We've grown up surrounded by beauty ideals that promised confidence, but often delivered shame.

In a special episode of a millennial mind, I sat down with Nicola Adams to explore how

appearance-based compliments and body talk shape our self-worth without us realizing it.

In partnership with the Dove Self-Esteen project, we unpack the tools to change the conversation

for ourselves

and for future generations. Listen now and download the free body confidence journal at Dove.com

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Hey, you guys, what's going on?

We are live in the Luswob Studio.

What is up, Ronan Don Nation?

Hey, coming up on the Ron and Don show, all my parents lied. Yeah, they did. Also can't wait before we get to that though let's get to this growing up i always wanted to get rid of my stride right shoes and my tomahans i just really wanted a pair of nike bruin's i also kind of like the nike cortez but then all the gangs at our school in Albuquerque started

wearing the Nike Cortez. So I'd stay with the Nike Bruins. I remember paying for those $39.

I had to mow a lot of lawns, do a lot of landscaping to get $39 because you can only make $3.25

back in the day. It was a minimum wage wage and then sometimes what my neighbor would want to do

was school teacher he said hey even though you work real hard you're not a legal age to be working

so i'm going to pay you less so i'm going to pay you two dollars and fifty cents and he would ride

around his little tract with his little hat on his little helmet and how to do all the work.

So anyway, it made me the man that I am today.

So I appreciate that.

And him breaking the child labor laws, even though he's a school teacher at the time.

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