Of all the things I expected from body acceptance (and that list was very long, trust me), what never even crossed my mind is that it would greatly simplify my life. But it has. I don’t think we talk often enough about the tangible, unexpected ways body acceptance affects our lives . I think we all hear about embracing wearing fun clothes, or your self-talk shifting, or no longer wanting to participate in all those body-bashing conversations. I’ve shared about many of those things myself. But today I want to share from a different angle. When you read the ways body acceptance has simplified my life, it might not be abundantly clear why body acceptance has anything to do with it whatsoever. But the reason all these things are connected, and connected to body acceptance, is that body acceptance helped me know my body better. And my truth is located in my body ; I connect with it through gut feelings, listening for my yeses and nos, noticing how I feel when I consider one decision over ...