More Than Mom: Body Image In Motherhood & Midlife

The Mom Hour

Mom Hour Media

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Accepting and embracing the body changes that come with motherhood and midlife isn’t easy – and it’s a challenge that listeners write to us about a lot. While the conversation is (and must!) be nuanced, and the prevailing wisdom on this topic constantly changing, today we’re taking it on the only way we know how: from personal experience. Join Meagan and Sarah for an honest exchange about what body confidence means to us (spoiler: it’s not all about weight or size), where we feel self-conscious and what we’ve let go of, and what we appreciate about our midlife bodies. Join us!

LINKS MENTIONED:

Meagan and Sarah first visited this topic in Body Confidence As A Mom: Episode 99
Sarah has shared her gray hair growout progress on Insta
Meagan mentioned a book by Donna Fahri, a yoga instructor who wrote the book Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit where she talks about the importance of being able to do everyday movement with ease
Meagan interviewed Zeena Dhalla (an IRL friend of Sarah’s, too) about Living in Alignment in episode two of The Mother Of Reinvention podcast

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Megan, and I'm Sarah.
0:02.8	We're two moms with eight kids between us
0:05.0	and we're the hosts of The Mom Hour.
0:06.9	On this show, we're joined by a team of unique mom voices
0:09.9	from across the country and in different stages of motherhood
0:12.7	to bring you tips, ideas, and encouragement,
0:15.3	and to help you feel a little less alone.
0:17.3	We all know that motherhood is a lot easier
0:19.5	when real moms share honest truths and remind each other
0:22.4	that it's all gonna be okay.
0:24.2	We're not experts, we're parents who've been there.
0:26.4	We're not perfect, we're real.
0:28.4	Welcome to The Mom Hour.
0:31.6	Hey, everyone, and welcome to The Mom Hour.
0:33.8	I am Megan Frances here with Sarah Powers.
0:36.1	Hey, Sarah.
0:37.2	Hey, Megan, how are you?
0:38.8	Oh, I'm great.
0:39.8	I am really excited about today's topic, actually.
0:42.3	So looking forward to diving in on this one.
0:44.8	I am too.
0:45.7	We get a lot of requests for this topic
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