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Anne Poirier

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in Boston, MA, The United States

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https://shapingperspectives.com/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/annepoirier

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Self Help, Memoir, Children's

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author: Shauna_Niequist 425914, Judy Blume, Lisa Phipps

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"Thank you Anne for sharing this gem with the world!" Achea Redd

"Not a Fat Annie is an inspiring story that portrays the power of support, the effects of bullying, and the universal harm of the diet culture through relatable characters. It is a celebration of differences and a must read for all ages!" Liz Altunkara-NEDA Director of Education

“Unlearn” the rules of diet culture and finding self-compassion". Elyse Resch

"Anne is the voice for the anti-diet movement, this book is a game changer!"Pamela Bruner

Having struggled with my own eating, food, weight and body image challenges, I Founded Shaping Perspectives, A Woman’s Way to Joy and decided to write the book the Body Joyful: My Journey from Self-Loathing to Self-Acceptance.

My mission is "Thank you Anne for sharing this gem with the world!" Achea Redd

"Not a Fat Annie is an inspiring story that portrays the power of support, the effects of bullying, and the universal harm of the diet culture through relatable characters. It is a celebration of differences and a must read for all ages!" Liz Altunkara-NEDA Director of Education

“Unlearn” the rules of diet culture and finding self-compassion". Elyse Resch

"Anne is the voice for the anti-diet movement, this book is a game changer!"Pamela Bruner

Having struggled with my own eating, food, weight and body image challenges, I Founded Shaping Perspectives, A Woman’s Way to Joy and decided to write the book the Body Joyful: My Journey from Self-Loathing to Self-Acceptance.

My mission is to support, encourage and inspire women of all sizes, shapes and weights so that they can say 'no to diets', 'reject society’s thin ideal' and heal from diet culture. I help women feel more comfortable and confident in their own bodies and selves so they know their true value and worth.

Anne Poirier CSCS, is a nationally recognized Body Image Expert, author of the Body Joyful, and leader of the Body Joyful Revolution. As a pioneer and leading voice for the body neutrality movement she has been featured and cited in major media outlets around the world including Shape, Women’s Health, Prevention New York Times, Washington Post, Newsy, Livestrong, Huff Post, ABC, Fox, CBS and NPR. As a long-time eating disorder survivor, non-diet coach and certified self-talk trainer Anne has been a guest 55+ podcasts and serves on the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Lived Experience Task Force. In a 35+ year fitness and coaching career and now as a certified Intuitive Eating Councilor, Eating Disorder Specialist and Life Coach, Anne helps women free themselves from diet culture and society’s thin ideal using her Body Joyful Solution. Anne can be reached at anne@thebodyjoyful.com

Some fun facts...

*I love walks on the beach, chasing & capturing sunrises on my phone and collecting sand dollars
*I dance to 80's music...in my driveway early in the morning
*Swinging on a swing set happens whenever I see one.

I am the mother of two adult daughters and live in the beautiful Hilton Head Island in SC ...more

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Anne Poirier I am actually in the beginning stages of writing a first chapter book for children ages 7-10. I is a compliment to The Body Joyful. My hope is the boo…moreI am actually in the beginning stages of writing a first chapter book for children ages 7-10. I is a compliment to The Body Joyful. My hope is the book captures where some of our thoughts about ourselves come from, so children can have another perspective to "see" about themselves...(less)

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Where did you get the idea to write The Body Joyful?

Anne Poirier After struggling with my own weight, negative body image and degrading self talk for much of my life...I realized how much I had missed. Missed time e…moreAfter struggling with my own weight, negative body image and degrading self talk for much of my life...I realized how much I had missed. Missed time enjoying my daughters birthday parties, family gatherings, conversations with friends, and even days, weeks and months of my life, because I was absorbed in my head.

Over 90% of my head space was counting calories, adding, subtracting, planning exercise, planning foods I wasn't going to eat. I finally found myself lying in a hospital bed, to actually have my leg broken, so I could continue to pound on it when I stopped. Enough was enough. I had to find a different...healthier way to live my life.

Thus, off to school I want to get my graduate certificate in Eating Disorders...and the rest is history. I decided to document not only my spiral into self-destruction and self-loathing, but also my climb back out to find self-acceptance and self-respect. That is what this book is all about. (less)

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“Body neutrality is experiential and not something that happens overnight ... It's one awareness at a time, one thought at a time.”
― Anne Poirier

tags: body-acceptance, body-image, body-neutrality

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“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
― Maya Angelou

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“My body wasn’t the problem; my thoughts and beliefs were.”
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“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
― Wayne W. Dyer

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“It’s important to think of self-acceptance as something related to your present state. It means accepting yourself as you are at this very moment. It doesn’t mean, “I would love myself more if I lost ten pounds,” or “I accepted myself when I was 20 years younger.”
― Anne Poirier

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