valid 👏
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The January diet culture industrial complex tells us to “go hard or go home”, “no pain no gain” and “burn to earn”. It teaches us that movement is a tool to shape our bodies and that those who move their bodies are morally superior to others.
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Diet culture has monumentally ruined our relationship with our bodies, and with movement.
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Sure, some people enjoy sweating it out in the gym, but some don’t. And some can’t. And some like it one week but don’t the next. And some are made to feel massively unwelcome in this type of fitness environment. And some have awful memories of PE as a kid which has tarred their experience with exercise forever.
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Being anti-diet is not the same as being anti-movement. And part of raising kids who have a positive relationship with their bodies is in allowing them to know that all movement is valid, that their bodies are their own to move (or not) as they like, and to give them opportunities to really connect with how their bodies feel when they move them.
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All movement is valid. Football walks kitchen discos bubble parties playing in the park car discos yoga postures dodgeball dancing and on and on and on.
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All. Movement. Is. Valid. But also: you can just… not.
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[Image description: Molly is standing in a field. She wears a big khaki coat, wellies and a woolly hat. She is smiling.]

On Friday I sent out a special issue of Body Happy

My husband is out and my kids are ignoring me on s

Stop the world, I want to get off.
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Started the day running a workshop for 30 brilliant EYFS and KS1 teachers on body image (via @bodyhappyorg). Ended it researching regulations on diet apps for kids and reading about the latest eating disorder stats in children released by the NHS today.
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Sometimes I feel like WTF is the point but the teachers I spoke with this morning reminded me that we CAN make change and we DO have influence to help the kids in our care be friends with their bodies.
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My book is one of many that can help, raising awareness of the issue helps (amplifying posts like this one so others in your feed see the insidiousness of diet culture round kids) and calling this stuff out when we see it also helps.
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P.S. Dear App Store, sort it out. #BodyHappyKids
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