AP 673: How to Live Boldly in the Body You have Now, Especially as you Age || with Meg Hadley

About Progress

Cloud10

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Join dietitian Meg Hadley and me as we open up about the challenging topic of body image, especially as we age. We discuss the personal and societal pressures women face to conform to certain body standards, Meg provides profound insights on the body image spectrum, and we explore the unrealistic expectations set by diet culture and the importance of shifting our focus from trying to shrink our bodies to expanding our lives. Together, we share practical tips on how to live more fully in the bodies we have now, and how to reclaim mental and emotional space from the obsession with body size. This conversation is a reminder that boldness looks different for everyone, and it’s about taking the steps that feel right for you to push back against societal norms and truly appreciate the body you have today. Let's redefine what it means to live boldly and embrace a more positive relationship with our bodies at any age. Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! Meg's Workbook Leave a rating and review Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes This episode is brought to you by LMNT, get your free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/Progress; and by AirDoctor, use code MONICA at http://airdoctorpro.com/ for up to $300 off air purifiers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.6	Are you tired of your body feeling like a lifelong project?
1:18.8	From our youth to middle age to old age, most women constantly carry around the pressure
1:25.3	to work on their bodies to make them smaller, stronger, and tighter.
1:32.0	I often think of one of my grandmothers who, for all of her delight and beauty and creativity and warm,
1:39.1	was rarely not on a diet in her near constant pursuit of smallness.
1:46.4	I sometimes wonder about the year's worth of time that she devoted to changing her body,
1:53.4	only to meet the prescribed size she had long sought for while on her literal deathbed.
1:59.9	I know my grandma's life was not a waste.
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