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Breaking The Chains Foundation presents

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: INSIDE OUT

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🚨How To Love YourSelfie LIVE event ~ Author, at

🚨How To Love YourSelfie LIVE event ~ Author, athlete & coach Krista Stryker, @12minuteathlete will be teaching the power of creative movement and play to support our mental, physical, and emotional health and well-being!
Event Link in Bio 🎟🎟

#btcf #htlys #charity #fundraiser #event #creative #movement #play #health #wellness

🚨SO EXCITED! #BTCF board @alex_little ‘s 7 CH

🚨SO EXCITED! #BTCF board @alex_little ‘s 7 CHAIRS is performing at our event How To Love YourSelfie LIVE! 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Link in Bio! ~ get your🎟

#live #dance #performance #arts #personalstory #charity #fundraiser

🚨How To Love YourSelfie LIVE event ~ We are so

🚨How To Love YourSelfie LIVE event ~ We are so excited to have our amazing board member @chef_gason creating some flavor-filled cooking demos for #HTLYS #LIVE !

Visit Link in Bio for more event info & tickets🎟

#nola #chef #cooking #creativity #charity #event #charity #fundraiser

Thank you #BTCF partner @natalieleon.lovingme for

Thank you #BTCF partner @natalieleon.lovingme for sharing 💕

5 TIPS on DEPRESSION: It hit hard at 17 when my body started mysteriously going periodically paralyzed & then my eating disorder & body image issues began.

👉There’s a big difference between being depressed and full blown depression and it’s important to know the difference so that you know how to treat it.

🤔Mental health wasn’t talked about back then the way it is now. Self-love was not shared as much either when I started sharing about my healing journey decades ago. I’m grateful that both are now getting the necessary awareness they need.

🤗Here’s what helped me:

1)Don’t isolate- darkness and shame want to keep you in the dark because that’s where they can control you.
2)Ask for support or ask for someone to help you get support
3) Don’t ever lose hope-Visualize who you want to be, how you want to feel and do one small step towards that direction
4)Use that small sliver of hope to talk back firmly to the negative voice
5)Explore different healing modalities- Therapy, Small Support Groups, Acupuncture, Yoga & my Faith helped me the most.

❤️I hope this post gives you hope that you can & will get to the other side. Perhaps you will choose to share your story one day to help others too.

⬇️What tips could you share?

#mentalhealthmatters #health #wellness

🚨We are thrilled to announce our upcoming event

🚨We are thrilled to announce our upcoming event:
How to Love YourSelfie LIVE!💕
LINK IN BIO ~ get your tickets!

Join us for the ultimate self-love, health, wellness, community, creativity, compassion, and FUN event!

March 25, 2023
12:00- 4:00 pm PST
Where: Downtown Los Angeles Arts District

About:
“HTLYS" LIVE is an interactive event promoting positive change within social media platforms that focuses on health, wellness, and FUN in inclusive and relevant ways. Inspired by the online evidence-based program "How to Love Yourselfie," founded by @jillianrosereed

Event Features:
• 7 Chairs Dance Performance – created by world-renowned choreographer/master teacher @alex_little
• Cooking Demos by @chef_gason
• Music by musician/singer/songwriter @serenalaurel
• Interactive “Selfie” Stations
• Creative Play and Movement with Author/Fitness Expert @12minuteathlete
• Loving Me Yoga with Wellness/Fitness Advocate & Lululemon Ambassador @natalieleon.lovingme
• HTLYS “signature” Lemonade Stand by actress @jillianrosereed
• Wellness brands, goodies, raffles, food/beverage, resources, and more!

BTCF is a nonprofit committed to the prevention of body-focused and mental well-being stigma through the following:
• Transforming research and personal stories into artistic programs aimed at increasing self-love, self-esteem, self-compassion, and self-acceptance; and
• Using the power of the arts to foster creativity, build connections, and create a community in which individuals can thrive.

#btcf #htlys #live #event #charity #fundraiser #selflove #selfcompassion #creativity #community #connection #fun #dance #cooking #music #health #wellness #love

Instagram Takeover with Mikaela Zarsky @mikaelazar

Instagram Takeover with Mikaela Zarsky @mikaelazarsky

One of my focuses for 2023 is on my habits and the small things that make up every day. Here are some ways I like to feed my body, mind, and soul!

Instagram Takeover with Mikaela Zarsky @mikaelazar

Instagram Takeover with Mikaela Zarsky @mikaelazarsky

Hi everyone! As an artist and BTCF Youth Ambassador, physical and mental wellness is super important to me. Here at the CLI Conservatory ( @cliconservatory ) we work with the most incredible faculty to grow as dancers and humans. With the help of the director of student wellness and life ( @krysiastcyr ), here are some tips and ideas for wholistic wellbeing!

🚨Monday IG Takeover with #BTCF Youth Ambassador

🚨Monday IG Takeover with #BTCF Youth Ambassador @mikaelazarsky 💕

@cliconservatory
📸: @salon.frankie

#artist #dancer #creator

As an organization committed to the prevention of

As an organization committed to the prevention of body-focused and mental-well being stigmas, Breaking the Chains Foundation (BTCF) adamantly opposes the newly released guidelines set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): “Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity.”

BTCF and leaders in the mental health and eating disorders fields believe that harm will come from these recent AAP guidelines. Research demonstrates that dieting leads to eating disorders for many people of various ages. We believe that the AAP knows the most deadly mental health illnesses next to opioid use disorder are eating disorders.

We are committed to advocating that the AAP remember its mission of ensuring the health and well-being of children. Therefore, we implore the AAP to reconsider these recent guidelines.

💛NEW FEATURED ARTIST Serena Nangia @thebodyacti

💛NEW FEATURED ARTIST Serena Nangia @thebodyactivists 💜 Link in Bio!

Serena Nangia (she/her) is a Body Activist, a long-time advocate for eating disorder recovery, and Marketing & Communications Manager for an eating disorder nonprofit called Project HEAL. Serena has spent close to a decade building expertise on the way body image, media, and eating disorders affect people’s daily lives, as well as how Fatphobia and weight stigma create issues of access and discrimination systemically and interpersonally. Serena knows first-hand the difficulties that under-represented folks face in getting access to treatment and equitable healthcare. In order to combat the fatphobic and archaic systems preventing folks from getting the care they need, she became deeply involved in the eating disorder community and actively works to elevate the diverse voices. Serena’s inspiration comes from her sister, Ellen, who struggled with an eating disorder for over a decade and is now in long-term recovery.

It was such a joy chatting with Serena! She has such thought, care, kindness, clarity, and focus. Her passion is very evident in all that she does through her work and advocacy. Serena is an amazing storyteller and invites individuals across the globe to share their own stories on her Body Activism Podcast. She is a change-maker – thank you Serena for sharing this powerful and insightful conversation!

#btcf #featured #artist #bodyactivism #podcast #personalstory #eatingdisorder #advocate #speaker

We are still happy for our long time board member

We are still happy for our long time board member Raja Marhaba 💕@thejonathanfoundation on her new book & #1 best seller, “UNSTOPPABLE” ~ A Parent’s Survival Guide for Special Education Services w/ an IEP or 504 Plan.

“With God All Things Are Possible”. - Raja Marhaba

Raja”s journey in special education may be compared to David and Goliath as she fought the second largest school district in the nation to obtain badly needed services and placements for both her sons. The district took a middle-class mom to 9th Circuit Federal Court in an effort to intimidate and drain all financial resources so that she would give up. Yet, Raja Marhaba, stood tall exhausting all resources available to her and sacrificing her marriage, lifestyle and business in order to provide both her sons the Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).

The book “Unstoppable” will not only tell Raja Marhaba’s story, but be a resource something like a “living document” parents can continuously refer to when advocating for their own special needs children. Let this book change the conversation with our national broken special education system by empowering parents, and giving a voice to the children!

To order, visit #Amazon
For more information about Raja, visit https://breakingthechainsfoundation.org/team/raja-b-marhaba/
For more information on her non-profit, visit @thejonathanfoundation

#rajamarhaba #thejonathanfoundation #youth #specialneeds #autism #add #adhd #howisyourbrainwired #learningdisabilities #education

Day 10 ~ inspirational quote @chef_gason 🥰

“Being a great chef in this culinary game, you have to stay motivated, passionate, energetic, and driven to succeed. Every morning I start the day with prayer, meditation and a workout to clear my mind and align my spirit with intention and purpose. Then I set out to conquer the world!” - NOLA Chef Gason Nelson

#inspirationalquotes #nola #chef #intention #purpose #journey

Day 9 ~ 💕a favorite inspirational quote #debrah

Day 9 ~ 💕a favorite inspirational quote #debrahopkins

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m Possible’!” - Audrey Hepburn

#inspirationalquotes #personalstory #growth #change

Day 8 ~ @ggtownson ‘s favorite inspirational quo

Day 8 ~ @ggtownson ‘s favorite inspirational quote💕

“The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” - Oprah Winfrey

#inspirationalquotes #goals #dreams #journey

Day 7 ~ @koreankimmie ‘s favorite inspirational

Day 7 ~ @koreankimmie ‘s favorite inspirational quote💕 (is a tattoo on her arm)

“Though I fall
I will rise again”

#inspirationalquotes #healing #challenges #overcome #rise

Day 6 ~ @natalieleon.lovingme ‘s Inspirational Q

Day 6 ~ @natalieleon.lovingme ‘s Inspirational Quote 💕

“Love & Own all of you from the inside-out.” - Natalie Leon

#lovingme #selfacceptance #journey #inspirationalquotes

“Let us try with music in our hearts to share pe

“Let us try with music in our hearts to share peace, love, and joy with one another. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!” ~ Breaking The Chains Foundation

#merrychristmas #happyholidays

Day 4 ~ @mikaelazarsky ‘s favorite quote💕

“I can create change. May you have the strength to accept where you are now and the courage to move forward to the unknown.” - Anonymous

#healing #journey #acceptance #courage #inspirationalquotes

Day 3 ~ Inspirational Quotes: #reshare @thecourtne

Day 3 ~ Inspirational Quotes: #reshare @thecourtneyhope ~ To those going through it this holiday season, don’t give in to the pressure of needing to be something that you’re not. It’s OK to not be OK. Just, remember, you’re never alone.

There’s a lot going on in our world right now, at large and with people personally. Be gentle.❤️

“To everyone that’s healing and grieving this holiday season: Remember...Healing isn’t linear. It’s okay to not feel joyful, grateful, blessed or hopeful. It’s okay not to feel “okay”. The storm WILL pass, even if you can’t feel it right now. But right now, it’s okay to just “be”. Sad. Angry. Confused. Numb. Don’t judge it. Just let yourself BE. Healing F**kin’ hurts sometimes.” - Courtney Hope

#inspirationalquotes #healing #journey #youarenotalone #breathe

Day 2 ~ @therapistalli ‘s favorite quote 💕

“Feelings are like waves—some are baby waves and others are Tsunamis. Even if I get knocked over by the wave at first, the wave will always go back out/move away in time. I have to wait that out, but it will always recede.” - Unknown

#healing #journey #inspirationalquotes #today

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