10. OUR BODIES: Why are we at war with them and can we ever make peace?

We Can Do Hard Things

EpisodeJul 13, 20211h 3m

10. OUR BODIES: Why are we at war with them and can we ever make peace?

We Can Do Hard Things

EpisodeJul 13, 20211h 3m

TW // eating disorders1. Glennon’s “final frontier”—her attempt to stop controlling her body.2. The opportunity costs of a lifetime spent obsessing about our size and shape.3. How we’ve been taught to fixate over every hair, wrinkle, and pound—but have never been taught how our bodies actually work.4. How to quit conditioning girls to stay small in body, hunger, ambition, and desire.5. The tyranny of the weigh-in at the doctor’s office—and why BMI is horseshit.

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