If any of these myths hit close to home, I want you to know there’s nothing wrong with you for believing them.

Most of us were taught these ideas by people who cared about us and were doing their best with what they knew. Your body isn’t a problem to be corrected, and it isn’t as fragile as it may have been made to feel. It’s been adapting, protecting, and learning for your whole life. You can keep caring about how you move and still be kinder to the body that’s carrying you. That shift doesn’t happen overnight, and I’m still practicing it myself, but it’s worth starting.