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 realising 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 forward slash Y2K.

Hi, I'm John Kim, a licensed therapist who used to be a miserable fuck before going on a

hero's journey and turning expired relationships

into revelations. I use my story to help others. I come with you instead of at you. Unrehearsed

on purpose because self-help doesn't have to be polished or complicated. It just has to be

honest. Hey, remember when podcasts were just audio?

I mean, wasn't that the beauty of podcasts?

It was a throwback to radio or what we loved about radio.

I remember sitting in my car after coming home from high school parties and listening to Loveline or listening to like a radio show.

And I had no desire to see anyone's face.

I mean, the whole point of it was to just listen.

And there was something intimate about that experience.

Anyway, I'm lying on my bed and I'm doing an audio-only version of my podcast because sometimes

I just want to turn the camera off and it's so refreshing to just talk like you're in front of me

instead of having to turn on the camera.

And listen, it's not like I'm not honest when I turn the camera on, but like I just feel like

podcasts were meant to just be an audio experience.

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