About this episode

Maureen Kritzer-Lange discusses redefining summer from a focus on body image to a focus on healing and self-acceptance.

EP 121 RE-BROADCAST- Hot Girl Summer? Or Healing Girl Summer? | Maureen Kritzer-Lange MSW LCSW🌻 Summer is here – and so is the pressure to “fix” your body before you dare wear shorts or a swimsuit. In this raw, unfiltered episode of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder, psychoanalyst and Queen of Self-Esteem Maureen Kritzer-Lange asks: 👉 What if this summer isn’t about having a bikini body… but about having a free body? She shares her own deeply personal story of summers spent hiding in shame, bingeing and purging behind closed doors, and believing her worth depended on her reflection. But now, she’s redefining summer – not as Hot Girl Summer, but as Healing Girl Summer. 💛 Learn how to:• Reject the toxic “summer body” narrative• Reclaim joy, freedom, and authentic confidence• Build a season rooted in peace, not punishment 🎧 Listen now if you’re tired of diet culture ruining your summer… and ready to choose healing, self-love, and hope instead. ✨ Because you deserve more than just a “hot body.” You deserve a life that feels like summer on the inside. Produced by David Alan Kogut - Star Equity Group

People in this episode

Host: Maureen Kritzer-Lange MSW, LCSW

Topics covered

• body image
• self-esteem
• healing
• diet culture
• summer
• mental health

Keywords

• Hot Girl Summer
• Healing Girl Summer
• eating disorder
• self-love
• toxic narrative
• freedom
• joy
• confidence

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