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2562: [Part 2] You Can't Shame Yourself Into Health and Hotness by Jessi Kneeland with Mark Fisher Fitness

May 15, 2024

Jessi Kneeland challenges harmful beauty standards and promotes self-compassion in health. She advocates for acceptance over shame, emphasizing internal well-being. The discussion delves into body hierarchies, self-worth, and the importance of feeling good over appearance. It encourages focusing on personal well-being rather than societal aesthetics.

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Jessi Kneeland

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Quick takeaways

Focus on self-compassion and acceptance in health pursuits, challenging societal beauty standards.

Shift the focus from external appearance to internal well-being, rejecting body hierarchy and embracing inclusivity.

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Shifting Focus from External to Internal Factors

Many individuals start health and fitness programs with the aim of fixing their flaws or conforming to societal body standards, driven by fear, shame, and negativity. Society often categorizes certain bodies as good and others as bad, perpetuating an unhealthy body image. Shifting the focus towards how one feels internally rather than external appearance can lead to a more positive relationship with health and fitness.

Introduction

2min

Exploring Societal Beauty Standards and Shame in Health and Fitness

2min

Redefining Beauty Standards and Promoting Self-Compassion

4min

Utilizing Journaling for Tracking and Motivation in Life Improvement

2min

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Episode 2562:

Jessi Kneeland challenges the harmful societal beauty standards and emphasizes self-compassion in health pursuits. This refreshing take invites readers to dismantle body hierarchies and reshape their health habits not by shame but through acceptance, focusing on personal well-being rather than just aesthetics.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://markfisherfitness.com/no-shame-health-hotness/

Quotes to ponder:

"How would your relationship to health, fitness, and nutrition shift if you moved away from shame-based motivation, and moved toward acceptance and self-compassion?"

"Instead of focusing on what’s wrong with us, we have to start focusing on what’s right about us, refusing to buy into the narrative that some bodies are 'good' and some are 'bad,' and offering ourselves the same kind of compassion, kindness, and understanding that we offer everyone else."

"Health doesn’t look any particular way, and it does us all a disservice to assume that lean/thin is healthier than average/fat, because not only does it reinforce the hierarchy of bodies, it also puts our focus on external feedback like size, weight, and numbers, instead of how you feel!"

Episode references:

Health at Every Size: https://www.amazon.com/Health-Every-Size-Surprising-Wellness/dp/1935618253

Intuitive Eating: https://www.amazon.com/Intuitive-Eating-Revolutionary-Program-Works/dp/1250004047

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