Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2016 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 68
RECLAIMING
Body Love
WANT TO IMPROVE
YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOUR
BODY?
TRY
Gratitude
BY DR. MARY E. PRITCHARD, PH.D.
D
o you love your body? All of it? I
didn’t used to. There was a time in my life
where I couldn’t think of a single thing I
loved about my body.
Three months before my wedding date, I
was diagnosed with endometriosis, placed
in drug-induced menopause and told I
would never bear children. I was 21. My
soon-to-be-husband and I were devastated
at this news. We hoped for a few years that
my condition would improve, but after 5
surgeries in as many years and 3 rounds of
drug-induced menopause, my body entered
natural menopause when I was 26.
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