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Embrace Your Real

Why Comparison is Stealing Your Body Confidence

Embrace Your Real

Julie Ledbetter

Health & Fitness, Fitness, Body, Mindset, Movement, Health, Acceptance, Macros, Love, Positivity, Nutrition, Loss, Weight

5 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Hey beautiful human!
You were feeling good… until one scroll on social media made you question everything about your body. Sound familiar?

Whether it’s Instagram, TikTok, or even someone at the gym, comparison has a sneaky way of creeping in, stealing your joy, and convincing you you’re not doing enough. But here’s the truth: comparison doesn’t just mess with your mindset, it can actually mess with your metabolism too.

In this episode, I’m breaking down why comparison spirals hit so hard and how to break free so you can build real, lasting body confidence.

We’re getting into:

  • How comparison triggers your stress response (and affects your sleep, cravings, and results)

  • Why social media is designed to keep you feeling “behind”

  • 5 tools to protect your mental space and stay focused on your growth

  • How structured workouts and personalized nutrition help silence the noise

  • The one truth about social media that instantly takes away its power

If you’ve ever caught yourself feeling “less than” because of what someone else looks like online, this episode is your permission to step back and reconnect with your progress.

🎧 Want to go even deeper on this? Listen next to Episode 567: Why Your Brain Is Wired for Comparison & How to Unplug It

If you want more from me, be sure to check out… 

 

 

 

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0:00.0

Hey, hey, beautiful human. Can I steal five minutes of your time? I have something super important to share with you, but I promise I'll be really quick. You're listening to my weekly bonus episode of Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Labbetter. I'm about to give you a quick tip for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace a real.

0:21.7

Let's get it.

0:22.5

Let's go.

0:32.1

Hello and welcome back to another bonus episode on the Embrace Real podcast.

0:36.3

Today we're diving into a topic that I think so many of us struggle with, but don't always talk about it out loud. And that is comparison. Like specifically the comparison spiral that hits when you're scrolling on Instagram or TikTok or Facebook or Pinterest or even just seeing other women out and about, whether it's at the gym, the grocery store, whatever. You know what I mean. Like you're feeling pretty good about yourself, then you see someone else's highlight real or

0:57.9

perfect body shot and suddenly you're questioning everything about your own progress. Here's the thing.

1:02.2

Comparison doesn't just steal your joy. It steals your confidence. It steals your energy

1:07.0

and even your results. And so in today's episode, I'm going to break down why comparison

1:11.5

actually affects your body on a physiological level, how that comparison spiral is keeping

1:17.3

you stuck in the very cycles that you want to break free from, and most importantly,

1:21.4

five practical ways that you can protect your mental space so that you can focus on your

1:25.6

own growth. We're just going to dive right

1:28.2

in today's episode. Number one is that comparison is more than just feeling bad. Here's what

1:34.2

most people don't realize. Comparison isn't just an emotional hit. It actually affects your

1:38.7

body's stress response. Like when you scroll and you see someone else's progress photo,

1:43.2

your brain starts to send signals that you're behind or you're not enough.

1:47.9

And that mental stress triggers a physical stress response.

1:51.8

And that's when your body releases cortisol, which is your main stress hormone.

1:55.5

Now, cortisol itself isn't evil.

1:57.6

It helps you to respond to real stressors in your life.

2:00.3

But when it's chronically

2:01.7

elevated, like when you're constantly feeling less than on social media, it can mess with

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