BODY CONFIDENCE IN A WAY YOU'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT 
PODCAST #308
This week on The Confidence Podcast, we're chatting about:

How to use touch to get back in touch with your body
Understanding what about your body is really tripping you up or keeping you down
The switch that changed my stress-levels about my body


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HOW TO USE TOUCH TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH YOUR BODY
You are fearfully and wonderfully made. But are you treating your body that way?

Do you really appreciate your body for the miracle it is? For the wondrous things, it does?
Touch and thank-you technique.

Touch a body part.
Thank God for creating this part of you.
Thank your body for being your body.
Touch and say thank you specifically for how this part looks.
Touch and say thank you specifically for something this part allows you to do.

Move onto the next body part.
A few other touch methods.
> Lotion and self-acceptance love

> Two-hand heart touch + speaking to your inner child.

> Stretch and touch with breath work.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT ABOUT YOUR BODY IS REALLY TRIPPING YOU UP OR KEEPING YOU DOWN
What story have you told yourself about yourself?

Do you really see yourself as others see you?

What would happen if you got a professional photo shoot done?

How would the people who love you the most describe your body?

What would happen if you just accepted yourself?

Are you afraid to let go of your own self-hate?

Do you feel like you're supposed to be dissatisfied?

How is not liking your body serving you? What is it doing for you?

Do you really want to change and to feel free, or do you like the comfort of having this be your main problem and main excuse?

What facade is your body image issue really protecting you from?

I didn't think loving my body or being healthy was allowed to be easy.

I felt uncomfortable liking my body, because what if no one else thought I was okay and I did?

I liked hiding from my real pain by numbing myself with body loathing.
THE SWITCH THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR ME
Focus on what your body does and how it feels, not on what it looks like.

I want to snowboard when I'm 77.

I want to run marathons into my 80s.