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Can You Love Your Body And Still Want To Change It?
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Can you love your body and still want to change it? The answer to this question depends greatly on who you ask. Some people in the body-positive camp think that weight loss and self-love can't co-exist, while the diet and fitness industry encourages self-hatred. Does the truth lie somewhere in the messy middle? Tune in for Jen, Annie and Lauren's discussion on the topic.
What you'll hear in this episode:
- Has the body positivity pendulum swung too far?
- Change as a natural consequence of habits and behaviors
- Mindset blocks and change
- What research says about how much control you have over your body
- Altering appearance for self-expression
- Examining motivations for changes
- Being realistic about timing of changes
- Is there way too much overthinking going on?
- Mothering yourself
- Identifying when you need self-compassion and when you need tough love
- The answer to the question of the day!
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TranscriptAnnie: Can self-love and a desire to change your physical being co-exist or are they a contradiction of one another? The answer to that question is debatable depending on who you're asking. On one hand of the body positive camp say body love and weight loss can not co-mingle while it seems as if the rest of the diet industry requires a certain amount of body dissatisfaction as a prerequisite to change. There is no doubt in our minds that the push for body acceptance of all shapes and sizes is a much needed message but what about those individuals who want self-acceptance and still desire to change their bodies?This is a quite complex and messy topic and