“It takes a lot to unlearn all the stuff that we've been taught in the past. It takes some research, but also, you just got to continually work on your head. And I know if you've got a fixed mindset, it's not going to change.” 

 

Do you ever think about how words have a big impact on little children? Karen Rich remembers being a 6-year-old girl and how being labeled “overweight” by her doctor led to a lifetime of struggle with weight. Through therapy and learning about intuitive eating, she’s able to enjoy a happy relationship with food and an even happier relationship with her husband and her community. Listen in as she talks to Katy about her story.

 

[00:01 - 14:55] Growing up with Body Image Issues

• Karen talks about how she was defined by her weight since childhood
• “Helpful” comments are sometimes actually harmful
• Her struggle with vision loss
• How eating gives you bad days
• The turning point for Karen

[18:16 - 30:22] The Journey to Body Respect

• “All foods are the same” and having this paradigm shift 
• Finding the good things about your body
• The challenge of changing other people’s perspective on body image
• Karen’s advice for people who are just starting to think about intuitive eating
• How Karen’s husband supports her process

[30:22 - 38:55] Wrapping up! 

• What Karen is grateful for about her body
• Rapid-fire questions with Karen
• Karen’s insight on the importance of a compassionate community around you

 

Resources Mentioned

• The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
• Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
• The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx

 

Key Quotes

“It's okay. It is. And it is totally okay. And it's normal. And it's interesting that our body image does tend to kind of go back and forth and up and down like that. And oftentimes it correlates with how we're feeling about other things in our life." - Katy Harvey

 

“It's really not that much about the food, that it's more about the feelings… I've read over and over food doesn't fix feelings. That's true. But what if the feelings can fix the food? “ - Karen Rich

 

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