REV. KATIE NORRIS

I have been posting on my Instagram (@revkatie) this week for National Eating Disorders Awareness week sponsored by NEDA, the National Eating Disorders Association. I needed some more room for this message though. Today I want to talk about how shame which leads to a loss of somatic power, contributes to eating disorders. People and society try to shame us for our body looking the way it does and/or for the clothing that we wear. They tell us that our bodies are disgusting, e

The other day I posted a video of me doing push presses on Instagram with this caption: “Finally back at it after injury flair and a two week ridiculous cold. Light weight, but no back pain. #pushpress with a bit too much knee bend, but still good and I felt great. #crossfit #crossfitcoach” Ugh. Why, why, why did I write “light weight?” Because our society messes with our head. No matter how much of a believer you are in body positivity, being shame free, not competing with o

By now, most of us have seen the numerous articles about people body shaming Lady Gaga for having a "tummy roll" during her 2017 Super Bowl LI halftime show. These articles all celebrate how most people on the internet are against body shaming and they are coming to Lady Gaga's defense. This is great. However, I also noticed a trend in many of the comments defending Lady Gaga, which is commenting on her body in order to defend it. Many people commented with some form of "Lady

Having a son has opened my eyes to the intricacies of body shaming for males and those who identify as male. It was shocking to me when this body shaming started at just 7 years old. Now that my son is in middle school, the obsession with the right male body size and idea of what it means to be a man has gotten worse, not only amongst peers but in the way some parents of tween and teens talk about kids. Recently when we were talking about this topic, my son said to me; “You c