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Life is stressful, full of ups and downs, pressures and worries… The purpose of The Happier Life Project is to dive into some of these obstacles, huddles, fears and reasons for distress and teach you simple, actionable tools and techniques, to help you on your way to living a happier life.
Escaping the Body Image Trap in the Age of Ozempic with Lucie Vallée
The Happier Life Project
36 minutes
3 weeks ago
Escaping the Body Image Trap in the Age of Ozempic with Lucie Vallée
In a culture obsessed with transformation, women are facing new pressures to constantly “optimize” their bodies. From the resurgence of fuller-bodied celebrities to the sudden wave of Ozempic-fueled weight loss, the body image landscape is shifting, and not always for the better. We're witnessing a new wave of beauty standards that is confusing, exhausting, and often harmful.
Gabby Sanderson is joined by body image therapist Lucie Vallée to unpack the complex forces shaping how we see ourselves. Lucie works primarily with women, to help dismantle toxic patterns around food, appearance, and self-worth; drawing from her own experience of recovering from a decade-long eating disorder marked by obsessive control over her body.
Lucie's healing journey transformed her life, and today she is passionate about guiding others on the same path of acceptance and self-discovery. She shares this message not only through her therapy practice, but also through Instagram, where her thoughtful posts and reflections reach women navigating similar struggles every day.
In this episode of the Happier Life Project Gabby and Lucie explore:
The concept of body surveillance and why it’s so damaging
How triggers operate, and how to protect ourselves from them
The cultural hierarchy of body types and its impact on self-connection
The long-term effects of body image trauma
The rise of weight-loss drugs and cosmetic "tweakments", and what they reveal about celebrity and beauty culture
Why self-objectification still flies under the radar
And how even well-meaning comments about someone’s appearance can do more harm than good
This is a raw, honest, and deeply relevant conversation for anyone navigating their own body image journey, supporting someone else, or simply trying to make sense of the world we live in. Listen now, because understanding the pressure is the first step to breaking free from it.
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The Happier Life Project
Life is stressful, full of ups and downs, pressures and worries… The purpose of The Happier Life Project is to dive into some of these obstacles, huddles, fears and reasons for distress and teach you simple, actionable tools and techniques, to help you on your way to living a happier life.
