#18: Beauty Sickness with Dr. Renee Engeln

Mary’s Cup of Tea: the Self-Love Podcast for Women

Mary Jelkovsky

Self-love, Body-image, Mental Health, Body Image, Relationships, Women's Health, Self Love, Advice For Women, Self Love For Women, Love Yourself, Education, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Okay I am seriously freaking out (in a good way) about this episode because you know that book I keep recommending to you called “Beauty Sick”??? Well, the author of that very book is joining us today on the podcast to talk about beauty sickness- what it is and how we can combat it. Our culture is OBSESSED with appearance, more particularly, women’s appearance. So many of us feel like we are not good enough unless we look a certain way, whether that be a certain weight, body size/shape, or simply our makeup and outfit choices. It’s EXHAUSTING to constantly feel like that. Dr. Renee teaches us how we can stop being so focused on our appearance so that we can finally live free. Renee Engeln is a psychology professor and director of the “Body and Media Lab” at Northwestern University. Her research and writing focus on issues surrounding women’s body images, with an emphasis on how cultural forces shape the relationship women have with their bodies. Her work has appeared in numerous academic journals and at academic conferences. She is regularly interviewed by media outlets, including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Atlantic, Vox, and HuffPost. Her TEDx talk has garnered over half a million views. Get Dr. Renee’s book! It’s called Beauty Sick and it has CHANGED. MY. LIFE. You can also find her on Instagram as @beauty_sick and her research can be found at bodyandmedia.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to Tea Time with Mary.
0:07.9	I'm your host, Mary Jolkovsky.
0:10.0	I'm a former bikini fitness model turned self-love advocate.
0:13.9	And this is the podcast that will inspire you to love yourself.
0:20.7	Hey friends, before we begin, I just wanted to let you know that this podcast episode is
0:25.2	sponsored by my favorite books. Not literally, but I did create a book list for you with all
0:32.4	of my favorite books for self-love and body image and self-confidence and just overall self-healing and growth.
0:40.8	I am a huge personal growth person, and to be honest with you, a lot of the things that I talk
0:46.0	about come from the books that I've read. I'm a big reader, and I always tell my little sister,
0:51.2	readers are leaders. And I love audiobooks. I love book books. I love
0:56.2	Kindle. I love all the forms of books. Just give me all the goods. So I decided to create a book
1:02.3	list for you with my top 25 favorite books. And I actually add to this list. So there's probably
1:08.6	going to be more than 25 books on it. But I have narrowed it down to top 25 books that you need to read to start the self-love journey.
1:16.4	I'm not saying you have to read all the books right now, but you should have this list handy-dandy
1:20.6	for when you're getting a book on Amazon or shopping in your audible or whatever.
1:25.0	So I've created this book list and you can get it at
1:28.5	Maryscup of tea.com slash books. And I will also put it in the show notes. And let me know how
1:35.4	you like these recommendations by screenshoting what you're reading and tagging me in your Instagram
1:40.6	stories. I always love seeing you use my recommendations. It just makes my whole day
1:45.1	because we're like a little community. So anyways, marriescup of tea.com slash books. Go get it.
1:52.3	Hello everybody. Welcome to another episode of Mary's Cup of Tea, the podcast that will
1:57.6	inspire you to love yourself a little more. Today, I am here with Dr. Renee,
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