Body Image Issues Aren't About Your Body

Body image issues aren't about your body. They rarely are.

"I should be thinner" sounds like a goal. But underneath it is a belief system most of us inherited before we were old enough to question it.

In this episode, Lisa breaks down why body image struggles are not a willpower problem, a discipline problem, or a personal failing. They are a nervous system problem, an energetic problem, and a cultural one. And she's talking about it from inside it, not from some perfectly healed place on the other side.

In this episode we cover:

• Why 86% of women are dissatisfied with their bodies and what that number actually means
• The solar plexus chakra and how an imbalance shows up in your relationship with food, your body, and your self-worth
• What cortisol and chronic stress have to do with weight and body image
• The very real conversation about being in your 40s and your body changing
• Instagram Face, the digitally manufactured beauty standard researchers have actually named, and why knowing it's fake doesn't make it stop hurting
• A simple daily body check-in practice to start rebuilding trust with your body
• Why Reiki works when intellectual understanding doesn't

This week's practice

Once a day, place one hand on your belly. Before you get out of bed or before you fall asleep. Ask her: what do you need today? Then listen. That's it. Start there.

Resources mentioned

• BMI: Beautiful. Maven. Index. — Ten women sharing stories about defining beauty on their own terms. Lisa wrote the foreword. [Link]
• Confessions of a People Pleaser by Lisa Kern

Work with Lisa

• Book a Reiki session (in-person or distance): lisakern.com
• Apply for the Choose Yourself 1:1 coaching program:
• Reiki Share — June 16th
• Sound Bath + Reiki + Meditation Evening — July 7th
• Read the companion blog post

Connect with Lisa

• Instagram: @reiki.body.mind
• Website: lisakern.com