Hey there, beautiful human. You're listening to Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Ledbetter,

a podcast where I empower you to just be you. With each episode, I dish you a dose of real talk

and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving

your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real. Let's get and let's go.

Hello and welcome back to another episode on the Embrace Your A podcast. I'm so glad that you're

here today. This episode is needed for so many women right now. Skinny culture is back and I know so many

you guys have already started to feel it. You're seeing it on the red carpets, the Oscars, the Golden Globes,

where celebrities who once promoted strength and curves are now just showing up noticeably smaller.

You're seeing it at events like Coachella where influencers and creators are stepping into a very

specific look that feels like something we've seen before. And then, as always, social media follows. And suddenly the bodies that are getting the most attention just all start to look the same again. And when that happens, it can mess with your head more than you expect, right? Like, it can make you question if what you're doing is still right. And it can make you wonder if you should be trying to change your body. It can make

you feel like you're falling behind, even if you've just been consistent, taking care of yourself

and doing everything you thought was aligning with your goals, right? And that's why I wanted to

create this episode because I didn't want you getting pulled into something that actually does not

serve you. Before I dive in, though, I want to share

this review. She gave a five-star review and said two decades. This podcast is absolutely incredible.

I have spent two decades talking negatively to myself, not being my own best friend and not

practicing gratefulness. Listening to Julie every day has saved my life in just a short amount of

time. And I'm so grateful. Thank you, Julie, for blessing us with your voice. I love you so much. I love you too. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day. I'm so sorry that you had two decades of talking negatively to yourself. I had so many, so many years as well, like at least a decade plus of my life. And, you know, there's still days

where I struggle, but so, so grateful that this podcast is helping you. And the best thing that we

can do is just look forward and not look behind us and not regret, you know, the decades that

we've spent just hating ourselves or talking to ourselves negatively. And what you're

doing is exactly what you need to be doing. Listening to hopefully these episodes that encourage you,

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