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Single Mom Stories with Kelly TravisAuthor: Kelly Travis
This podcast is dedicated to sharing real life stories of that single mom life. Yep, the messy parts and the not-so-messy parts. The funny moments and the bring-you-to-your-knees-I'm-gonna-cry-in-the-bathroom moments too. You'll find interviews, insights and a community right here. Whether you're a single parent, someone who does a lot of parenting on your own, or a mom who has an extra set of hands to help, youre bound to see yourself in these stories. Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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017: Has Motherhood Impacted Your Body Image?
Episode 17
Thursday, 11 August, 2022
On this episode of the Single Mom Stories podcast I’m diving into a topic that many listeners—and yours truly—find challenging: body image, the relationship we have with our bodies, and how to positively change this in our culture. In North America, 85-95% of women are either extremely dissatisfied with or flat-out hate their bodies. That’s an epidemic of poor self-image and self-worth, one so widespread that there’s no single cause.During a recent girls trip with two other moms, we talked about body image - specifically as it relates to motherhood. The pressures of returning to our pre-baby bodies, changes we face as we age and the challenges in finding the time to care for ourselves. So for this episode, I’m going to discuss how body image can be an intergenerational issue, explain why body positivity can backfire, give you some tools to improve body image —and leave you with some powerful parting words from Mirna Vilero The Finer Details of This Episode: Changing the expectations around our bodiesHating your bodyThe disguise of diet cultureThe challenges of self loveSetting social media boundariesRadical self compassionQuotes: “If you've had your own kids, or if you've adopted, we feel pressure to look the way we did before having kids, right.”“I correlated shrinking myself with success. It just made sense.”“And using food to control what our body looks like gives us an illusion of safety.”“You don't have to wait for something to change to accept yourself… Your target will always be moving, if you're always waiting.”“I think one of the best ways to shift this is to move out of focusing on how your body looks, and instead, what your body can do.”“Your body, whatever it is, whatever its size, whatever its hair color and hairstyle, however its height, whatever its age is acceptable. Your body is acceptable.”“I delight in seeing people's looks when I tell them that I finished a 22-mile run.”Links:Kelly Travis Kelly Travis on InstagramSingle Mom Stories HomepageSingle Mom Stories Instagram
