EP.08 - Stephanie-Kay Hadden - "If I Had a Dollar Anytime Someone Commented On My Weight”

Join us as we launch the MFU Body Image Campaign. Today we focus on eating disorders and their effect on day-to-day life. In this first episode we talk with the ever-courageous Stephanie @sk.hadd from Episode 2 – Today I Would Have Taken a Pregnancy Test.  In this episode we consider how the media as well as family and friends can play a vital role with our body image, and how they can add or subtract to our self identity. We dive into this ever-present media whether it be television, magazines, or streamed through our devices to talk about how they have impacted our view of ourselves. We uncover our “dirty little secrets” that we both have hid and still hide from loved ones (not anymore!). Join us as we search together to find the path that takes us to awareness, and then hopefully to acceptance of who we are. Why MFU Body Image Campaign?This campaign started as an internal struggle when I turned 40 and began reflecting on my own body image.   At 40 I was a mom with children who talked about weight, and I wanted to model better behavior for them.  I saw how I had so much space in my life taken up by thoughts of "too big", "too small", and how I was happy maybe one day a year as to how my body looked. I want to share and talk about the struggles all individuals have with how we view ourselves. I want to normalize our thoughts and feelings about our bodies. Resources to start healing and support-          www.Nedic.ca -          www.beinghumanclub.com-          www.parallelcounselling.caSupport the showIf you like what you hear please click on "subscribe" or "follow" -  It's free and you will get notified when the newest episodes are posted!  Check us out on Instagram, X, and YouTube @mfupodcast. Give feedback, middle finger recommendations as well as random thoughts to [email protected]. Thank you for listening!In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.