I’ve started this because it’s something I wish I had when I was a young girl. Growing up, I struggled with my weight. I hated going shopping for clothes because it always ended up in tears - the numbers on the hangers didn’t match the numbers on my friends hangers. I was upset when I had to move into women’s clothing sizes at an age where I still wanted to be a kid - it was scary for me. If only I knew that the number on my clothing hanger didn’t mean anything, and it was definitely not something I should have tied my identity to. I remember my mum trying to tell me this - but what would she know, she wasn’t a 12 year old girl shopping in the women’s section. I needed to accept myself, my entire self, before I could be open to anyone’s advice or any change. 

I remember my mum taking me to see so many weight loss clinicians, and I hated it. I truly thought there was something wrong with me - something that made me different from my friends, why weren’t they like me? What am I doing that’s making me so unbearable that my mum has to take me to a doctor to try and figure it out? It made me feel ashamed of who I was. But, what else is a mother to do - she was just trying to help.

I needed someone to talk to. Someone who wasn’t my mum, wasn’t a family member, definitely wasn’t a friend - and not a psychologist, a doctor, not any person who sits behind a desk in bleak white lights where you have to wait an uncomfortable amount of time in the waiting room beforehand wondering if they’ll make you stand on scales (breathe). I needed someone who could listen - someone who has been through what I was going through. I needed something like this - Bloom Based. What I needed was a mindset shift. I needed to understand my value and build my confidence before any change could be made. 

When you feel good about yourself, you are happier - of course. But what do you do when you’ve never felt happy within yourself? How do people feel happy within themselves? 

Bloom Based is for that young girl who needs someone to tell them it will all be okay, because they know it will all be okay. 

The goal of Bloom Based is to develop a sisterhood of girls and young women who you can be open with, share advice with, and develop lasting relationships with.

Bloom Based isn’t a psychologist, a doctor, or a person sitting behind a desk in bleak white lights. 

Bloom Based is a unique program designed especially for young girls.

Bloom Based listens to you, understands you, and will grow with you. 

Targeting the mindset of young girls, Bloom Based teaches young girls the practice of positive self-talk and value.