This show is for women over 40 who are trying to create balance in their life when it comes to food, body, self-care., and wellness. You struggle to put yourself first, to maintain consistency when something isn’t perfect or you feel like you don’t have enough time or will power to achieve the goals you desire. Tricia Stefankiewicz, Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. I’ve worked with women like you achieve their health goals by focusing on the next best step –no matter how messy - and meeting you where you are right now. In this show you will learn practical info, actionable strategies, and mindset tweaks, so that you can feel healthier, more comfortable in your body, and make choices that work for your life. Come join me in failing forward one imperfect step at a time into the journey of health, wellness, & self-care. Welcome to your new project. Find us at Website: https://triciaRD.com; Program: https://triciaRD.com/whole-health-balance-blueprint/ Connect with us on Instagram @ wholehealthempower or by email at info@triciaRD.com
Episodes
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Episode description:
In today’s episode we talk about body shaming - self-criticism of your body or someone else’s - in relation to a recent experience I had in which body shaming led me into a shame spiral. Some examples of body shaming include: “I’m so fat; I hate my fill in the blank; I feel so fat today”, and “I shouldn’t have eaten that.”
Research shows that women have as many as 13 negative thoughts per day about their body, with 91% of women being overall dissatisfied with their bodies.
We talk about some of the negative impacts such as decreased self-esteem, anxiety and depression, as well as disordered eating and body dysmorphia.
So what works to help decrease body shaming? I honestly don’t know what would work for you. What I do know is that working with my therapist, reading and learning about the topic, and a lot of practice seemed to help. Rethinking how I used and followed on social media also helped normalize my feelings about my body. Some helpful IG accounts included:
- Bodypositivememes
- Thebodypositive
- I_weigh
- Bodyimagewithbri
- Alissarumseyrd
- dietitiananna
- yrfatfriend
Some books that may help you.
- Body Positivity: Connie Sobczak: embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)
- Body Neutrality: Anne Poirier: The Body Joyful - Shaping Perspectives
- The body is not an apology - Sonya Renee Taylor
- You just need to lose weight and What we don’t talk about when we talk about fat - Aubrey Gordon
If you are just starting on the body love journey, body neutrality may be the place to start.
However, if all of this seems too overwhelming for you today - perhaps start with this video about self-love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAflHLM9Qrc.
Other Helpful Resources include:
Body dysmorphic disorder - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
11 Facts About Body Image | DoSomething.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAflHLM9Qrc - Embracing Your Critical Voice: The Gateway To Self-Love | Connie Sobczak
5 Steps to Body Neutrality | National Eating Disorders Association
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Five simple things you can do today to keep yourself healthy for tomorrow? As we age, our health and well-being become a bigger focus in our life. You may be worried that it's too late. But there is still hope!!! Discover the health changes you can make today to preserve your health for tomorrow.
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Keywords: motivate, self-care, tips, taking care of yourself
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Episode Description:
Have you ever decided that you wanted to make this big health change and go all in on how to get there? It starts with this idea which leads to endless hours of research because you want to make sure you have all of the correct information so you can succeed and do it ‘“perfectly”. You start reading about what you need to do and researching the products that will help you get there like an apple watch, piece of exercise equipment, an app that will support you, or even the best foods to consume. All of a sudden you end up down this rabbit hole of all things health and fitness. What started out as trying to find a simple plan has now led to hours and hours of research with limited to NO action being taken to get to the goal. You got distracted by the mental noise in your head and didn’t take any ACTION to get closer to what you wanted to achieve in the first place.
On today's podcast we explore the idea of focusing more on the behavior than the mental noise swirling around that prevents us from getting to where we want, why we get distracted, and helpful strategies that can actually make us take action instead of getting distracted by the endless knowledge that seems to be abundance, especially when we are trying something new. Sound like you?
Come listen here.
Grab your FREEBIE BELOW
Five simple things you can do today to keep yourself healthy for tomorrow? As we age, our health and well-being become a bigger focus in our life. You may be worried that it's too late. But there is still hope!!! Discover the health changes you can make today to preserve your health for tomorrow.
https://upbeat-hustler-2294.ck.page/06d0e2ccf9
Where can you find us?
https://www.instagram.com/wholehealthempower/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wholehealthempower
Keywords: motivate, self-care, tips, taking care of yourself