Am I Bigger Than Her? A Conversation with Body Peace Coach, Nina Manolson

Send us Fan MailNina Manolson is a body peace coach, who help her clients end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their bodies, as they are now.*From the first second I started chatting with Nina, I was touched by her empathy and  warmth.  She was 100% present with me and was deeply invested in this conversation.I first came across Nina many years ago on the Fit and Fearless podcast on BBC Radio1  with Tally Rye, Victoria Niamh Spence, and Zanna Van Dijk.She read a poem on air called 'I feel fat' and she spoke about her therapist asking her,"but if you didn't feel fat, what would you be feeling?"Her words resonated deeply with me and since I started the podcast in January, I've been so excited to have her on as a guest.We talk about the following topics:- How do we be 'body current' and accept and find peace with the bodies we are in now?- Embodiment. How body image healing can only start to happen from the inside out.- How can we accept our bodies when the goalposts change through peri to post menopause?- How do we start feeling more like ourselves when our bodies start to change.- How getting curious about the body thoughts that arise can help us lead with self-compassion.- How to NOT compare our bodies to those of othersNina ends by reading a beautiful poem she wrote on the 'compare & despair' that we so often feel.Am I Bigger Than Her?Am I bigger than her?⁣⁣I ask my husband⁣⁣As a woman passes on the street⁣⁣⁣⁣Am I bigger than her?⁣⁣I ask myself, as I walk into the room⁣⁣Measuring up all the women⁣⁣⁣⁣Am I bigger than her?⁣⁣I look at a picture of younger me⁣⁣A “memory” on Facebook from years ago⁣⁣⁣⁣Am I bigger than her?⁣⁣I am asking:⁣⁣Am I less attractive?⁣⁣less powerful?⁣⁣less likable?⁣⁣less worthy than her?⁣⁣⁣⁣Comparing myself to her size⁣⁣And her size⁣⁣And her size⁣⁣⁣⁣If I’m bigger than her, then I’m less than her⁣⁣If I’m smaller than her, then I’m more than her⁣⁣⁣⁣And her size and her size and her size⁣⁣My self worth going up and down with each comparison⁣⁣Scoring points in a game against myself⁣⁣There’s always someone bigger⁣⁣And always someone smaller⁣⁣There’s no winning this game⁣⁣⁣⁣It’s just reducing women to their size⁣⁣Aren’t we bigger than that?⁣~Nina ManolsonYou can find Nina on Instagram or contact her through her website where all of Nina's  Body Peace offerings are available.For free resources, click here to access Nina's Body Peace Journal or here to access her free virtual masterclass and body poems. *Nina’s Body-Peace work is all in service of helping people get off the diet roller-coaster, and into a compassionate and powerful way of eating & living which creates a positive long-lasting change in and with their bodies. Her courses, coaching and poetry positively change the conversation that women are having with their body. She also writes Body-Poems as a way to encourage a shift in the way we talk to, and about our body. Support the showPlease reach out if you would like some support with your relationship to food OR movement. Ela currently has limited spaces for Intuitive Eating coaching and if you'd like to reconnect with movement, contact Christine.  If you'd like exclusive access to our supporter-only channel click here.We appreciate you