041 - Remaining Steady in Your Body Image While Others are Turbulent

The Love With Liana® Podcast

Since I’ve been on my self-love journey, I’ve teared down a lot of the caution tape that was put up by diet culture as it pertains to how I “should” eat, “should” dress”, “should” weigh, etc. I didn’t think that I was that affected by diet culture because I have white thin privilege and never had an e@ting disorder, yet, upon further self-discovery work, I’ve learned that I wasn’t immune to feeling like I had to adhere to the beauty standard.

I just didn’t know it for most of my life.

I have felt insecure for things like having “small” boobs, frizzy hair, acne, crooked teeth, a bloated belly/extra belly fat or wider arms. I have felt insecure for certain outfits I would wear to certain social settings because I didn’t feel like I dressed like anyone else. I have felt insecure about being tall and broadly built because I didn’t think I had an hourglass figure. I have felt insecure about posing in photos because I have historically stood out from my friends as the “awkward one on the side” because they were all inches shorter than me—not to mention being as tall if not taller than my boyfriends. I felt insecure about being a bigger weight than what my mom seemed as acceptable when I was in college.

Underneath it all, I didn’t feel confident being in my body, and I subtly judged it everyday without being so overtly obvious. These negative thoughts I had about myself were so subtle, but they were adversely affecting my mental health.

Until I found influencers on social media who advocate for self-love and body acceptance, and actively work to dismantle diet culture.

Individuals such as Jessi Jean and Mary Jelkovsky have been pivotal for me to recognize and reframe the messages of diet culture and how they not only hurt me, but hurt everyone—even those who meet the beauty standard because that is an unrealistic expectation to begin with.

I talk in this podcast episode about my own personal work in learning to accept my body and unconditionally love myself, as well as how to keep up this mindset even whilst among individuals who are not on this journey.

The key for me has been to remain steady in spite of those who are all over the place with their comments about what they’re eating, what they’re drinking, what they’re wearing, and what excerpts they are getting or not getting.

Know that you are worthy of unconditionally loving yourself and receiving that love from others PERIOD. There’s nothing you need to do, nothing you need to be, in order to be worthy of this love and this life. If you’re looking for guidance on how to remember your inherent worth (because the societal expectations often make us forget), I have an upcoming FREE Online Experience called:

Embodying True Self-Worth 💜💙

where answer the question “What is Self-Worth and how do I know if I have it—or don’t?”

During our time together, I will be guiding you from a place of:

• No self-identity outside of labels such as “Mom”, “Manager”, “Sister”, etc.
• No passion, purpose, or even fun in your life
• Codependency and seeking external validation

to a place of:

• Finding your true essence and inner light
• Finding what makes you happy and feel alive
• Trusting your intuition to take care of yourself

by asking you questions that prompts deep self-reflection.

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I can’t wait to have you a part of the Online Experience so that you too can begin to live a life of greater self-worth.

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If you would like support on your own journey to greater self-worth, connect with me @LoveWithLiana and visit my website LoveWithLiana.com