090: When You're Struggling to Accept Your Body in a Thin-Is-Best World - Danielle Catton

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The self-love movement has gained momentum in the last few years, but often this movement is tied to a caveat that it’s only accepted if you fit a certain body type and size. Larger, fatter bodies are often excluded from the movement and not represented in the body acceptance/love mindset. You’ve been led to believe that body size is the truest indicator of health and that gaining weight is the worst thing that can happen to you—when in reality, your health is so much more than your body size.

In this episode, Danielle Catton takes us through her journey of body acceptance and self-love in a larger body. You’ll gain tips and tools to help you start embracing your body at any size, regardless of what others or media tell you, and learn that health is determined by so much more than your weight. Danielle also speaks to her experience living with bipolar disorder. 

Tune into episode #90:

In this episode, Danielle and I discuss:

  • The problem with the thin bodies movement or “bodies that look like this, also look like this” movement

  • Ways to love yourself not matter what size you are

  • How health is not determined by your weight (and what some real indicators of health are)

  • How embracing your body and ditching diets can change your relationship with food, your mental health, and your life

  • How you can rewire your beliefs that gaining weight is the worst thing in the world

  • How to come to terms with loving, or at least accepting, your belly

  • The importance of striving for body acceptance over body love

  • Non-diet strategies to manage and support mental health


Episode Sponsors:

This episode is sponsored by Knixwear and their new collection of shapewear, designed to celebrate you and your body. Their collection takes the pain out of traditional shapewear and comes in sizes from S to Triple XL Plus. To save $10 off your order of Shapewear you can use “RACHELLYS10” at knixwear.com or knixwear.ca

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