Body positivity is HARD

Mental Makeover

Lauren Curtis

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Body positivity is surprisingly complex. It's not as simple as repeating a self-love mantra to yourself every morning and every night; in fact some days it can be a battle between the negative thoughts and the positive ones. It can feel like a tennis match - a bad thought comes straight for you at speed and you've got to quickly whack it out of your brain with a positive one. Some days those negative thoughts are coming at you non-stop and you feel defeated, other days you're on top of your game and the positive thoughts easily outnumber the negative ones. I always preach how important it is so take care of yourself and appreciate the body you have, but the truth is, sometimes that can be really, really hard, and I never want people to think they've failed if they have a few days, or weeks, where they've felt like they've lost that battle. We're human, and we're going to have days where everything we've learnt and all the progress we've made goes out the window. I've had a few of those days recently, so I wanted to share with you my approach to combatting those thoughts and getting myself back on track. It's important to remember that body positivity is something that most people will probably need to work on for the rest of their lives, as society changes the goal post of what is considered 'beautiful', and we're faced with the reality of whether or not we fit that image. I'm really happy with how this podcast came out, and I encourage you to listen to the end. If you did enjoy, please subscribe, rate and review! :)

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to the Mental Makeover podcast. I'm Lauren Curtis. You've probably heard the phrase,
0:06.4	the grass is always greener on the other side, but I believe it's greener where you water it.
0:12.2	This podcast is here to provide you with meaningful advice from myself and others in order to give
0:18.2	your little patch of grass the best chance to grow and flourish.
0:22.6	Hi everyone, welcome to 2021 and season three of the Mental Makeover podcast.
0:30.7	So we spent the Christmas and New Year's break with family, very, very lucky to be able to do so.
0:36.9	I know many of you guys probably weren't
0:38.4	able to. Every single year almost, no, yeah, every single year that Reese and I have been dating,
0:43.8	which is coming on six years, I think. We had driven down south from Perth, so our old house
0:50.6	that many of you would remember, the modern white box. We had come down and spend
0:57.7	the break down here where we currently live and yeah, I just have such fun memories of this place.
1:03.8	It's incredible. But this year, because we live here now, my mum and sister drove down from
1:09.8	Perth and spent the break with us which was amazing and
1:13.1	super fun and makes me realize how nice it is having like it's good to be you know away from
1:20.1	Perth but it is so nice to have your family close so that was lovely and over the break basically
1:27.2	Reese and I have been exploring the beaches down
1:29.9	here, just getting outside, making the most of the holidays, basically, while he's off work
1:36.5	and while all of the brands and stuff that I normally work with in my management, they're also
1:41.4	off work. So it's kind of just a period where we like switch off and get outside, basically.
1:46.7	And it has brought up a lot of thoughts for me.
1:51.7	I have been, yeah, in like my head a lot over the holidays.
1:57.4	And I wanted to kind of just talk about it with you guys because I think that
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