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Podcast: Fitness Beyond Aesthetics
Episode: 18: Why Having a Negative Body Image Makes it Harder to Exercise
Description: This has been on my heart lately: negative body image and low self-worth. Â I see low self-worth seeping out of everyone. Â And so often, it's the very reason so many women start to exercise and diet. Â From the time they were small it exercise, diet, and size became psychologically intertwined with their own perception of their worth and acceptability in this world.
But when exercise is approached for this reason, out of fear and guilt, it actually makes it harder to do. Â No one wants to do something out of obligation and fear. Â Humans want to do thing...