16 min

My Back Breaking Back Story: On body hatred and recovering from injury Embrace Your Weird

    • Mental Health

30 years ago last week, I broke my back on a film set. I had lingering pain and nerve damage for decades. 
This episode is all about questioning why it is so common to hate our bodies, why many of us are constantly living from a place of trying to change and improve them. What happens if we decide to opt-out from that narrative and live from a place of gratitude? Can we shift the energy we spend on the scale and actually do something productive with that, instead?

30 years ago last week, I broke my back on a film set. I had lingering pain and nerve damage for decades. 
This episode is all about questioning why it is so common to hate our bodies, why many of us are constantly living from a place of trying to change and improve them. What happens if we decide to opt-out from that narrative and live from a place of gratitude? Can we shift the energy we spend on the scale and actually do something productive with that, instead?

16 min