Ep. 003 Positive Body Image with Dr. Morgan Francis
In this episode, Dr. Francis’s shares her story of how she became a therapist and came into the niche of body image. She discusses with me, how avoiding pain from her brother’s death led to her eating disorder. She successfully overcame her eating disorder but still flirted with diet mentality and disordered body image.
Dr. Franis walks us through the steps she took to overcome her eating disorder. She shares with us:
the first step in healing body image
her advice for women who are scared of being themselves
how diets were created by men to oppress women
What is diet culture & how you can spot it when it’s not so obvious
our responsibility as humans to diversify what we see on social media
Body trust - how we break it and how we can build it back up
And so much more!
She has studied this topic in depth and uses it in her practice regularly. Other topics Dr. Francis discusses are:
the way we treat ourselves affects how hormones
connecting with our inner child creates healing
Emotional, physical, spiritual boundaries
Using body language to protect our energy
Elevating our brain vs escaping our brain
Giving ourselves the permission to not care about what other people think about us
The 3 different parts of inner child
They say knowledge is power and in this episode, Dr. Francis is sharing so much knowledge with us so we can use it to overcome the obstacles standing in our way to success.
Listener Questions
How can we promote better body image in young girls?
How do you define self love and how has social media misconstrued that for us?
How can we protect our energy and set stronger boundaries?
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