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Your Summer Body
Today we’re diving into your thoughts about your summer body. Are you unhappy with your body image? If so, you’re not alone. Body image isn’t something we just came up with ourselves. It’s something that’s been conditioned by society. We’ve been told in many ways that our bodies are unacceptable as they are, that we should be ashamed of them, and that they need fixing especially during the summer. We’ve been conditioned that there is a one size fits all mold that we’re supposed to morph our bodies into and that the way our body looks is more important than everything else. In today’s episode, I’m talking about body image…
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Identity
In this episode, we discuss a topic that no other weight loss program or diet out there addresses, but it is huge when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off- IDENTITY Tune in to learn how identity and behavior go hand-in-hand and a 3-step process you can use to get off the overeating, dieting, obsessive thinking about food cycle once and for all. WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER You have the ability to create your life. This creation process is either inhibited or supported by your daily habits. Your 2 identities How your identity effects our habits and our habits effect our identity. A 3-step process for changing your identity…
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Stop Beating Yourself Up
This is a topic I am passionate about. I make a lot of promises in this episode. Tune in as I share 3 ways you can go from hating yourself to loving yourself. -Watch your self-talk -100 things List -One-minute mirror exercise FEATURED ON THE SHOW Email Rachael at rachael@ajoyfulyou.com Instagram Website Demi Lovato I Love Me Self-Love Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 YouTube BFF Video Stephanie Nielsen Martin Luther King Quote Transcript: I’m Rachael Collins at the Joyful You Podcast; this is episode 63: Stop Beating Yourself Up! Welcome to The Joyful You Podcast. On this show I talk all about living a…
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5 Ways to Have More Body Love
The way we think about and view our body matters. It matters because when we have a positive body image (or what I’m choosing to call body love), we feel comfortable in our body and happy with the way we look. And when we’re comfortable and happy, then we are able to be in tune with what our body really needs (physically and emotionally). We treat our body well and take care of it instead of beating it up, punishing it with strict diets, disordered eating, intense workouts, or overeating in an attempt to numb out all our emotional distress with food. Here are 5 ways you can begin to…
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Why Body Love and Weight Loss Go Hand in Hand
There is a wide spectrum of opinions out there. On one end we have those that believe if you love your body you shouldn’t want or need or even desire to change anything about it. On the other end of the spectrum are those that believe you need to shame and hate and criticize yourself to motivate change. That if you’re not a size 0 then you should be. It’s very black and white. Both sides are essentially saying “you can’t love your body and want to lose weight.” It has to be one or the other. Pick a side. My opinion falls smack dab in the middle of this spectrum.…
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The Fundamentals of Weight Loss
People assume I’ve always been a naturally thin person. They have no idea that I struggled with my weight for years. I went from diet to diet looking for the perfect one for me. I ran 5 miles a day, 6 days a week in an attempt to run off the weight. NO LUCK! I’d lose some weight but then I’d always gain it all back (plus some). I was tired of the diet roller-coaster. I was tired of having to starve myself, count calories, weight my food, and the massive overeating that happened anytime I just couldn’t hold on anymore. I was trying to make weight loss harder than…
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Body Image with Susie Tucker
Listen in on this episode as special guest, Susie Tucker, shares her journey through body image issues, disordered eating, & perfectionism. Susie shares her mantra for change which is: “You have to love yourself here to get yourself there.”, as well as some other tools she implements daily to “flip the script” and heal her relationship with herself and her body such as: Recognize when we have tapes or stories playing in our head. These are not truths. Most of them are stories we have borrowed from others. Hear these stories. What are they saying? Flip the Script Susie also shares her gratitude practice with us, and how she used…
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Healthy Habits for Weight Loss
In this episode I talk about weight loss and my philosophy around it. (HINT: It’s probably not what you think). I discuss the spectrum I see of weight loss and where I fall on it. I also discuss how to get to a healthy weight and improve your relationship with food and your body. Let’s be friends on Instagram- @ajoyfulyou Website MENTIONED DURING EPISODE: Brooke Castillo Talk: Watchful unto Prayer Continually http://traffic.libsyn.com/ajoyfulyou/Healthy_Habits_for_Weight_Loss.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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Body Love
Body image is a huge topic right now, and it should be. Body image is defined as how we feel in and about our body. It has nothing to do with our appearance. Many people believe that their body is the problem. What they don’t realize is that the problem is not with their body, but with the way they think about their body. I believe that developing a positive body image, or what I call “BODY LOVE”, feeling good about your body from the inside, not just how it looks, will improve our health and increase our happiness levels. I believe deep down we all want to love our…
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What If?
What if happiness = thinness and not thinness = happiness? What if you stopped blaming your body for your unhappiness and decided to just be happy in spite of what your body looks like? What if you decided you loved your body enough to care for it the way it wants to be cared for, not the way the world and our culture teaches? What if you stopped tying your weight to your self-worth and just decide that you’re worthy just because you’re you? What if the way out of your weight struggle was not through changing your body, but through changing the way you think about your body? What…
