395: I Hate My Face
Ghost of a Podcast: Astrology & Advice with Jessica Lanyadoo
Jessica Lanyadoo
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
What do you do when the root cause of most of your anxiety is your face? A listener who works as an actor wants to untangle her understanding of beauty. She joins Jessica for an investigation of her own thoughts about what it means to be beautiful, ugly, or even deformed. They discuss cosmetic surgery and the internalization of cultural standards.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast, I'm your host Jessica Lignato. I'm an astrologer, psychic medium, |
| 0:06.7 | and animal communicator, and I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no bullshit |
| 0:11.0 | mystical advice for living your very best life. |
| 0:16.4 | Hey there, ghosties. In this episode, I'll be doing a live reading with one of my beloved |
| 0:21.8 | listeners. Every Wednesday, listen in on an intimate conversation and get inspired |
| 0:26.8 | as we explore perspectives on life, love, and the human condition. |
| 0:30.3 | Along the way, we'll uncover valuable insights and practical lessons that you can apply to your own life. |
| 0:36.0 | And don't forget to hit subscribe or at the very least mark your calendars because every Sunday I'll be back with your weekly horoscope and that you don't want to miss. Let's get started. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome to the podcast. What would you like reading about? Oh gosh, okay, I'm going to read my letter that I wrote to you. |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah, you totally can and also I'd like that you called it a letter. |
| 0:59.0 | Dear Jessica, for as long as I can remember, I've suffered some sort of body dysmorphia specifically in my face. |
| 1:08.0 | It's safe to say that it is the root cause of most of my anxiety. |
| 1:11.8 | I am an actress, so it's hard to escape the way I look when I have to see it |
| 1:16.0 | literally all the time. It's manifested in a few ways. Sometimes it's anxiety about my acne and my |
| 1:21.4 | constant skin picking which I've consistently suffered from for 20 years. |
| 1:25.9 | For a long time it was about my nose until I got my nose job two years ago but truthfully I still have anxiety about it and most recently it's been about my chubby cheeks. |
| 1:36.4 | I've had a consultation with the plastic surgeon and I can't decide if I want to go through with it. |
| 1:42.0 | Some days I feel so empowered that I am able to make |
| 1:44.8 | decisions and change the way I look and at the same time I'm afraid of making too |
| 1:50.1 | many changes and making myself feel and look even more deformed. |
| 1:54.4 | It's mainly frustrating because I know what's holding me back in my career. |
| 1:58.8 | I'm a performer who is dying to be seen, but when I finally get those opportunities I self-sabotage. |
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