Diet Culture Dropout

20. Body Security with Jessica Curran

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Body security "I feel accepting and excited about the body I am in, despite still perceiving some of those problematic messages."

Jessica Curran is a local psychotherapist who helps clients disentangle their self-worth from their bodies.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Jessica's personal experience of difficult body talk conversations during pregnancy.
  • Defining what body security is.
  • Explain how people’s safety and security in their bodies can be jeopardized directly and indirectly.
  • The ways body insecurity shows up in the body- mentally, physically, and emotionally.
  • How fatphobia relates to body security. 
  • The narrative that is common around describing fat people which drives the fear for people.
  • Why do people place such a value on thinness and attach it to their self-worth
  • Jessica shares her top 5 tips to start the process of developing a more aligned self-worth and sense of body security.


    • Connect with Jessica Curran by:

    Instagram @jessicalightpost

    Website 

    Jessica's Blog 


    Resources mentioned in the episode:

    The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonja Renee Taylor

    Your Body Is Not An Apology Workbook By Sonja Renee Taylor

    Christy Harrison’s podcast- Food Psych

    Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings


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