#260: Fat Shamed, Skinny Shamed (Part Two) • The Work of Byron Katie®
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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(Part 2 of 2) My guest today, Roy, was fat as a child. As he came to terms with his alcoholism, he also found a diet that left him skinny. Then, in a meeting, an AA mentor skinny-shamed him. Join us as together Roy and I unpack his food and alcohol issues in this powerful Work on addiction.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to part two. Have you ever had a food issue or any kind of substance issue? |
| 0:16.2 | Well, Roy was in the presence of a nutritionist and he was way too thin and she pointed that |
| 0:23.4 | out to him and gave him just a tad bit of advice and it did not go down well for him. |
| 0:32.4 | And welcome to Roy and his alcoholic and food issues. |
| 0:38.3 | Welcome to the work. |
| 0:39.3 | Let's move into part two. So let's look at four. |
| 0:59.0 | I need her to congratulate me on my health and fitness and tell me I'm doing great. |
| 1:06.0 | Now if you're too thin, which you have admitted to, if you're too thin, how much sense |
| 1:17.9 | would that make? |
| 1:18.9 | I need her to congratulate me on health that you don't have. |
| 1:26.0 | Get in touch with your physical body, you're too thin. |
| 1:29.5 | I'm not saying that. I wasn't there. I heard you say it. |
| 1:33.4 | You were too thin. |
| 1:34.9 | Super borderline. Yeah, it was... You took it too far. |
| 1:38.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:39.6 | Too close. I need me to congratulate me on health and fitness and to tell me I'm doing great. |
| 1:52.8 | That means find a healthy way of meeting, of eating, and get sober. |
| 2:02.4 | From that, yeah. |
| 2:04.2 | Another turnaround, feel this one to be happy. |
| 2:08.3 | I need me to congratulate her on her idea of health and fitness |
| 2:15.2 | and tell her |
| 2:17.8 | that she's doing great |
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