Tag: body shame

• They Told Me My Body Was the Problem

  A reflection on purity culture, body shame, and what it cost me to exist in a female body (This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure on my Resources page.) “Your body is not an apology.” — Sonya Renee Taylor I was twenty years old, kneeling at a church pew in a long skirt,…

  Sara McGuire

  May 13, 2026

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  abuse, anxiety, body shame, cptsd, cptsd recovery, cult, cultsurvivor, deconstruction, depression, disordered eating, faith transition, healing, health, high control religion, leaving the church, life, mental health, purity culture, religious trauma, self-worth, spiritual abuse, trauma, women and religion, writing, you are not alone

• The War I’ve Been Fighting With My Own Body

  A reflection on self-acceptance, body shame, and the long road back to myself This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through my links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. See my full disclosure on my Resources page. “We run from what the inner child knows is true, until…

  Sara McGuire

  May 8, 2026

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  addiction, adult children, body image, body shame, body shaming, codependency, cptsd, cptsd recovery, disordered eating recovery, emotional neglect, fawn response, healing, homesteading and healing, inner child healing, journaling for healing, life, love, mental health, road back to self, self-acceptance, therapy, trauma, writing