"There's a good chance that you've struggled with your own eating and body image. And maybe you've done a lot of dieting or you've experienced disordered eating, and wouldn't it be great if we could ultimately prevent those things in our kids?" - Katy Harvey

In today's episode, we're going to talk about body image and how this is one of the most important aspects of building trust with our bodies.

This episode is about body image and hot it can be an obstacle to trusting our bodies. Katy offers practical tips on how to improve our body image that don't involve obsessing about weight or dieting. These tips focus on accepting our bodies as they are, wearing clothes that fit well and avoiding clothing that causes discomfort. She encourages us to be mindful of how our clothing affects our body temperature, weather conditions, and how we feel overall. She advises listeners to change up their social media feed to focus on positive images, practice self-compassion, and curate content that makes them feel good about their bodies.

[00:01 - 09:05] Work Towards Body Acceptance

• Listening to your body and not the way you look
• Practical and doable tips to improve your body image
• Make peace with food and not worry about gaining weight
• Working towards body acceptance
  • Stop struggling with this for the rest of your life
• Wear things that fit
  • Weed out the clothes that don't fit and donate them
  • Separate your wardrobe and put them in a different location in your house
• Think about getting clothes that will tolerate the changes in your body
• Exploring food and relationship with our body
  • Allow weight fluctuations
  • Making peace with food

[09:06 - 16:12] The Yin and Yang of Self-Compassion

• Get clothes that fits as an act of self-care and self-love
• Improve your body image is to practice body gratitude
• Practice "Fake it till you make it" with feeling grateful for what your body does for you
• Exercise self-compassion
  • We need to have compassion for the pain and suffering that causes to our body images and our self-esteem
• The Yin and Yang of Self-compassion
  • Use your voice and providing yourself with what you need
  • Asking for what you need
• Improve your body image without focusing on weight loss

[16:12 - 20:24] The Healing and Acceptance Towards Your Body

• Think your body as a home
  • Work on what is pleasing to us rather than dressing to impress the outside world
  • Wear what you want with your body
• Be comfortable in your own skin and treat yourself with love and respect
• Stop body checking
  • Get rid of the scale because it is not a measure of success
• Katy encourages you to do some journaling and reflect on that
  • Get the journal prompts at: nondietacademy.com/bodyimage

[20:25 - 27:10] Wrapping up!

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Key Quotes

"Think about getting clothes that are flexible that will tolerate changes in your body." - Katy Harvey

"Connecting with the gratitude towards what your body does because your body does amazing things just to keep you going each and every day." - Katy Harvey

"Improve your body image without focusing on weight loss." - Katy Harvey

Resource Mentioned:

• Kristin Neff

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