Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss

The HOW of Body Love & Acceptance (feat. Tanja Shaw)

Episode Summary

All too often we hear what we need to do and why. This always leaves us thinking...but HOW?! This week's episode is the perfect antidote for that question and addresses what feels like the latest fad or buzzwords in the health, wellness and weight loss worlds: body positivity, body love and body acceptance. Jenn interviews Tanja Shaw about actual steps we can all take to foster this body love and acceptance. This is your practical guide; not another convo of what you "should" be doing or feeling but a how-to. Thank goodness!! Become a Member: https://glow.fm/saladwithasideoffries/ Connect with Tanja on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanja_shaw/ Fit + Vibrant You Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/fit-vibrant-you/id1020840453

Episode Notes

Outline:

• Meet Tanja Shaw, learn her background in the wellness industry
• The mindset of wellness
  • The thoughts/ideas/beliefs that have the greatest impact on our wellness
  • Surface beliefs vs core beliefs (worthiness)
  • The role of personal responsibility
  • All in vs all or nothing
• Defining body love and body acceptance
  • Start with actions: breathing, self care
  • It's a practice, different each day
  • Making the choice
  • Gratitude
  • Understanding the continuum
• How to foster body love and body acceptance
  • Actions
  • Clean up your environment (including social media)
  • Look for beauty in others
  • 2 questions to ask yourself each morning.
  • Start by noticing: thte feeling the habit, the behavior
  • Trust yourself
• Red Flags/Signs of lacking body acceptance, not loving your body
• Indications we're moving toward acceptance and love (the layering process)
• A word of encouragement

Links:
Become a Member
Connect with us! FB Page & Private FB Group & Jenn's Instagram
Take the free Weight Loss Profile, Jenn will send you a Menu Plan
Connect with Tanja on Instagram, Facebook & her website
Tanja's Podcast: Fit + Vibrant You

Quotes:
"We will never out-perform our own expectations of ourselves." - Tanja Shaw
"Shift your mindset to all-in vs all or nothing." - Tanja Shaw
"Love is an action, not just a feeling." - Tanja Shaw
"Accepting your body does not mean complacency...when you love something, you also take care of it." - Tanja Shaw