Reclaiming BodyLove: Heal Your Relationship with Food, Your Body, and Yourself

In honor of Love Your Body Day (October 18th, 2017), Dr. Mary discusses learning to love and accept your body just as it is and how to honor its wisdom.

One of the themes that has been coming in up in my tribe lately is the idea of feeling guilty for taking time for you. Many women want to take better care of themselves, and at some level know they need to, but they keep bumping up again two things: 1) lack of time, and 2) feeling guilty for taking time for them/taking time away from other priorities to take care of themselves. In today’s podcast, I talk about the “markers”/reflection questions I use to decide how to balance self-care with service. I hope it serves you.

Dr Mary talks about dealing with your inner people pleaser and learning to say no in a way that honors you and the person asking for your help. If you need more help, check out her free online summit at www.TheWellNourishedGoddess.com. 

Dr. Mary answers a viewer question about learning to love yourself and provides a series of reflection prompts so you can better learn, for you, what loving yourself like it's your job actually means.   You can sign up for her free Well-Nourished Goddess online event here: www.TheWellNourishedGoddess.com

Have you ever had an experience where something you thought you'd healed came back into your life unexpectedly and took you off guard? It happens to all of us. In today's podcast, I talk about how to heal these old wounds so you can move on with your life.

In today's episode, Dr. Mary gets real and honest about why she developed an eating disorder and the most important lesson she's learned on the road to healing. You can join her Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWellNourishedGoddess/  You can join the Well-Nourished Goddess telesummit here:  http://www.thewellnourishedgoddess.com  

Dr Mary answers a listener question about her top 3 steps for reclaiming body love. For more on step 2, find your passion and purpose, you can join her Facebook group here and claim the 5 Day Explore Your Passion and Purpose challenge! https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWellNourishedGoddess/ 

Dr. Mary discusses what to do when your inner perfectionist is holding you back from moving forward in your goals.

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about what to do when you feel like nothing is working or that you've relapsed. It's time to pay it forward!

I can't prevent life from happening any more than you can. But what I can help you do is make a plan for when life happens. I can help you figure out what your triggers are and what to do when you: 1) know they are about to occur, and/or 2) they've already happened. You can do this. 

Dr Mary answers a listener question about ways to deal with and heal the negative emotions that often accompany the healing journey. You can download her free gift here: http://www.drmarypritchard.com/

Dr. Mary answers listener questions about how to write a love letter to your body when you can't think of anything positive to say and why this type of activity is so powerful.

Dr Mary answers listener questions about how to know when you should be worried and how to help a loved one who is struggling with body image issues.

Life happens; we get sidetracked. In today's episode, Dr. Mary gives you her 2 crucial steps to making your body love goals a reality.

Dr. Mary encourages you to celebrate your body love accomplishments thus far this year and helps you set body love goals for the rest of the year

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about how to feel good about your body and yourself when you find yourself feeling like a fraud.

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about "dressing for success" (meaning what others tell you that you should wear) v. dressing in a way that makes her feel good. If you want to learn more about this topic, you can get my new free gift The Well-Nourished Goddess here: http://www.drmarypritchard.com/ 

Dr Mary guides a listener through how to add one thing to her day to help her reclaim body love and then evaluate the success of that thing. You can sign up for her new Well-Nourished Goddess Starter Kit here: http://www.drmarypritchard.com/ 

Need a plan to reclaim body love? Dr Mary answers a listener question about how to map out what you want and how to get there.

Dr Mary answers a listener question about how to learn to view your body as a sacred temple, even when you don't like anything you see in the mirror.

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about simple steps you can take to feel good on days when your inner critic is running the show.

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about how to stop your inner critic when she just won't let up.

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about how to begin reconnecting with her body when she's been disassociated for years.

In this week's episode, Dr. Mary answers a listener question about how to release what's holding you back, how to let go of old patterns, and blossom into who you are meant to be. If you want to learn more, you can go here: http://www.drmarypritchard.com/awaken-your-inner-goddess/ 

Dr Mary answers a listener question about where to start rebuilding a healthy relationship with food.

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about how to improve her relationship with food. First step: assess where you are. Then map out where you want to go and how to get there.

Dr. Mary discusses her 3 steps to getting a handle on your inner critic and challenges you to try a 30-day experiment to reduce the amount of time your inner critic pops up!

Dr. Mary discusses the 5 steps to healing and how to reprogram old stories and beliefs that are holding you back.

Dr. Mary walks you through how to take aspects of your body you don't like and learn to be grateful for them and see them through the eyes os love.

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about how to handle those times when you're feeling bad about yourself or want to beat yourself up. Meet the body love break!

Dr. Mary talks about how to create a simple effective daily routine to start to change your relationship with your body and yourself. 

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about how to accept the woman in the mirror when you don't like what you see there.

Dr. Mary discusses how to identify where you are on your healing journey and how to forgive yourself for being where you are.

Dr Mary answers a listener question about how to show your body a little love.

Dr. Mary discusses how to be grateful for your body when you feel like you don't like anything about your body. If you are ready to dive deeper, you can join her at www.TheNourishedTemple.com

Dr. Mary discusses how to deal with your Inner Critic (aka Inner Mean Girl) when she crops up. You can still sign up for her free Love Your Body, Nourish Your Temple challenge here: http://www.drmarypritchard.com/7-day-challenge/. You can learn more about her 7-week group coaching program where we dive even deeper into healing your relationship with yourself here: http://www.thenourishedtemple.com 

Dr. Mary discusses the first step in healing body shame: forgiveness (not atonement, but rather letting go of the past). If you want to dive deeper into the healing journey, sign up for Dr. Mary's free 7-Day Love Your Body, Nourish Your Temple Challenge here: http://www.drmarypritchard.com/7-day-challenge/

This week on the podcast, Dr. Mary dives deeper into the origins of body shame so you can assess not only where it came from, but how you may have inadvertently allowed old patterns to hold you back - and how you can release those old patterns. Sign up for her free 7-Day Love Your Body, Nourish Your Temple Challenge here:  http://www.drmarypritchard.com/7-day-challenge/

Dr. Mary continues her New Year, New You podcast series. This week we are diving into where your body shame started so that we can begin the healing process. Dr. Mary offers reflection questions to help you understand your body shame and begin to transform it into body love. You can sign up for her free 7-Day Love Your Body, Nourish Your Temple Challenge here: http://www.drmarypritchard.com/7-day-challenge/

Dr. Mary launches a new podcast series called New Year, New You designed to help you finally and fully reclaim body love in 2017. She's also bringing back her popular Love Your Body, Nourish Your Temple 7-Day Challenge. You can sign up here: http://www.drmarypritchard.com/7-day-challenge/

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about how to use her struggles with body image and food as fuel for her life's purpose.

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about how and where to start when you've gotten off track in your healing journey.

Dr. Mary discusses what to do when you feel like you've gotten off track somewhere in your healing journey or when you are just having a bad day physically, emotionally, or mentally.

Dr. Mary answers a listener question about where to start when you're trying to heal your relationship with your body and how to learn to be grateful for your body and all it does for you.

Dr. Mary discusses her 4-armed approach to treating body shame and body dissatisfaction and gives listeners tools for each arm to reclaim body love.

Dr. Mary talks about the differences between body image dissatisfaction, body dysmorphic disorder, and eating disorders. She also shares her 4-armed approach to treating these issues.

Dr. Mary discusses the importance of listening to your body's wisdom and tuning into its messages when you're in pain, injured, or not feeling your best.

If you've been listening for a while and implementing the strategies I suggest, you might have noticed a few positive results. But, maybe it isn't going as quickly as you'd hoped. In this episode, Dr. Mary covers just how long it takes to turn body shame/loathing into body love using results from brain science.

Dr. Mary walks a listener through how to listen to her body's natural cycles and rhythms as a way to reclaim body love and get better acquainted with and more accepting of her moods and emotions.

Dr. Mary discusses how you can learn to view and treat your body as a sacred temple.

Is your world ruled by the number on the scale or the number of calories you eat? Dr. Mary talks a listener through overcoming the diet mentality so she can reclaim body love. To sign up for the free 7 Principles of the Well-Nourished Woman call and free Love Your Body, Nourish Your Temple Challenge, go here: drmarypritchard.com/7-day-challenge/