We all know how it goes... your brain says "I really should exercise today" , and then finds a million excuses not to. I remember spending so many days thinking these exact same thoughts- but the barriers were just too huge. I would need to get dressed. And find my shoes. The babies would need to be at just the right point in their eat-play-sleep cycle. A 20-minute walk was just too far out of reach on some days. But when I did it, I felt wonderful! All hyped up on endorphins

This blog post is a part of our Love your Body Week, and Women's Health Week series. New evidence has found that interventions that focus on self-compassion are effective in improving body image. In this study, women of all ages listened to a 20-minute self-compassion meditation each day over the three –week period of the intervention. The researchers found very impressive statistically significant increases in self compassion, body dissatisfaction and body appreciation with

This post is a part of our Love your Body Week series. Around the world, millions of men, women and children are unhappy with aspects of the way that they look. Loving your body can be hard, but really important. Let's just make a start with 5 evidence-based ways that you can Love Your Body today... 1) Take the Pledge: Read and sign the Butterfly Foundation Love Your Body Week Pledge and then follow through with what you have agreed to! 2) Focus on the functional: Research te