After years of struggling with her own dysfunctional body-relationship, Marla Marla Mervis-Hartmann has transformed her experiences into services to help women discover honor and appreciate their bodies. Marla has been featured at TEDx Salinas. Marla has followed her passion for women's health down many study paths, including women's sexual wellness; postpartum care; Restore Your Core educator; Tantra teacher certification; Yoga teacher training, and massage therapy. She has a Certification in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy. Marla is author of the upcoming book “BE-Friend Yourself~ A Guide to Freedom with Food, Peace with your Body & Confidence in your Life.” Key topics: - how female body image issues are normalized in our culture - The negative messages women hear about their bodies from childhood on - The connection between negative body image and emotional eating - How your relationship with food impacts the way you show up in the world - How to shift negative self-talk - The difference between liking and loving your body - How we bypass our feelings about our bodies and what to do instead - The message behind Marla’s new book, Be-Friend Yourself - The concept of pleasure and how it plays a role in a healthy relationship with food and your body Learn more about Marla and preorder her book at loveyourbodyloveyourself.com/book. Grab Erin's FREE Mental Health Toolkit here: https://mailchi.mp/70a7b1d81de4/mental-health-toolkit