A Free Live Roundtable (on Zoom)
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 | 7:30–8:45pm ET | REGISTER

You didn't mean to say it in front of her.

"I think I look fat in this."

She was three. She didn't understand the words. But her body registered something: There's something wrong. Something about bodies is shameful.

That's how it gets passed down. Not through lectures. Through moments.

And if you're reading this, I think you know what I'm talking about — because you've been carrying body image BS you didn't ask for for years. Decades, maybe.

You've tried banishing the old voices. Getting the stories out of your head. The "fake it til you make it." The body positivity posts. You know all the right things to say.

And yet — here you are. Watching sun-filled hours slip away while you try on one thing after another. Scrolling past someone's "age-defying" reel you don't even care about instead of tending to what actually matters. Bracing if your partner reaches for you when your belly is full. Passing it on to your kids, your loved ones, the people you care about most.

It's not who you want to be. And the cost — in presence, in intimacy, in the moments you can't get back — keeps adding up.

Here's what the research shows — and what I've witnessed across hundreds of sessions with adults and Teens:

The body image struggles you're carrying aren't just in your head. They're in your body — stored in the way you brace, the way you hold yourself back, the way you disconnect when you're trying to be present.

And what your body is carrying shows up in your relationships — even when you don't say a word.

Your kid notices when you avoid the camera.
Your partner feels it when you pull away.
The people who love you can sense the gap between who you are and how much space you're letting yourself take up.

This roundtable is about interrupting that cycle. Not with superficial techniques or shaming you for your lived reality. But with science, somatics, and the kind of real talk that actually moves something in your body.

We're not here to pretend you can "love yourself healed" in 75 minutes. We're here to break up with the surveillance inside — the constant monitoring, the internalized judgment, and the subconscious messages that your body is a problem to be solved instead of a home you get to live in.

We'll explore how and when 'my body DOES things' becomes 'my body LOOKS a certain way' — and give you a practice you can use to interrupt this pattern in real time, so you can shift the way you show up in your relationships, including the one you have with yourself.

And we're doing this together. Not as isolated individuals trying to hack our way out of shame, but as a community taking back the narrative from the people who profit from it — the algorithm designers, the beauty industry, the consumerist machine that wants you small, anxious, and buying.

In this session, we'll:

• Trace where these messages came from, and why you're still carrying them in your body, so you can begin releasing them.

• Demystify the power of the shift from "what my body does" to "how my body looks" — how judgment replaces joy (and how that shows up in the patterns you pass on) — and begin to find your way back. 

• Reclaim your story in community — because trying to do this alone is exactly what they want.

• Walk away with one real, embodied step — not a mantra or a promise to "do better," but something tangible you can use right away.

This is for you if:

• You're done with the mental load of monitoring your body every time you get dressed, or noticing this pattern in a loved one.

• You're worried about passing your body image struggles on to your loved ones (or you've already seen it happen).

• You're noticing that the way you relate to your body is affecting your intimacy, your partnerships, your ability to be present with the people you love.

• You've done therapy, read the books, tried the "fake it til you make it" thing — and it still isn't working how you want it to.

• You want to stop bracing and start moving through the world — and in your relationships — as yourself.

What to expect:

We'll start with an optional grounding exercise — you can participate or just observe. Then we'll move into dialogue using an anonymous shared document where you can type your thoughts, questions, and reflections without being put on the spot. You're never required to speak or share anything personally unless you choose to.

Come as you are and participate however it honors your needs. This is a brave, boundaried space. You can stay off-camera. You can type in the anonymous shared doc without speaking. You can step away anytime. No one will try to "fix" you, advise you, or tell you what to do. We'll share from our own experience, hold space, and take care of ourselves and each other.

This is grounded in science, somatics, and self-reflection. No toxic positivity. No empty affirmations. No "fake it til you make it" garbage. We're using biopsychosocial understanding, body schema research, and somatic awareness to do something real.

This is not therapy. If you're in crisis or need immediate support, this roundtable isn't a substitute for that care. That said, I do provide private, trauma-informed support in 1:1 sessions. That’s a different, personalized type of work together.

This is not a sales event. While I will let you know how you can talk with me (for free) if you're curious about working together, there's no pitch here.

What This IS: A communal space to break up with body image BS and take back the narrative around our bodies collectively. This is about dialogue, witnessing what you've been carrying, and finding a way to move forward in your body — not someone else's rules.

If you want more support and tools after the roundtable, here are two ways to go further (both complimentary):

• Join our Summer Solstice Dance Party the following week (June 24) — a free movement session where you're invited to shed what doesn't belong and welcome what does, with our theme this month: Less Bracing, More Room to Live

• Schedule a free Support & Next Step Session with me to talk further about your experience and explore what working together might look like

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 | 7:30–8:45pm ET
Free. Online. No recording — this is a live, real-time experience.