Our latest guest is here to give us a healthy dose of self-love. Lauren Hawkey is a functional medicine practitioner with a focus on cultivating body acceptance; with emphasis on healing, food, fear, and reclaiming self-worth. Seeing personally the profound impact poor body image and disordered eating patterns can have on women's health, she's an amazing guide! She knows, and is ready to deep dive for you about: hormones, gut health, mood, and more! Lauren has a profound passion for helping women find peace with their bodies in order to heal. With a Bachelor of Health Sciences, a double major in Nutrition and Exercise Science, and a grounding in naturopathy and functional medicine; she's well rounded. She is a self-professed nerd, fierce women's health advocate and creative soul whose mission is to show women that they can heal without extremes and without obsession. We're so excited to have her voice today as we dive into:

- Some reality: Negative self talk and the physiology underneath.

- Some truth: Balance between caring what you look like vs obsession about it.

-Some tough stuff: Fat shaming, body acceptance, body neutrality, where do you stand?

-Some surprising stuff: Body positivity movement & why its HURTING us...

-Some helpful stuff: The spectrum of healing bad body image, what to know.

-Some deep stuff: Mental health and the aspect it plays into your physical health, it's time to check in.

With lots to say to really help us evaluate, think, and explore where we are; she's here to give us great guidance and hope for our own journey's into health from the inside out and so much more! Thank you for joining us! For more information about Lauren Hawkey visit here:

Insta @lauren.hawkey (http://instagram.com/lauren.hawkey?igshid=tmgx2z74lqrz

Download her free self-care workbook! @ linktr.ee/lauren.hawkey

And can be found as a Functional Medicine Coach on instagram @nutrition_dynamic