Making Health Goals Your Own: Letting Go of Outside Voices and Self-Criticism with Psychotherapist Megan Rafuse, MSW, RSW (ep – 80)
About this episode
Megan Rafuse discusses the importance of personalizing health goals and overcoming societal pressures related to body image and diet culture.
What does healthy really mean to you? If you haven’t checked in with your definition lately, let this episode be your sign that it might be time to reevaluate. In this episode, psychotherapist and CEO of Shift Collab, Megan Rafuse, returns for an important conversation about understanding health in 2026 from beyond the scale, trends, and external voices. Together, Megan and Ginger start by exploring our roots and how health messaging has shaped our relationship with food over decades, from the diet culture of the early 2000s to the perfectionism on today's social media feeds. Megan and Ginger dive into why so much of this work comes down to reframing our internal dialogue, from the clothes we wear to the comparison traps we get caught in, to the language we use when talking about our bodies and the bodies of others. If your day could use a little less comparison and a whole lot more understanding, this episode is a great place to start. In this episode, we’ll cover: [00:00:03] How our definition of “healthy” is shaped [00:02:35] The lasting impact of diet culture and generational body messaging [00:08:24] When “healthy” behaviors become harmful [00:11:21] Body image…
Topics covered
- health definition
- diet culture
- body image
- comparison culture
- internal dialogue
- social media impact
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