#18 - The Health Benefits Of Bad Emotions: Why Befriending Your Critical Voice Helps You Take Care Of Yourself, With Connie Sobczak

Connie Sobczak lost her sister to an eating disorder and pushed
herself to the edge in her own body despair and eating disorder.
She now helps people heal their body image with her book Embody
and successful workshops and programs with youth and adults.


We cover a lot of ground in this rich discussion including:


How grief helps you heal

Why befriending your critical voice helps you take care of
yourself (learn how to do this skill on the episode)

How blaming “the weight” shames “the body” and is unhelpful
in motivating self-care



About Connie


Connie Sobczak is an author, educator, mentor, and video
producer. Her experience with an eating disorder in her teen
years and the death of her sister Stephanie inspired her life’s
work to create a world where all people are free to love their
bodies. In 1996, she co-founded The Body Positive, a nonprofit
organization that teaches people how to overcome self-hatred and
value their beauty and identity so they can use their energy and
intellect to make positive changes in their own lives and in the
world. Connie is the author of Embody: Learning to Love Your
Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!). She is a leader of
the movement to prevent eating problems and improve the
self-image of youth and adults by training leaders to bring the
Be Body Positive program to their schools and communities. Her
passion is watching the light that emerges when people recognize
and embrace their magnificent, authentic selves.


Follow Connie


Website: http://thebodypositive.org

Connie's Book, Embody: http://thebodypositive.org/embody

Twitter: http://twitter.com/thebodypositive

Instagram: http://instagram.com/thebodypositive

Facebook: http://facebook.com/thebodypositive

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/the-body-positive



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