Body Positivity, Chronic Illness, & Health At Every Size with Life Coach Michelle Elman

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🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Michelle Elman is a five-board accredited life coach, body positivity advocate, TED Talk speaker, and author of her debut book "Am I Ugly?" Michelle's has underwent 15 surgeries due to chronic illnesses, which include a brain tumor and hydrocephalus. These surgeries left her with multiple and visible scars that for a very long time, she despised. Michelle explains how nearly losing her life finally gave her the joy and strength to appreciate and love her body. (And also found her wildly popular social media brand #ScarredNotScared!) In three words this episode is ENERGY, ENTERTAINMENT, & INSPIRATION. 4:00-9:00 taking breaks / productivity. 9:35 - 17:54 Michelle’s battle with chronic illness. 17:54 - 23:24 how she switched from body negativity to body neutrality. 23:24 - 31:24 the turning point in her self-love journey after getting hospitalized at nineteen. 31:30 - 35:23 body image and dating 35:38 - 40:38 the beginning of her body positivity advocacy. 41:00 - 42:31 dealing with body shamers. 42:32 - 55:20 Fatphobia and toxic diet culture. 55:30 society’s obsession with being skinny.

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0:00.0	When you look at someone with pity, it's basically saying, I would not want your life,
0:04.7	I would not want your body, I would not want to be you. And that's the message I got. And I
0:09.6	didn't need any words for me to receive that message. So the result of wearing that peony as I ran
0:14.8	back into the changing room never came out. I was like, Mum, come pick me up. And then I hid my
0:22.4	skulls for the rest of my life.
0:28.4	Hey everybody and welcome to RealPod. I'm Victoria Garrick, former D.O. and athlete and mental
0:33.8	health and body image advocate. Every Wednesday I'll be bringing you awesome guests, weekly inspiration
0:39.8	and the realest conversations around everything and anything. Now let's give real.
0:45.4	Welcome back to RealPod everybody. I hope you're doing fantastic and I hope you're in the mood for
0:53.6	lots of energy, lots of laughing and lots of conversation. I honestly feel like this episode today
0:59.4	hopefully will bring you so much joy, positivity and energy into your day that I'm so excited
1:04.6	for you to hear. The guest and I had so much fun recording. She has all the energies. She's so
1:10.3	talkative and she's so real. A very important thing if you're going to be a guest on this podcast.
1:16.7	Joining me today is Michelle Elman, a five-board accredited life coach, TED Talk speaker,
1:23.4	body positivity advocate and the author of her debut book titled Am I Ugly? She will answer for
1:32.0	us today. She and I'm already laughing. Michelle is such a good time. You guys are going to love her.
1:36.3	Her story is incredible and here's why she has underwent 15 surgeries due to chronic illnesses
1:42.2	which include a brain tumor, a punctured intestine, an obstructed bowel, a cyst in her brain,
1:48.6	and hydrocephalus, all of which left her with multiple and visible scars on her body. She dealt
1:54.3	with many body imaging confidence issues mainly stemming from her scars and today she will take us
1:59.2	on her journey and explain how nearly losing her life finally gave her the joy and strength to
2:05.3	appreciate and love her body and also create her wildly popular social media brand scarred,
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