But the movement is not about perfection. It is about progress toward peace.

Enter the body positivity movement.

The is not a trend. It is a rebellion. It is looking at a culture that profits from your self-hatred and saying: No thank you. I am going to take a nap, eat the pasta, lift the weights that make me feel strong, and live wildly well—exactly as I am.

When you stop waging war on your body, you free up mental energy. You stop spending 70% of your day thinking about what you ate or how you moved. You get to use that brain space for love, work, art, and play.