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I.o slash made for this and commit to scripture for the rest of this year or for life. Just for life. Jess Connolly is here today and guys we're going to talk about body image and that is

something that every time we bring it up on the podcast there is a really strong

reaction and everybody's really grateful because it's not something we talk enough about as women.

And so, Jess, I'm so proud of you for taking this on and tackling this in such a bold and beautiful way

because it needs to be talked about.

So why don't we start with just your story and what brought you to write a book about this?

Mmm, such a good question.

So I mean, I'm one of the 97%. I actually think 97% is a really low estimate of the statistic of women that they say struggle with body image in some way shape or form and I like many

women my literal earliest memory is feeling not okay in my body. And I don't actually remember someone telling me that my

body wasn't good or that it wasn't okay, but as early as I could perceive

myself and my worth and my value, I had concern.

These are big words for how I felt as a really young kid, but I remember like feeling

concern and feeling not okay.

And I felt that way throughout my whole adolescence,

you know, as we do, as is unfortunately really normal and normative for most women.

I struggle with comparison and measuring up and was I okay

and all of those parts of growing up as it is and then I met Jesus when I was 15 and I from the minute I I walked in into relationship with him.

Everything shifted, you know, the whole like axis of my earth shifted and I began to see

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