We stay on the hamster wheel of what's the next thing that's going to fill that void when there's no void.

We're fine just the way we are, but we're not told that enough.

And, you know, we all are susceptible to internalizing these damaging messages.

And it does shrink our emotional capacity. If we stay just

fixated on what my body looks like, yes, I'll finally get the relationship I want or my partner

will love me more if I look a certain way, then we're not tuned into all the other things that

we need to live and to feel loved and held.

And it's really painful.

And it's capitalism, right?

It's consumer culture.

It's meant to be there.

And so the more we can build awareness in our clients that we're sold these messages and they serve this purpose, the more we can

sort of help them fight that system.

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