BODY IMAGE: What if Your Body Has Been Trying to Protect You? The Inner Critic, Diet Culture, and What to do Next with LCSW Lexi Bonilla | S07E59

This season, we’re having honest conversations about body image, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and what it means to find peace with the body you live in. Through personal stories and conversations with therapists and other professionals, we’ll explore the experiences so many of us quietly carry—and the beliefs we’ve learned about our worth, appearance, and ourselves. My hope is that these episodes help you feel a little less alone, a little more understood, and maybe even a little more curious about the story your own body has been trying to tell.For so many of us, body image isn’t really about our body at all.In this episode, I sit down with therapist Lexi, to talk about body image, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, intuitive eating, and why so many of us feel stuck in the cycle of trying to “fix” ourselves. We explore how Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps us understand the inner critic, why our thoughts about food and our bodies often develop as forms of protection, and how healing starts with curiosity instead of criticism.Whether you’ve struggled with dieting, wellness culture, disordered eating, or simply feeling at war with your body, this conversation offers both practical tools and a compassionate new perspective. If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so hard to let go of body shame, this episode is for you.Links: Dirty Laundry Links Be a Guest on the PodcastConnect with LexiLexi’s WebsiteTake the "Free Body Image Quiz" to see if body image is secretly messing with your relationships