A Simple Hack for Building A Better Relationship With Your Body…
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My number one goal is to help you have a better relationship with your body. I want to do everything I can to ensure you accept it for everything that it is, you LOVE it for everything that it is and you EMBRACE it for everything that it is. But, I know it’s hard. I know it’s hard to break the toxic cycle that we’re in and that’s why in today’s episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to share a super simple hack that can help you move in the direction of having a healthier relationship with our bodies.
TRANSCRIPT:
Hey, hey, beautiful human. Can I steal five minutes of your time? I have something super important to share with you, but I promise I'll be really quick. You're listening to my weekly bonus episode of Embrace Your Real, with me, Julie Ledbetter. I'm about to give you a quick tip for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real. Let's get it, let's go.
Hello, and welcome back to another bonus episode of the Embrace Your Real Podcast. So grateful that you have chosen to tune in with me today. So as you know, one of my number one goals for this podcast is to help you have a better relationship with your body. And I want to do everything I can to ensure that you accept it for everything that it is, you love it for everything that it does, and you embrace it for everything that it is. But trust me, I know that that is hard. I know that it's hard to break the toxic cycle that we're in. And so that's why in today's episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to share with you a simple hack that can help you move forward in the direction of having a healthier relationship with your body.
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Let's talk about this one simple hack to have a better relationship with your body. First of all, I understand that eliminating the negative self-talk that's happening in our minds is so, so hard. And I know for many of you, it probably seems impossible. Because I know many of us have been having this negative self-talk for years, maybe even decades. And oftentimes, we don't even realize that it's happening. We're just so used to it. I know it seems like an impossible feat. So where do you even begin?
I believe that the best place to start with breaking your negative self-talk is to consciously make the effort to not say anything negative about yourself out loud. You can say whatever you want in your head, but do not vocalize it. It's really hard to control our thoughts, but it's easier to control what we say out loud. The thoughts can happen subconsciously, but the words that we speak are very conscious. But here's the thing. When we repeat actions over and over again consciously, we will start to do them subconsciously. So the less negative things you say about yourself out loud, the less negative thoughts you'll have in your head about yourself. Obviously, this is going to take time, but if you fully commit to this, if you fully commit to not vocalizing negative thoughts about yourself, it will happen because it is naturally a ripple effect.
I want to acknowledge the fact that sometimes it's hard to not vocalize the negative things that we feel about ourselves, because our friends and family have a tendency to vocalize their negativity about themselves to you. So if your friend is going on and on about how fat they feel or how fat they look or how much they hate their body, when you feel the same way, it's hard not to tell them that. Here's a tip next time you find yourself in a situation like that. Either just listen and tell them speaking negatively isn't going to help. Or straight up tell them that you're working on not vocalizing your negative feelings about your body and that they should try it too. Just because they are engaging in the negativity does not mean that you have to engage in it as well.
So I want to encourage you to try to catch yourself. Before you start to say anything negative about yourself, especially around people, ask yourself why. Why do you need to say it out loud? What are you trying to accomplish? Is it going to accomplish anything? Is there actually any point to saying it? Nope. There is really no point unless you're just fishing for a compliment from others. And if you are, just give a compliment to yourself. But just remember this. Fishing for compliments can boost your confidence super temporarily. But if you want to have real, lasting, sustainable confidence, you need to stop speaking negatively about yourself because that's what's actually going to help you build a healthy relationship with your body. Comments come and go, compliments come and go. If you're constantly relying on another person to say something to make you feel confident, that's going to be fleeting and that's not going to be lasting.
Of course, there's the other aspect of this that I mentioned earlier. And that's how to control your negative thoughts so they don't control you and so you can have a healthier relationship with your body. Which I will be sure to cover that whole mindset in learning how to control your negative thoughts in a different episode. But for right now, I want you to first focus on the easiest thing that you can control, which is what you speak out loud. I can tell you straight up one amazing thing that comes from this practice is that you firsthand become aware, maybe for the first time, just how often you are saying these negative things out loud. And as you know, awareness, being self-aware is the first step in creating lasting change, which is ultimately what we are here after. We are here to create lasting change in having a positive relationship with ourselves, our bodies, our journeys with food, all of those things. And becoming aware is the first step. And I think that this simple hack is really going to help you become more aware of what you've been saying out loud.
So I want you to give this a try and let me know how it goes. Also, if you are not already following the podcast on Instagram, take out your phone right now, open up the Instagram app and type in Embrace Your Real and be sure to hit that follow button. We share some daily real talk as well as golden nuggets from each episode. And then we also love sharing your Instagram story tags as well in our stories. We love seeing what spoke to you most. This community is everything. And just hearing feedback from each episode is really what helps us develop future episodes that can continue helping you in living your most authentic life and embracing your real.
So thank you so much for tuning in. I hope that you found this episode helpful. I want to encourage you to practice the simple hack of just starting to become more aware and controlling what you are speaking out negatively about yourself. And as a beautiful ripple effect, if you do that and you have your friends and family that are around you and you vocalize that you're doing that, that could be a game changer in really allowing your friends and family to become free from negative self-talk out loud as well. Thank you, guys, again so much for tuning in and I will talk to you in the next episode.
All right, sister, that's all I got for you today. But I have two things that I need you to do. First thing, if you are not already following me on the gram, be sure to do so, juliealedbetter, yes, it's with an a in the middle, for that daily post-workout real talk, healthy tips and tricks, and honest accountability to keep your mind and heart in check. The second thing, be sure to subscribe to Apple Podcasts to never miss an episode.
Thank you so much for joining me. It means the absolute world, and I'm going to leave you with one last thought. The most beautiful women that I have met in my life are the ones who are completely confident and secure in being authentically themselves. Remember that beauty goes so much deeper than the surface. So go out there and embrace your real, because you're worth it.