Every Body Deserves Love

09/04/2026

For a long time, I thought belonging meant learning how to fit in.

Read the room. Adjust. Blend. Be whatever version of me made the most sense in that space.

And it was exhausting.

What I know now is that real belonging doesn’t ask you to abandon pieces of yourself just to stay.

That’s what felt so special about this night.

I looked around and realized I wasn’t trying to fit in anymore.

I already belonged.

I was surrounded by people who accept me exactly as I am. I don’t have to make myself smaller. Less ambitious. Less loud. Less emotional. Less excited. Less me.

I get to show up as my whole self.

And maybe that’s part of what healing has looked like for me — not becoming easier for everyone else to accept, but building a life where I’m surrounded by people who make it easier for me to be fully myself.

A huge thank you to Veronica Jones and Innovative Heart for opening your doors and giving the Every Body Deserves Love Inc. community a place to land, create, laugh, connect, and just BE. You didn’t just give us a space for an event. You helped us create a space for belonging. 🤍

And while we were doing all that painting and connecting, we were also raising money for EBDL Leadership Program — supporting the next generation of EBDL work, research, education, and community impact.

That part means so much to me.

Because this is the kind of community I want EBDL to keep creating.

People supporting people.
Businesses supporting community.
Community investing back into the work.
All of us making a little more room for each other.

I wanted to build a place where other people could belong.

I didn’t realize how much I needed that place, too. 🤍

09/04/2026

It’s time to reach out and meet new people! Join us for our EBDL GAME DAY!

Swing by EBDL Baseball Day for epic games, cool vibes, and loads of fun on the field!

08/31/2026

It’s kinda chic to create the community you needed. 🤍
And it’s even chicer when local businesses help make it possible.

A huge thank you to Veronica Jones of Innovative Heart CPR Training for opening her space to Every Body Deserves Love and helping us host our 1st Paint & Sip fundraiser. Innovative Heart

Because of Veronica’s generosity, we were able to bring people together for a night of creativity and connection while raising money to support EBDL Academy EBDL Leadership Program where our Fellows are helping us research community needs, strengthen our programs, and build resources that can help EBDL reach even more people.

This is what community care looks like to us.

You don’t always need a huge donation or a giant platform to make an impact. Sometimes you have a space. A skill. A connection. An idea. A few hours to give.

Veronica used what she had to help us build what we need. And THAT is very, very chic.

Thank you, Veronica. Thank you, Innovative Heart CPR Training. And thank you to every person who showed up, painted, donated, laughed, connected, and reminded us why we keep creating spaces like this.

Want more healing, connection, and community in your life? Follow Every Body Deserves Love Inc. and come grow with us. 🤍

08/20/2026

EBDL Beach Day isn’t just a fun day at the beach. 🌊💗

It’s a reminder that belonging is a human need.

We need spaces where we can show up as we are.
We need people who make us feel seen.
We need joy, play, connection, and community.

That’s what EBDL Beach Day is really about: creating the kind of community every body deserves. 🫶

Because healing doesn’t only happen when we’re working on ourselves. Healing happens in connection.

08/20/2026

This is important people.

Feeling like you belong isn’t just nice to have. Social connection is an important part of our mental and emotional well-being.

Maybe we don’t need another place telling us how to be better.

Maybe we need more places where we can just belong. ❤️

A place to be seen. To be supported. To grow. To rise together.

That’s what we’re building at Every Body Deserves Love.

Come find your people. 🤍✨ Every Body Deserves Love Inc.

08/20/2026

Seriously, being around people who are almost delusionally optimistic about themselves, their dreams, their bodies and where their lives are going??? I’m into it. 💅🏻✨👑

Give me the friends who dream too big, hype each other up, take up space and genuinely believe something amazing is always around the corner.

Confidence is contagious. Choose your people accordingly. 💗

Follow and join us. We’re all becoming delusional over here. 😂✨

08/10/2026

You know it’s about to get good. ♥️ Thank you MultiCon® for allowing us to bring the EBDL VIBES!

07/24/2026

The words you say to yourself matter. 🤍

Imagine what could change if you spoke to yourself with the same kindness you offer the people you love.

This is your reminder to pause, look yourself in the mirror, and remember: you are already worthy.

Save this for the days you need a little extra love, and send it to someone who could use this reminder today. ✨

07/20/2026

Today we slowed down. We breathed. We moved our bodies with love alongside Debbie Debbie Saroufim-Author of Fat And Beautiful . We painted rocks with messages of hope, made friendship bracelets, covered each other in glitter tattoos, laughed until our cheeks hurt, and welcomed complete strangers like they were family.

There was no pressure to look a certain way or be anyone other than yourself. Just people showing up exactly as they are and being met with kindness.

Watching people of every age, size, ability, and background connect so effortlessly reminded me that healing doesn’t always happen in an office. Sometimes it happens on a beach, surrounded by people who make you feel like you belong.

Thank you to everyone who spent your Sunday with us and to every volunteer who helped create such a peaceful, joyful day. My heart is so full, and I already can’t wait for the next one. 🩵

Because every body deserves love… and every person deserves a place that feels like home.