Notes on Aging with Body Liberation Deb Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT Author | Nutrition Therapist and Body Image Coach Let's Make 2025 the Year We Challenge The Story About Our Midlife+ Bodies! Hey Reader, Welcome to our community! Whether you’re new or a longtime reader, I’m so glad you’re here. Together, we’re redefining what it means to live fully in midlife and beyond—embracing embodiment, empowerment, and body liberation, free from the constraints of diet culture and ageism. All bodies...
17 days ago • 5 min read
Notes on Aging with Body Liberation Deb Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT Author | Nutrition Therapist and Body Image Coach Wishing You Capacity to See Your True Beauty (and a Peek Inside My Book 👀!) Hey Reader! Welcome to our community! Whether you’re new or a longtime reader, I’m so glad you’re here. Together, we’re redefining what it means to live fully in midlife and beyond—embracing embodiment, empowerment, and body liberation, free from the constraints of diet culture and ageism. All bodies...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Notes on Aging with Body Liberation Deb Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT Author | Nutrition Therapist & Body Image Coach Your Body is Still Waiting for Your Kind Attention HeyReader! The more I talk to you about stepping across the threshold of midlife, the more I hear how ready you are to let go of: • diet and anti-aging industry's rule set, • wellness and longevity medicine's fear-mongering, • fitness industry's grind attitude, • skincare industry's money-grabbing • fashion industry's...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Notes on Aging with Body Liberation Deb Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT Author | Nutrition Therapist and Body Image Coach Damage from Intergenerational Body Shame and Diet/Wellness Culture Can Be Repaired! Hey Reader! First, I want to say- this is tender territory. Please take good care of yourself. CW: diet culture, wellness culture, fitness culture, family dysfunction, body dysmorphia, eating disorders, childhood trauma, intergenerational trauma Second, holiday gatherings may mean you will be...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Notes on Aging with Body Liberation Deb Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, R.Y.T. Author|Nutrition and Body Relationship Coach That was Fun! Hey Reader! That was fun today! As always, It was nice to be in a community of women like you, interested in feeling more comfortable in your body and free from oppressive diet culture and anti-aging messages. Here's your recording. If you still have questions about our discussion or whether the Aging with Vitality and Body Liberation Group Coaching Program is...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Notes on Aging with Body Liberation Deb Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT Author | Nutrition Therapist and Body Image Coach You are Invited to a Free Workshop: Navigating Your Holidays for Body Peace in Midlife+! Hey Reader, Welcome to our community! Whether you’re new or a longtime reader, I’m so glad you’re here. Together, we’re redefining what it means to live fully in midlife and beyond—embracing embodiment, empowerment, and body liberation, free from the constraints of diet culture and...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Notes on Aging with Body Liberation Deb Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT Author | Nutrition Therapist and Body Image Coach 7 Simple Moves to Care for Your Nervous System (Post-election edition) Hey Reader, Welcome to our community! Whether you’re new or a longtime reader, I’m so glad you’re here. Together, we’re redefining what it means to live fully in midlife and beyond—embracing embodiment, empowerment, and body liberation, free from the constraints of diet culture and ageism. All bodies are...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Notes on Aging with Body Liberation Deb Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT Author | Nutrition Therapist and Body Image Coach A well-fed body supports your nervous system in midlife+: Election Edition Hey Reader, Welcome to our community! Whether you’re new or a longtime reader, I’m so glad you’re here. Together, we’re redefining what it means to live fully in midlife and beyond—embracing embodiment, empowerment, and body liberation, free from the constraints of diet culture and ageism. All bodies...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Notes on Aging with Body Liberation Deb Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT Author | Nutrition and Body Image Coach Protecting Yourself From Disordered Eating in Midlife and Beyond Hey Reader, First, thank you for being here and for your interest and comments on last week's newsletter! We are indeed a group of women sick and tired of the fear-mongering about aging and the oppressive beauty standards we face in midlife and beyond. I'm here for it and am glad you are here too! Untangling Untangling...
4 months ago • 5 min read