Building A Positive Relationship with Exercise and Movement

Hello, hello, and welcome back to Unbothered! We’re on episode 12, and this one is extra special because I’m joined by my best friend, my client, my coach, and just an all-around badass—Amanda Towns. She’s a relationship and intimacy coach who specializes in helping people build healthy relationships after trauma.

And today, we’re diving into something that so many of us have struggled with—building a positive relationship with exercise and movement after breaking up with diet culture and body hate.

What We Cover in This Episode:

• How to shift your mindset around exercise from obligation to enjoyment
• The difference between discipline and punishment in fitness
• Finding movement that works for you (and ditching the “all or nothing” approach)
• Ways to stay consistent without burning out
• Overcoming guilt and pressure around workouts
• The toxic messages we internalized from diet culture (like the infamous “nothing tastes as good as being slim feels” sign on the fridge).
• The real reasons we think we want to lose weight—and why those reasons often have nothing to do with the number on the scale.
• How we can shift our goals away from weight loss and toward things like strength, mobility, and feeling good in our bodies.
• The power of movement when it’s rooted in self-care rather than punishment.

This conversation is such a powerful reminder that our bodies are not working against us, even when it feels that way. And when we shift from punishing our bodies to actually listening to them, everything changes.

If you’ve ever felt like you were at war with your own body, this episode is for you. Movement doesn’t have to be about shrinking yourself—it can be about expanding your life. Take what resonates from this conversation, and if you’re in a place where you’re trying to heal your relationship with exercise, know that you’re not alone.

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Thank you for listening!