407: "You Don't Want To Lose Weight, You Want To Like Yourself" with Stacey Harkey

About this episode

Amber Brueseke and Stacey Harkey discuss the importance of self-acceptance over weight loss and share insights on authenticity and confidence.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sit down with Stacey Harkey to unpack a truth most of us don’t realize at first: you don’t actually want to lose weight; you want to like yourself. We dive into Stacey’s journey from Studio C to personal training, and the powerful lessons he’s learned about authenticity, confidence, and taking up space. We talk about why chasing external goals like weight loss can keep you stuck, how fear and people-pleasing hold you back, and what it really looks like to b...

People in this episode

Host: Amber Brueseke

Guest: Stacey Harkey

Topics covered

• self-acceptance
• weight loss
• authenticity
• confidence
• personal training
• fear
• people-pleasing

Keywords

• self-love
• weight loss
• personal growth
• Studio C
• fear of judgment
• confidence building
• taking up space

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