Hey friends!
We recorded a whole episode on SkinnyTok, but I have a specific message I wanted to share with you if you are struggling with body image.
If you've been on TikTok lately, you might have noticed "Skinny Tok" making the rounds. It's basically diet culture repackaged for 2025, and it's claiming that body positivity has somehow led us astray.
Here's what I want you to remember today: caring for your body and accepting your body aren't opposing concepts. They're actually deeply connected.
In this pep talk, I open up about:
Why treating your body with kindness exactly as it is right now is the foundation of genuine self-care
The moment my own fitness journey transformed when I shifted from "changing" to "nurturing"
A personal story about learning to embrace my curly hair after years of fighting against what makes me uniquely me
One thing I've learned on my own journey is that when you start from a place of acceptance rather than punishment, your whole relationship with yourself transforms.
You move differently in the world. You make decisions differently.
The truth is, we're already carrying so much mental and emotional weight just existing in today's world.
I'm inviting you to put down the extra burden of not feeling good enough in your body.
You're enough right now, in this moment. Not when you hit some goal two months from now. Right now.
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