Ep. 72 - Our Thoughts on Body Positivity
Life Happens with Barb & Michelle
Michelle Maros & Barb Schmidt
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Barb and Michelle dive into the vulnerable topic of body positivity, and how ultimately we can cultivate a feeling of love and acceptance for the bodies we live in. Follow us @MichelleMaros and @Peaceful_Barb and share your experiences with us @BarbKnowsBestPod or at www.michellemaros.com/podcast.
Episode Notes:
Body affirmations to help overcome those negative thoughts regarding our body image:
- I love/accept/care myself just as I am.
- I am worthy of love and care just as I am.
- I am more than enough.
- I deserve love, respect and kindness.
- My body is a precious gift.
- I love and trust the wisdom of my body.
- I choose to take excellent care of myself.
- Taking care of myself feels good.
References Mentioned in Today’s Podcast:
- 2 Experiences that Damaged My Body Image (and How I Bounced Back) by Michelle Maros
- The Past, Present, and Future of Body Image In America by Anna North
- Maintenance Phase Podcast
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, hello friends. Happy Tuesday if you were listening to this on the |
| 0:18.2 | day that this episode is dropping. Welcome back to Barb Knows Best the podcast. I am your co-host Michelle Meros and I am here |
| 0:28.6 | with my mom Barb and we are back with another episode that we're thrilled to be diving into. |
| 0:37.0 | Hello mom. |
| 0:39.0 | Hi Michelle, welcome everyone. |
| 0:41.0 | Oh, you seem extra chipper today. |
| 0:43.0 | Well, I know I say this every single week. |
| 0:46.0 | You do. |
| 0:47.0 | I wonder, I often think about what the listener thinks when you're like, |
| 0:51.0 | just this episode is going to be the best ever and you're |
| 0:53.1 | like ma'am you said that last week well I love this podcast I love having these |
| 0:57.9 | conversations with you and I extra specially love having the conversations with all of the listeners and |
| 1:04.3 | everyone here today and this particular topic is a doozy. Let's put it that way |
| 1:09.5 | it's a doozy and it's something that both of us have really been wanting to dive into so you |
| 1:16.6 | know fasten your seat belts everyone this is really a powerful episode yes |
| 1:21.7 | we've touched on this topic a bit. We had an episode early on in the show that talked |
| 1:27.8 | about some aspects of this topic and of course our own personal stories talk about this topic, but we've received a lot of messages lately |
| 1:37.3 | because it is the beginning of summertime here in the U.S. and in this hemisphere and there's been a lot of talk about |
| 1:46.6 | this topic in the news with some certain celebrity figures and some other trending things going on. |
| 1:55.3 | And I think it's the perfect time to bring this up again |
| 1:59.8 | and have a little chat about it. |
| 2:01.6 | And hopefully, I think the intention for this particular |
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