Are you struggling with unhealthy lifestyles and the pressure to have a perfect body? As we head to summer, it’s easy to fall for trends like the “that girl” trend that promotes unhealthy lifestyles to achieve a perfect body. You don’t need a perfect body that you love every day, what you need is to accept your body and know you are beautiful no matter what you like. In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I speak with Sarah, a body image coach helping women dismantle self-hatred and create an unbreakable mind-body-food connection. Listen in to learn the power of accepting your body no matter what it looks like and realizing that your worth isn’t dependent on how you look like. Key Takeaways: ·      How the “that girl” trend promotes disordered eating and unhealthy lifestyles. ·      How to focus on body neutrality and acceptance instead of the unrealistic body love concept. ·      How to start your healing journey from unhealthy lifestyles by accepting your struggles and releasing the pressure to be perfect. ·      Learn to make peace with your body changes the same way you do your mind changes. ·      Prepare for body changes as you get older and gain body confidence where you care less about how you look physically. Episode Timeline: ·      [3:54] Sarah shares her journey from the “that girl” trend and recovering from an eating disorder. ·      [7:30] Why not being “that girl” isn’t your fault if you don’t feel healthy doing it. ·      [11:04] Sarah on why she follows the realistic body neutrality and acceptance perspective. ·      [13:23] How she started her healing journey by accepting her struggles and releasing the pressure to be perfect. ·      [17:44] Tips on how to shift your mindset about your body coming from winter and into spring. ·      [24:18] Sarah on why she cut her hair and the liberation and freedom that came with it. Quotes: ·      “We all have days when we’re practicing body neutrality or body acceptance not because of what you look like, but because of seeing yourself as more than your body and seeing that your body does not decide your worth.”- Sarah [12:33] ·      “Our bodies are going to change so many times throughout our lives and so preparing yourself to be okay with that and know that you’re worth, beautiful, and valid regardless of what your physical body looks like, is the number one reason to have body confidence.”- Sarah [23:27] ·      “Body confidence comes from not caring so much what you look like or being okay with who you are no matter what you look like.”- Sarah [23:48] Links Mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/sarahinyellow/ https://linktr.ee/sarahinyellow Follow the show: https://www.instagram.com/liveyourpb/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices