by Gillian Goerzen | Apr 14, 2020 | Healthy Living
A few weeks ago, relatively early in this pandemic I was already struck by the number of posts, advertisements and campaigns that had already begun. Give me 21 days and I’ll help you transform your body! No quarantine 15 here! Join this challenge! Get in the...
by Gillian Goerzen | Jan 14, 2020 | Healthy Living
Yup. You read that correctly. I won’t. And if you comment on my weight or start to engage in weight focused conversation, I will change or leave that conversation. Here’s why. Firstly, I don’t buy into the socially accepted norm that “thinner...
by Gillian Goerzen | Oct 28, 2019 | Body Positive
I sure hope not. But lately it sure seems like it. And can you blame them? A savvy marketer knows a trend when they see it, and they know how to jump on it to harness that superpower for their own good (even if it’s not the greater good). But where does that...
by Gillian Goerzen | Sep 13, 2019 | Healthy Living, Inspiration
One of the foundations of my philosophy around health and fitness is this: It’s next to IMPOSSIBLE to create sustainable health and fitness habits if the desire to change comes from a place of body hatred or worse, disgust. But we live in a society that...
by Gillian Goerzen | Jun 11, 2019 | Body Positive, Inspiration
Shed the weight (of body shaming) and feel truly free this summer! I hear from clients all the time that they’ll “never wear shorts” or “never swim in public” because they’re too nervous about being seen (read: judged) for their...
