About this episode
Sarai Speer discusses body image issues, the impact of societal standards on women's bodies, and offers insights into body-neutral affirmations.
This episode contains discussion of body image, body dysmorphia, and eating disorders. If you are currently struggling, please reach out to the National Alliance for Eating Disorders at 1-866-662-1235. https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/ Sarai has had an eating disorder for three and a half decades. She has been to treatment. She is still doing the work. And she is done pretending that what the culture is currently doing to women's bodies is anything other than what it actually is. This episode is about where we are right now. The thin ideal making its comeback. The way social media and GLP ones have collided into something that is being sold as wellness and is anything but. And what is actually happening in your brain when you absorb that messaging every single day without the tools to push back against it. We also get into why your therapist's suggestion to write positive body affirmations made you want to cry. And what to do instead when love feels too far away to reach, but you still need somewhere to start. You will walk away understanding the neuroscience behind why your inner critic runs the loops it runs, why positive affirmations do not work when your…
People in this episode
Host: Sarai Speer
Topics covered
- body image
- body dysmorphia
- eating disorders
- mental health
- neuroscience
- body-neutral affirmations
Keywords
- body image
- eating disorders
- body dysmorphia
- neuroscience
- positive affirmations
- mental health
- wellness
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: National Alliance for Eating Disorders
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