In this episode of Becoming Anchored, co-host and licensed therapist Laura Deneen is joined by licensed therapist Heidi Hensley.
Together they share about exploring where messages around your body came from and finding worth outside of your weight.
Key Takeaways:
- The Different Pieces of Health: Health is not just about our weight and physical appearance. Laura encourages you to zoom out and look at all the pieces of your health. One factor that may influence your perspective is diet culture, which may lead to the pressure to try to change your body in some way.
- Influences of Weight: Together we discuss various ways we may receive messages about weight, whether from family, social, or culture. It is important to explore where we learned messages about weight and what information about weight we are currently consuming. Heidi encourages listeners to be mindful of the passive messages from social media, society, and people and explore how they affect you.
- How To Move Forward: Laura and Heidi encourage you to give yourself permission to grieve these experiences and messages you have received and give yourself compassion. They also invite you to explore how you can change what information you are currently taking in around your body and weight. Lastly, they remind you that you are worthy no matter what you weigh.
This episode provides helpful tools to navigate disliking your weight and gives hope about moving forward to have more peace in your body size.
Homework: Bring awareness around how much you are checking your weight or body and try to resist that urge.
Affirmation: “I honor and hold space for the grief around my body today.”
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