1 hr 3 min
Are rigid beauty standards sabotaging your love life? With Jessi Kneeland I Love You, Too
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- Relationships
Dear Listener, do negative thoughts about your body or your partner’s body stop you from building a satisfying love life?
If so, you won’t want to miss our conversation with special guest Jessi Kneeland, a renowned body image coach, author of Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues, and host of the podcast This Is (Not) About Your Body.
This illuminating discussion explores how rigid beauty standards sabotage romantic relationships.
First, we tackle the common phenomenon of avoiding dating entirely due to negative body image and how body neutrality can help.
Next, Jessi provides thoughtful insights on a taboo topic – physical dealbreakers in dating. They discuss ways to suss out true dealbreakers versus those rooted in rigid beauty standards and psychological defenses. We discuss how prioritizing certain physical traits can significantly narrow one's dating pool, the implications of such choices, and what to do about it.
Lastly, Jessi offers advice for couples in which one partner reports reduced attraction in response to their partner’s appearance changing, e.g., after gaining weight or aging. Jessi offers a surprising take on how to unpack these complex emotional terrains so that couples can maintain attraction over the long haul.
Key Takeaways
00:00 - Intro
02:42 - What is body neutrality and why is it important?
06:49 - How do you date with body image issues?
23:06 - “I feel badly about this, but I’m just not attracted to people who…”
41:05 - What would you say to couples where one partner “loses attraction” because their partner’s body has changed?
Resources and links
For full show notes with links, visit relationshipcenter.com/podcast
Connect with Jessi Kneeland
https://www.jessikneeland.com/
Instagram: @jessikneeland
Tiktok: @jessikneeland
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JessiKneeland
Jessi’s podcast: This is (Not) About Your Body
Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues by Jessi Kneeland
To get more free dating, relationship, and social anxiety advice, go to relationshipcenter.com/newsletter to sign up for – you guessed it – our newsletter!
Dear Listener, do negative thoughts about your body or your partner’s body stop you from building a satisfying love life?
If so, you won’t want to miss our conversation with special guest Jessi Kneeland, a renowned body image coach, author of Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues, and host of the podcast This Is (Not) About Your Body.
This illuminating discussion explores how rigid beauty standards sabotage romantic relationships.
First, we tackle the common phenomenon of avoiding dating entirely due to negative body image and how body neutrality can help.
Next, Jessi provides thoughtful insights on a taboo topic – physical dealbreakers in dating. They discuss ways to suss out true dealbreakers versus those rooted in rigid beauty standards and psychological defenses. We discuss how prioritizing certain physical traits can significantly narrow one's dating pool, the implications of such choices, and what to do about it.
Lastly, Jessi offers advice for couples in which one partner reports reduced attraction in response to their partner’s appearance changing, e.g., after gaining weight or aging. Jessi offers a surprising take on how to unpack these complex emotional terrains so that couples can maintain attraction over the long haul.
Key Takeaways
00:00 - Intro
02:42 - What is body neutrality and why is it important?
06:49 - How do you date with body image issues?
23:06 - “I feel badly about this, but I’m just not attracted to people who…”
41:05 - What would you say to couples where one partner “loses attraction” because their partner’s body has changed?
Resources and links
For full show notes with links, visit relationshipcenter.com/podcast
Connect with Jessi Kneeland
https://www.jessikneeland.com/
Instagram: @jessikneeland
Tiktok: @jessikneeland
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JessiKneeland
Jessi’s podcast: This is (Not) About Your Body
Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues by Jessi Kneeland
To get more free dating, relationship, and social anxiety advice, go to relationshipcenter.com/newsletter to sign up for – you guessed it – our newsletter!
1 hr 3 min