Ep 44. Body Positivity with Michelle Elman

The Calmer You Podcast

Chloe Brotheridge

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Shockingly, ‘Am I ugly' is googled 10,000 times a month. Michelle Elman is a five-board accredited Body Confidence Coach and an award-winning body positive activist. Her TEDX talk moved me to tears.

She is most known for her campaign Scarred Not Scared and the active presence within the body positive community with over 190k followers across her two Instagram accounts. Her book, ‘Am I ugly?', is out now.

In this incredibly inspiring conversation, we discuss:

-What is body positivity?

-The message Michelle has for you if you think you're ‘ugly'

-Why it could be healthy to contemplate your own death

-Specific techniques for people to do to feel happier in their body

Find Michelle on Instagram here
Buy her book here

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1:20.9	Hello and welcome to the Karma You podcast. This is your host, Chloe Brotheridge. I am a
1:26.9	hypnotherapist, a coach, and I'm the author of
1:29.9	The Anxiety Solution. Thank you so much for listening today. I'm really excited about this
1:35.3	guest that I'm speaking to this week. It's Michelle Elman. She's the author of the book,
1:41.3	Am I Ugly? She is scarred, not scared on Instagram. You might have heard of her.
1:46.6	She is an incredible body positivity role model and speaker. She's a TEDx speaker. And she has an
1:54.2	incredible story and an amazing message. She is someone that has had a really difficult start in
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