WE ARE on a mission to teach young women
that the most IMPORTANT part of
their body is their HEART.
WE ARE on a mission to teach young women
that the most IMPORTANT part of
their body is their HEART.
Watch Our Story of Growing Resiliency One Talk at a Time...
Love the Skin You’re In is a nonprofit mental health and resiliency project that inspires young women to think critically about the ways in which social and popular media present bodies, race, sexuality, and self-worth. We empower young women with current research on social media’s impact on mental health and lead girls on a dynamic audio-visual journey from self-objectification, social comparison, and fear, to self-compassion, empathy, and unity.
IMAGINE every girl in your school in the gym.
We set HEARTS FREE from looks-based competition.
A journey to the POWER of CONNECTION.
Because we're all in this TOGETHER.
IMAGINE every girl in your school in the gym.
We set HEARTS FREE from looks-based competition.
A journey to the POWER of CONNECTION.
Because we're all in this TOGETHER.
We support the advocacy movements that reflect our intersecting and multiple identities. Alongside our gatherings of girls and female-identified students, we seek to unify our communities, grounded in relationships with LGBTQ groups and those from diverse backgrounds to uplift and expand gender norms, expectations and stereotypes. We are committed to nurturing inclusive, caring spaces of belonging.
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I'm going to wing this and go first person. This work was born out of my high school battle with an eating disorder. I ached so much during that time that I wanted to light the way forth for other young women; and in a culture that provides endless fodder for demystifying harmful representations of women, I cannot see the end of this labour of love in sight!
I've travelled the world, filling my cup by speaking to over 100 000 teen girls worldwide with my multi-media event Love the Skin You’re In. From a European Tour to a National Youth Week Tour across New Zealand, from Cape Cod to Vancouver, I have inspired young women to find compassion within themselves, and to resist the looks-based competition that floods their Instagram feeds. In solidarity and sisterhood, I believe we can gather our hearts together to lead a new conversation about our bodies and beings. I studied Women’s Studies at McGill University and now live and travel between Caledon, Ontario, Canada and Santa Cruz, California with my husband who’s also an activist. It has been the greatest privilege of my life to stand in raw vulnerability before 500 girls at a time and remind them of their True Nature.
With open heart and warm light,