So f-ing tired of the critical voice running through your head? The negative, self-loathing ticker tape? Endlessly telling you that you look like crap and therefore ARE crap? We get it! Sometimes your inner critic can be loud and relentless. Perhaps part of the answer to the internal bully is something you’ve never considered before…
Award-winning writer, creator and marketer, Angela Barnett, recently discovered a new tool in her eating disorder recovery toolbox when she embarked on a project to write about the experiences of seven different people in: “Like Bodies, Like Minds” which connects body image, bodily experiences, stigma and mental health. It impacted Angela, an eating disorder survivor herself, and she wants to share it with you too.
Listen up for these pearls of wisdom:
- What's better than “Ten Top Tips”? (2:00)
- Angela’s unique and surprising “kaupapa” (guiding principle / paradigm) for her project - Like Bodies, Like Minds - and how it might revolutionise the way you think about body image (4:00)
- Sophia’s story - “My body doesn’t look out for me anymore; I have to look out for it.” (7:00)
- “The beauty ideals are based on this idea that we can always change our bodies.” (10:50)
- A sheepskin rug changes Ange’s mind! (13:00)
- June’s story – “Being forcibly yoked to a body that isn’t yours”
- Michelle’s joyous experience being fitted for clothes in India (23:30)
- Glennon Doyle’s advice to Angela (27:30)
- Can you like your belly? (28:30)
- Can you like your chin? (30:00)
If you likes this episode make sure to check out Season One of Bod Almighty including these guests:
How to Care Less What Others Think of You with Kristina Bruce
How to Bare Your Arms with Evie Kemp
Links:
Like Bodies, Like Minds: @likebodieslikeminds
Angela’s website: https://angelabarnett.me
Belly love podcast: Belly Love Podcast — Rachel W. Cole