Welcome to Tea Time with Mary. I'm your host, Mary Jolkovsky. I'm a former bikini

fitness model turned self-love advocate. And this is the podcast that will inspire you to love yourself.

Hello, friends. How are you? I am so happy to be back in your ears. That sounds kind of odd,

but whatever, I'm running with it. I'm so glad you're listening to this show again or welcome

if you're new. Now, I always feel guilty saying this and I always forget to say it because,

I don't know, I have like a weird mental block around

this but starting right the hell now I am getting serious about this podcast for a couple

different reasons which I'll go into later but please please please if you like this show I hate

asking but I need to ask because there's no other way to grow could you please help me out by making sure you're subscribed to the show. I hate asking, but I need to ask because there's no other way to grow. Could you please

help me out by making sure you're subscribed to the show. So either press subscribe on iTunes or

press follow on Spotify. And if you are listening on iTunes, there's a spot on the podcast to

leave a review. I would love to hear your thoughts, what you think of the show. And if it's not too much to ask, share it with a friend or share it on your Instagram stories.

That totally makes my day.

And the reason also why I'm asking is because today I had my first therapy appointment on Better

Help.

I don't know if you've heard of it, but it's basically an online therapy platform that I'm trying out. I'll give you an update later about how I like it. But I was talking with my

therapist today about how I just really want another platform that is less focused on image. I can't

believe I just came out and said that because I just feel like

I've built so much of my Instagram, especially around my body's image. And my whole platform,

like everything that I'm about is actually promoting the idea that your body is not an image, it's an experience, right?

So the more we tap into our body experience and the more we start feeling in our bodies as

opposed to looking at our bodies, the more satisfied we will become with our bodies

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