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: Redefining "health" to include mental and emotional stability, rejecting the idea that body size is the only indicator of wellness.

Some days that means a green smoothie and a sunrise walk. Other days it means a cookie in bed. Both can be wellness. Both can be love. You don’t have to be your “best self” to be worthy of care. You just have to be here. Nudist - Junior Miss Pageant Contest 2008-5.wmv

: Brown Health offers actionable steps like practicing self-compassion and limiting social media. : Redefining "health" to include mental and emotional

: Accepting all body types, including various races, genders, and abilities. Foster Self-Love Both can be wellness

Body positivity and wellness can coexist, but only if wellness agrees to step down from its pedestal as a moral authority. True wellness must accept that a person can be unwell, chronically ill, disabled, or in a larger body, and still be whole, worthy, and living a life of profound dignity. Conversely, body positivity must resist the urge to sanitize itself for mainstream consumption by adopting the aesthetic of the wellness industry.