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Ep. 50: Stop Starving Your Worth: Veena Goel on Mom Burnout, Body Image, and the 30-Day Reboot That Actually Stuck


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Challenging highlights you’ll want to hear:

From baton-twirling 🎀 Miss California to a mom juggling work, sleep 😴, and school drop-offs 🚗—Veena gets real about the moment a 13-year-old’s crush 💔 triggered years of body dysmorphia, how “doing it all” quietly kills self-care, and why a plant-forward 30-day reset (think low-oil, low-salt, whole-foods…yes, even potatoes 🥔) skyrocketed her sleep quality, slashed inflammation 🔥, and brought her energy ⚡—and presence—back to her family. 

You’ll hear the messy middle: pre-eating before events 🍽️, airport food fails ✈️🍔, embracing grace over guilt ❤️, and teaching kids to notice how food actually feels in their bodies 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦.

Three listen-in challenges that might sting (in a good way):

  • The lie that thinner = lovelier 💃: how early “you’d be dateable if…” scripts still run many adult bodies—and marriages 💍.
  • Ditching calorie-counting and willpower for plate proportioning 🍲 and self-check-ins—liberating, but only if you’re brave enough 🦁 to trust your body.
  • Modeling food sanity for kids: sharing real ice cream some nights 🍦 and “nice cream” others 🍌—without labeling yourself (or them) as “good” or “bad.”

Have a webe+ Account? Explore these Nudges with Amari to see how they apply to your own life — in a way only Amari can.

• Nudge: “I still tie my worth to my weight, photos  or how ‘toned’ I look. Help me rewrite this story so my value isn’t measured by a mirror or a number—and give me two daily practices to reinforce it.

What is Amari? webe Parents has partnered with Kinectin to bring you Amari, your personal AI coach 🤖💙. Now you can interact with the ideas from our podcasts 🎧, articles 📚, and parenting tips 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 — and Amari will help you apply them directly to your personal life. Don't have a webe+ Account? Create one here

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