Body Neutral Journal
Not love. Not hate. Neutral.
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What it is
Some days it feels like everyone is looking at, talking about, and comparing bodies. The Body Neutral Journal is a calm, grown-up-looking printable written to the teen (ages 13 to 18) that turns the volume down. It's about what your body does, not how it looks, and nothing in it asks a teen to change their body. No rating, no grading, no streaks. Teens start by noticing what their body does for them on an ordinary day, then spot the body talk around them (at home, at school, in group chats, online, and in their own head). They swap harsh thoughts for something true and a little kinder (no fake positivity required), borrow words for when people comment on their body or when friends do body talk, and make a mute plan for body-comparison content in their feed. There are small experiments for mirrors and photos, a Clothes That Feel Good page, a Hard Body Day Menu, an "I'm More Than a Body" page, an optional truce note to their body, a calm page on when to bring in help, and a page to hand to a parent.
What's included
- Start here: not love, not hate, neutral; ground rules and how it works
- What My Body Does for Me (every body counts, including disability, chronic illness, and pain)
- A Day in My Body: two-minute check-ins about how your body feels and what it did
- Noticing Body Talk + a one-week Body Talk Log
- Kinder Self-Talk Swaps: harsh thought to kinder, true thought, plus your own
- When People Comment: scripts for comments about your body and for friends' body talk, plus online tips
- My Mute Plan: mute, unfollow, or keep body-comparison content; app tools; refill ideas
- Mirrors, Photos + Me: small experiments, plus a cut-out mirror note
- Clothes That Feel Good
- Hard Body Day Menu + my go-to three
- I'm More Than a Body
- A Truce Note to My Body
- More Than a Hard Day: when to talk to someone, plus 988 and 911
- For the Adults at Home: what helps, what backfires, things to say instead
- Keep It Neutral + terms of use
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Printing tips
Print the check-in, log, and swap pages as often as you need for your own use. This is a digital file, so nothing will be shipped.
Terms of use
For personal, classroom, and counseling-room use. Please don't share or resell the file.
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