EP48: Starting a Movement, Loving Our Bodies, and Boldly Leading with Dr. Melody Moore

This Fall, I attended a beautiful event with a bunch of leaders
from various industries, whose work has common theme of positive
social impact. On the first evening, at the “meet and greet”
gathering, I had the special opportunity to spend time with Seane
Corn (yoga activist superstar and Jersey girl).  In our
conversation, she told me that I MUST check out the work of her
dear friend, Dr. Melody Moore. Of course, I was intrigued and did
some googling.


I was immediately inspired by Dr. Moore’s work with girls and
women about body image, trauma, self-expression.  She is a
brilliant, big hearted, courageous leader. Our conversation is
extraordinary - covering topics from body image to leadership to
humility and more.


Here’s what we get into:


How and why she created Embody Love
Movement, inspired by teen girls

Recovery from eating disorders and body
dysmorphia

The epidemic of “general not enoughness”

3 big hits that created her not-enoughness (hint:
being a girl, body-centered family, being not-straight in a
conservative Christian family)

How a yoga activism training launched a calling for change

A curriculum written on a barf bag on the plane, and how it
started an international movement

Using our past experiences to build
resilience and connection


Yoga and meditation created fertile soil for
her work


Learning humility through launching an
organization “without skills”


Clawing out of a shame spiral: self-compassion
and self-forgiveness


“Sneak attacks” of insidious thoughts women have about
their bodies

Being curious on our spiritual path and where our physical
body fits in

Women boldly owning their leadership
qualities



More about Dr. Melody Moore:


Melody Moore, Ph.D., RYT is a social entrepreneur, a licensed
Clinical Psychologist, yoga teacher, author, and speaker. She is
the founder of the Embody Love Movement Foundation, a non-profit
whose mission is to empower girls and women to celebrate their
inner beauty, commit to kindness, and contribute to meaningful
change in the world. She has trained 20 trainers and over 500
facilitators to activate the mission of Embody Love Movement
across the US, Europe, and Australia.


Dr. Moore’s work has been featured in the books Yoga and Body
Image (eds. Klein and Guest-Jelly) and Yoga and Eating Disorders:
Ancient Healing for Modern Illness (eds. Costin and Kelly) as
well as National Geographic Magazine, Yoga Journal, Yoga
International, Mantra, Elephant Journal, and Origin Magazine. She
created the collegiate BodyImage3D program for Tri-Delta, which
is experienced by every sophomore member.


She is a National Eating Disorder Association’s advice columnist,
an advisor for World Muse, and a faculty member for Off the Mat,
Into the World, a social-profit that empowers leaders to become
conscious activists. In 2015, she was featured as one of ten
“Game Changers” by the Yoga Journal and chosen as one of 100
“Most Influential Global Leaders Empowering Women Worldwide” by
EBW2020.


Learn more about her work and connect:


Her website: drmelodymoore.com         
                 
                 
    Embody Love Movement HERE     
                 
                 
      FREE ebook “Life Embodied” HERE   
                 
                 
      On social:         
                 
                 
                
drmelodymoore on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook


Resources discussed:


Brene Brown’s TED Talk on shame and vulnerability


Off the Mat, Into the World yoga activism training with Seane
Corn


Nikki Myers Yoga for Recovery




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