On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good Enough with Elise Loehnen

On Health

Aviva Romm

Health & Fitness, Arts, Alternative Health, Medicine

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Perfectionism, that nagging feeling of never doing enough, of never being good enough, guilt any time you practice a little self-care. Do you ever wonder where these feelings and inner voices that dog us come from? It's a question I've given a lot of thought to and deep-dived into in today's Oh Health podcast with Elise Loehnen, author of her newest release, the NYT Bestseller, "On Our Best Behavior: The 7 Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good." Join me for the latest episode of On Health as we explore the roots of perfectionism, being a "good mom," and being a "good girl," and discuss: Elise’s firsthand experience with high-functioning anxiety and its influence on the content of her new book The relentless pursuit of self-improvement and the longing to be "good enough." The idea of "Hungry Ghosts" and how so many of us have narratives and ideas chasing us that make us feel inadequate What it means to be "good" as a woman and mother, and why we deny ourselves certain pleasures that don’t align with this societal mould The meaning and significance behind "The 7 Deadly Sins", and the effect they have on women The art of balance and why it's what Elise hopes her readers will take away from the book Self-inquiry and how Elise is putting this into practice in her everyday life The wellness industry and the dangerous perpetual perfectionism and purity it pushes Changing the narrative to support other women rather than tear them down Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in to your body, yourself, and this podcast! Please share the love by sending this to someone in your life who could benefit from the kinds of things we talk about in this space. Make sure to follow your host on Instagram @dr.avivaromm and go to avivaromm.com to join the conversation. Follow @eliseloehnen on Instagram and grab a copy of her new book at www.elisloehnen.com

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0:00.0	From this stuff your mother never told you, to the stuff your doctor never learned, on health
0:09.6	is what happens when a midwife, plus a Yale trained MD, shares about all things women's
0:14.6	health.
0:15.6	From periods to menopause, sex to reproductive health politics, motherhood to mental health,
0:21.0	join me for taboo busting conversations that demystify and destigmatize our bodies, all
0:26.8	bridging the gap between conventional medicine and wellness.
0:30.4	Along the way, we'll be exploring the science and wisdom of how our bodies work, what makes
0:34.8	us well, what gets in the way, and how we can live our best lives on our terms.
0:40.4	When it comes to women's health and wellbeing, there's nothing we won't talk about.
0:44.2	The new medicine for women is here.
0:46.0	I'm Dr. Revivaram, and welcome to the podcast.
0:56.7	Perfectionism, anger and v, worrying that you're not enough, even when it's a long weekend
1:01.4	and you actually have the day off, feeling inadequate as a mother and feeling guilty when
1:05.8	you do take time for self-care.
1:08.0	Whether they're coming in for period problems, fertility issues, and autoimmune condition,
1:12.6	menopause symptoms, or anything else, these are just a tiny drop in the bucket of the
1:17.1	feelings I hear from the women I care for in my medical practice.
1:21.7	When I know them all too well myself as a mother, wife, physician, and female human living
1:27.1	in this world, then add in the wellness world and we're trying to be thin enough, healthy
1:32.7	enough, blood sugar balanced enough, but not body shaming at all, always trying to be better
1:38.1	in some or many aspects of our lives, and in the process we're all too often denying
1:43.1	our needs for rest, play, and pleasure because we don't want to be selfish or appear to
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