Welcome to The Impostor Syndrome Files! Join Kim Meninger and Anne Poirier as they talk about how a woman’s body often becomes their identity. Anne shares what led to her fitness career, as well as what led her to re-evaluate her relationship to fitness and her body. Anne talks about how deep-rooted experiences and beliefs led her down her path, including an eating disorder at 12 years old. She shares how her mindset changed and that ultimately, the key to staying healthy in both mind and body is by listening to yourself first. A lot to learn from this episode about self-love and how it affects the people around us as well so stay tuned! About Ann Poirier:Having overcome her own eating, food, weight, and body image challenges and drawing upon close to 4 decades of experience, specialized training and advanced certifications, Anne Poirier created the Body Joyful Solution and wrote ‘The Body Joyful’ to share her highly personal and life-changing journey. Anne is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Body Confidence Coach, Self-Talk Trainer, Eating Disorder Specialist and Author.Anne is the Founder of Shaping Perspectives, A Woman’s Way to Joy and the leader of the Body Joyful Revolution Community, an online source of support and encouragement for women of all sizes, shapes, and weights. This group of women is committed to rejecting society’s thin ideal and diet culture, so they can feel more comfortable and confident in their bodies and selves.To learn more about Anne Poirier, visit https://shapingperspectives.com or follow her @annepoirier11 on Instagram.For a free digital copy of the book, drop an email to anne@thebodyjoyful.com~Outline of the Episode: [02:02] About Ann Poirier and getting into fitness[08:06] What made Anne realize that something’s not healthy[12:34] How to distinguish being healthy and being harmful [17:52] What were Anne’s resources to get to her current mindset[20:11] The deal with appreciating other people’s courage [22:46] Taking responsibility for how we affect other people[26:20] Anne’s difference from her previous self[25:42] More about Anne’s bookAnd many more! ~Links to Anne’s resources:The Body Joyful book: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Joyful-Anne-Poirier/dp/1949116816The Body Joyful Revolution: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bodyjoyfulrevolutionShaping Perspectives: https://shapingperspectives.com/ (blogs and resources) ~Connect with Kim and The Impostor Syndrome Files:Join the Boost Your Confidence BootcampJoin the free Impostor Syndrome ChallengeLearn more about the Leading Women discussion groupWebsites:https://yourcareersuccess.comhttps://impostorsyndromefiles.comJoin the Slack channel to learn from, connect with and support other women: Join the Facebook groupSchedule time to speak with Kim Meninger directly about your questions/challengesConnect on LinkedIn