Love Your Body

In honor of “Love Your Body Day”, which is the campaign of the National Organization for Women (NOW), our new CHD Health & Wellness art therapy intern led a group of clients in a class designed to create images of oneself, noting what each of them liked (or better yet, loved) about themself. The images were hung on a newly decorated bulletin board at our clinic. Clients were encouraged to keep adding new images to the board during the month of October. Upon seeing the hearts all over the board, one client inquired, “What is this; Valentine’s Day?” This provided a perfect opportunity for our intern to explain what the significance of the day was and what clients were in the process of doing.

According to NOW, ‘“Love Your Body Day” is a day when women of all sizes, colors, ages and abilities come together to celebrate self-acceptance and promote positive body image’.

To learn more about “Love Your Body Day”, visit: http://loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org/index.html.