Epi 336: Change The Narrative About Your Body
Let me ask you a question: What do you see when you stand in the mirror? Do you like the way you look? Do you immediately notice your perceived flaws and begin to feel upset with what is before you?
Body image is not merely superficial. It can be so intense that it dysregulates your emotional well-being and mental and physical health, while it creates a storm so big that you struggle to find balance, self-love, and inner peace.
So, today, we are taking a one-on-one deep dive into loving ourselves from the outside in! First, we’re unpacking the one mistake most women make when loving their physical form, and it’s different than you might think. And then, we’ll talk about how to change your relationship with yourself so that you can elevate your life.
This deep dive is filled with big a-ha moments.
Key Takeaways:
00:00 Introduction
01:49 A question that all of us must ask ourselves
03:25 Approaching your life from a mind, body, and soul aligned mindset & truth #1
05:40 The biggest mistake most women make when it comes to being at war with their bodies
08:22 Our thoughts impact our physical form
09:00 Releasing the tapes that play in your head—an example of their impact
12:15 Truth #2: If you can find reasons to hate your body now, you will always find reasons to be dissatisfied
14:53 The way we change the war is to access your relationship with your body
17:35 Truth #3: The thoughts about your body is the relationship you have with your body
18:01 What a scarcity relationship with yourself looks and sounds like
20:13 Positive thoughts support neuropathway change
22:11 Step 1: Challenge the narrative
24:15 Truth #4: If you genuinely and wholly believed the negative narrative, you would not have moments of positive feelings
24:32 Step 2: Reflect on your beliefs and values
26:38 Step 3: Move into the value of likeness
28:00 Step 4: Practicing body gratitude: how and why it’s needed
31:49 Step 5: Focusing on body functionality
35:04 Truth 5: Just because the world’s view on exercise and diet has shifted does not mean that your thought patterns and habits have
35:48 Step 6: Reframing your thoughts around diet and exercise to best benefit your body image
37:19 Using Approach Goals/Approach Mindset
42:20 A list of ways to stop the war beyond the steps
Challenge yourself, my dear. Because in the end, you’ll be amazed at how proud you feel when you change the narrative. And do you deserve to change the narrative; doing so is an essential step in getting your life together, girl.
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