Summer Innanen's Guide: Viewing Your Body as a Gift

Description

In a world often fixated on unrealistic beauty standards, many women find themselves grappling with shame and dissatisfaction regarding their bodies. However, a powerful shift in perspective can occur when we begin to view our bodies as gifts rather than burdens. By reframing our relationship with our bodies, we can cultivate self-love, boost confidence, and challenge societal norms that perpetuate negative body image. Embracing our bodies as gifts allows us to appreciate their strength, resilience, and ability to carry us through life's journey.

In today's episode, I am joined by Summer Innanen, a Body Image Coach, host of the "Eat The Rules" podcast, and creator of "You, On Fire." Summer shares her journey into body image coaching and discusses her approach to helping women transform their relationships with their bodies. She offers valuable tools for viewing one's body as a gift and emphasizes the importance of self-compassion in this process. Summer also addresses the impact of societal pressures and social media on body image. She highlights how lack of self-worth and negative thoughts about our bodies are often learned from society. Tune in to learn how reframing our perspective on our bodies can lead to greater self-love, confidence, and empowerment, challenging the societal norms that perpetuate negative body image.

Timestamps

[02:32] How Summer got into body image coaching

[10:36] How Summer helps her clients with their bodies

[17:06] Tools to help you look at your body as a gift

[21:02] Summer's insights on more self-compassion

[31:30] How Summer handles women

[35:25] Success stories of Summer's clients that really stood up

[40:06] About Summer's coaching program

[43:03] Summer's final remarks

Notable Quotes

"There are a lot of things that we can change in our environment." Summer Innanen [12:02]
"Over 90% of plastic surgery is performed on females." Tiffany K [16:01]
"Social media can be extremely harmful, but it can actually be really helpful if we use it in a positive way." Summer Innanen [17:28]
"The negative thoughts that we have about ourselves are things that we've learned from society." Summer Innanen [19:27]
"The negative feeling we have about our body is really rooted in this belief that thinner is better and fat is bad." Summer Innanen [22:06]