On this episode of the Single Mom Stories podcast I’m diving into a topic that many listeners—and yours truly—find challenging: body image, the relationship we have with our bodies, and how to positively change this in our culture. In North America, 85-95% of women are either extremely dissatisfied with or flat-out hate their bodies. That’s an epidemic of poor self-image and self-worth, one so widespread that there’s no single cause.

During a recent girls trip with two other  moms, we talked about body image - specifically as it relates to motherhood. The pressures of returning to our pre-baby bodies, changes we face as we age and the challenges in finding the time to care for ourselves. So for this episode, I’m going to discuss how body image can be an intergenerational issue, explain why body positivity can backfire, give you some tools to improve body image —and leave you with some powerful parting words from Mirna Vilero

The Finer Details of This Episode: 

• Changing the expectations around our bodies
• Hating your body
• The disguise of diet culture
• The challenges of self love
• Setting social media boundaries
• Radical self compassion

Quotes: 

“If you've had your own kids, or if you've adopted, we feel pressure to look the way we did before having kids, right.”

“I correlated shrinking myself with success. It just made sense.”

“And using food to control what our body looks like gives us an illusion of safety.”

“You don't have to wait for something to change to accept yourself… Your target will always be moving, if you're always waiting.”

“I think one of the best ways to shift this is to move out of focusing on how your body looks, and instead, what your body can do.”

“Your body, whatever it is, whatever its size, whatever its hair color and hairstyle, however its height, whatever its age is acceptable. Your body is acceptable.”

“I delight in seeing people's looks when I tell them that I finished a 22-mile run.”

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