body image can even start to feel and sound shallow, but isn't this really about showing up?

How we show up? Do you not have moments where you just don't want to be seen? You feel like

you're invisible or you almost want to be invisible because you don't want to show up. And again,

it's not what size dress you're wearing. It's how you feel and how you think about how you feel.

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Hey, it's Ella.

I am so glad that we are spending this time together today because I have really wanted to revisit a topic that I haven't touched for probably two years.

The second half of this episode is actually going to be a replay of a show that I did in 2018. I'm talking today about body image.

I'm talking about overcoming body image issues. I was so inspired by you. I got a phone call from a

listener, a longtime listener, who I love, and I won't share her name on the air, but I'm going to

share her message and a little

bit about why this topic continues to be so important to us. Now, this is something that has

consumed so many years of my life. And when I recorded the second half of the show again in

2018, I felt as though I was finally on the other side of something. Do you know what I mean? I joke a lot about

how other podcasts or people in the interweb spheres will say, oh, I used to struggle with this. And now

I'm completely fine. And just do what I do. Here, buy this. You know, I'm a little bit cynical

about that. And I'm here to tell you that I truly can say I have healed

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