In This Episode, I Chat About

• How systems of oppression impact body image and how we’re treated in our society,
• What body image is and symptoms of a poor one,
• The importance of knowing that your self-worth isn’t dictated by your appearance or how other people feel about you,
• How our culture has taught us that only certain bodies are worthy,
• Beauty as social currency,
• How feelings of inadequacy don’t disappear if you change your body to be more in line with beauty standards,
• How the desire to fit beauty standards is hardcoded in our DNA,
• How external systems of oppression create internalized oppressions,
• That this is a systemic and cultural issue and it is not your fault,
• How we internalize experiences that make us feel like we’re not good enough and allow them to shape how we feel about our bodies,
• Questions you can use to examine your past and be curious about where your body image came from,
• The importance of tending to your past wounds in order to heal,
• Plus so much more!

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Links Mentioned in the Show

• My Free 10 Day Body Confidence Makeover
• ETR #179: Why Diet Culture & the BMI are Racist – with Natasha Ngindi
• Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia - Sabrina Strings
• Past Body Image Series Episodes