Making Peace with Your Body: Ending the Battle Against Yourself

Calm it Down

Chad Lawson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own skin, constantly at war with the reflection staring back at you in the mirror? Yup, raising my own hand. In a world that bombards us with unrealistic beauty standards and perpetuates the toxic notion that our worth is tied to our appearance, is it any wonder so many of us struggle to make peace with our bodies? Join me as we explore the roots of body image issues and discover powerful strategies for cultivating radical self-acceptance, one baby step at a time. Together, let's learn to celebrate the miraculous vessels that carry us through this wild, precious life - dimples, jiggles, and all as we Calm it Down in 3…2…1. Today's Episode Sponsor: Babbel Babbel is a top-rated language learning app that makes it easy to start speaking a new language with confidence. Their bite-sized, 10-minute lessons are crafted by expert linguists and focus on real-world conversations you'll actually use. Plus, their speech recognition technology helps you perfect your pronunciation. As a special offer for our listeners, get up to 60% off your Babbel subscription by visiting Babbel.com/CALM. Start your language learning journey today with Babbel and open up a world of new connections and experiences!

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0:00.0	Growing up, the piano was my sanctuary.
0:04.0	While other kids were running around outside, playing football, soccer, biking, whatever,
0:10.0	I was happily glued to the piano keys, honing my craft for hours on end.
0:17.0	But as much as I loved the music, I couldn't help but fill a little twinge of self-consciousness
0:25.1	about my body.
0:26.2	I was going to be honest.
0:27.7	I mean, I wasn't the most athletically inclined teen, and sitting at the piano a day
0:32.6	didn't really exactly help me build the physique that I saw splashed across magazine covers and movie
0:39.6	screens. I wasn't trying to be bond by any stretch, but it wasn't until high school that I
0:45.8	discovered actually a really great appreciation for physical activity. Joining the wrestling team
0:52.5	introduced me to a whole new side of myself, one that was
0:55.6	strong and capable and actually enjoy the challenges. I fell in love, to be honest, with the discipline
1:02.7	of just the sore muscles and the sweat and just the way that my body was being pushed to limits.
1:12.9	I really enjoyed it.
1:19.3	And then running became a really big passion, a way to clear my head, connect with my breath,
1:25.0	and my heartbeat, and I just had so many creative ideas every time I would go for a run.
1:30.7	And so for me, it was just more clearing the head than it was for anything physical, to be honest.
1:32.8	And then fast forward to today.
1:37.4	Taking care of my body has become a central part of my life.
1:46.3	My family and I, we are super committed to eating clean, nourishing foods that fuel us from the inside out. And while I still indulge in a chocolate chip cookie from time to time, because life is too short not to enjoy a little
1:52.5	dessert, I found that treating my body with kindness and respect feels better than any sure craving.
2:04.0	Yes, I said it, and it's true.
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