E. 164 How to Stop Hating Yourself & Finally Build Real Confidence With Sue Bush

About this episode

Sue Bush discusses her journey to building real confidence and a healthier relationship with body image and self-worth.

Most women don’t struggle with fat loss because they’re lazy — they struggle because they’ve spent years hating themselves, chasing acceptance, and tying their worth to how they look. In this episode, Sue Bush joins me for an honest conversation about body image, confidence, discipline, self-worth, emotional healing, and the mindset shifts that changed her life. We talk about the pressure women feel to be accepted, how negative self-talk destroys progress, and why sustainable transformation starts with learning how to show up for yourself consistently. Sue shares her journey from insecurity, shame cycles, and perfectionism to building true confidence, emotional resilience, and a healthier relationship with herself, fitness, and food. We also discuss competing, social media pressure, boundaries, self-abandonment, therapy, discipline, and how to stop living for other people’s approval. If you’ve ever struggled with body image, self-confidence, emotional eating, perfectionism, or feeling stuck in cycles of self-sabotage, this episode will hit home. Timestamps: - [00:00 – 05:00] – Sue Bush’s fitness journey, coaching philosophy & creating sustainable fat loss - [05:00 – 09:30] –…

People in this episode

Host: Cory Hageman

Guest: Sue Bush

Topics covered

• body image
• self-confidence
• emotional healing
• mindset shifts
• sustainable transformation
• self-worth
• negative self-talk

Keywords

• fat loss
• self-acceptance
• perfectionism
• emotional eating
• social media pressure
• discipline
• therapy

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