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May 2024
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2562: [Part 2] You Can't Shame Yourself ...

Optimal Living Daily | Dr. Neal Malik
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Episode 2562:

Jessi Kneeland challenges the harmful societal beauty standards and emphasizes self-compassion in health pursuits. This refreshing take invites readers to dismantle body hierarchies and reshape their health habits not by shame but through acceptance, focusing on personal well-being rather than just aesthetics.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://markfisherfitness.com/no-shame-health-hotness/

Quotes to ponder:

 "How would your relationship to health, fitness, and nutrition shift if you moved away from shame-based motivation, and moved toward acceptance and self-compassion?"

"Instead of focusing on what’s wrong with us, we have to start focusing on what’s right about us, refusing to buy into the narrative that some bodies are 'good' and some are 'bad,' and offering ourselves the same kind of compassion, kindness, and understanding that we offer everyone else."

"Health doesn’t look any particular way, and it does us all a disservice to assume that lean/thin is healthier than average/fat, because not only does it reinforce the hierarchy of bodies, it also puts our focus on external feedback like size, weight, and numbers, instead of how you feel!"

Episode references:

Health at Every Size: https://www.amazon.com/Health-Every-Size-Surprising-Wellness/dp/1935618253

Intuitive Eating: https://www.amazon.com/Intuitive-Eating-Revolutionary-Program-Works/dp/1250004047

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