Hey my friends welcome to another mini series now today we are talking about repairing

the relationship with your body and really we're focusing in on body image and

body shame and body shame.

And if you read my book, thank you for rejecting me.

This is going to coincide with Chapter 1,

which is titled Neon Bikini's and Cellulite.

That's right. And I actually talk about a story about where I wore a neon bikini with

cellulite and yeah just my original image of myself in that moment and how I challenge myself to try to see myself in a new way and cling to confidence and love myself and my body for exactly how it was.

So you're going to have to read the chapter to get all those details,

but I want to talk about this today with you guys because yeah, this is a dating podcast. But guess what?

How you see yourself and how you see your body and your appearance will affect how you end up showing up in your dating relationships.

If you're anything like me, your internal dialogue might be swirling with thoughts that sound like,

okay, well, Kate, like I want to learn to love myself and my body for what it is.

I actually really do, but for whatever reason, I just feel like I can't, I feel like there's a block.

I feel like there's so many things that are trying to dictate what I should like and not like about my body.

So how do I actually go about loving this vessel that I've learned to hate for a really long time.

You guys that's the question underneath all of it.

That's probably something that you might be thinking right now or that you've thought before.

How do you repair the relationship with your body, especially if it's been years on end of body hatred

and body shame?

The reality is there are probably a lot of layers of body shame that have piled up in your life.

It's not just one event that makes us not really love or like our bodies.

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