Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.

This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

Okay. When you look in the mirror, do you immediately notice what you don't like about yourself?

When you see a picture of yourself, do you criticize how you look? Do you spend a lot of energy trying to cover up the physical features

that you don't like? If you answered yes to any of those questions, this episode is for you.

I'm talking to Iskra Lawrence. She's a model, but not your typical model. She's changed a lot of

things about the modeling industry as she's learned to accept her body for what it is

rather than conform to industry standards. Today she's sharing some great tips for practicing

body acceptance. Make sure to stick around for the therapist's take at the end of the episode.

It's the part of the show where I'll break down Isker's mental strength strategies and share

how you can apply them to your own life.

So here's Iskra Lawrence on how accepting your body can help you grow mentally stronger.

Iskra Lawrence. Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast.

I'm very excited to be here. Thanks for having me, Amy.

I'm excited to talk to you.

So for our listeners who don't know,

can you explain a bit about how you dove into the career to become a supermodel?

And then I understand you sort of didn't fit in anywhere.

So you paved your own path and created this whole new thing

that's kind of starting to revolutionize the modeling industry.

Yes. So I was 13 when I entered a modeling competition and I got through to the finals,

was scouted and it very quickly kind of made itself clear that compared to the other models in

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