I was baby-sitting a 5-year-old girl (NOT my perfect little niece from this video) when I found myself shocked into silence… ⁣⁣⁣

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My goal to get her to take a shower suddenly felt unimportant as I watched her stand in front of the mirror, put her hands on her cute little 5-year-old belly, and say ⁣⁣⁣

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“I’m fat.”⁣

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⁣⁣No idea how to respond (I was 16 at the time), I defaulted to “don’t say that!”⁣⁣⁣

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Of course, considering I was talking to a 5 year old, this just prompted a “why?”⁣⁣⁣

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I too thought “why?”⁣⁣⁣

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WHY is a FIVE year old girl picking apart her body?⁣⁣⁣

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I was very familiar with the struggles of comparing my body to other girls in high school, ⁣⁣finding myself wearing looser shirts and positioning myself in photos to hide the parts of my body I was ashamed of… ⁣⁣⁣

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But this was when I first realized just how much diet culture and negative body talk affect us.⁣⁣⁣

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When women say “I can’t eat that” or “I’m on a diet”… girls hear that too.⁣⁣

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This has always been a deep driver for me as a coach…⁣

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Despite the 1000+ women my team and I have coached over the last 5 years, I was NOT put on this earth to help women lose weight.⁣⁣⁣

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I was put on this earth to help women LOVE their bodies by HEALING them. ⁣⁣⁣

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Is weight loss often a part of that journey toward health? For sure!⁣⁣ And our girls are dang proud of the external transformations they achieve. ⁣

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But these transformations come from a place of LOVE and wanting to give ourselves the gift of consistent energy, regular PMS-free cycles, freedom to eat foods without fear of GI issues… not from a place of self-hate or shame.⁣

In this episode, we'll discuss how to pull yourselves toward your goals in a positive way rather than being pushed by ego or in negative ways. This is a powerful mindset shift to head into the new year with and we hope you start adopting it today!

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(0:42) Shared A Recent Story On Instagram

(5:45) Pulling Ourselves Into The Positive

(8:45) Imagine You Are Talking To A 5 Year Old

(15:55) Our Individualized Approach

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