Rachel Goldman is a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and a private-practice clinical psychologist. Her holistic approach focuses on mind-body connection, stress reduction and health behavior change. She’s been featured in The New York Times, TIME magazine, CNN, USA Today, Shape, and Women’s Health.
An expert explains how to accept your body, even if you don’t love every inch of it.
Nothing in life is that black or white. There’s no way that everything is all good all the time, and it can be harmful to present body acceptance in this way since it can seem unattainable when it’s more likely that most people are not 100% there.