Getting Used To It: BONUS: The Book That Changed How We Think About Our Bodies (And Ourselves) (From Season 2)

Send us Fan MailThis bonus episode was originally released in Season 2, but we felt it deserved another moment in the spotlight with you. Whether you missed it the first time or want a refresher, this episode reveals how deeply our body image and self-worth get entangled—and how to start separating them.We picked up Anuschka Rees' Beyond Beautiful thinking it was just another book about body image. But it cracked something open for us—showing us just how much mental and emotional space our bodies have been taking up, often without us even realizing it.In this episode, we talk about what we found in those pages: how body image can quietly dominate our sense of self-worth, why we're all working with beauty standards that were never really ours to begin with, and what it might feel like to step back from the mirror a little bit—especially now, in midlife, when everything's shifting anyway.We share our own stories—the moments we've caught ourselves waiting for our bodies to cooperate before we could feel okay—and explore what body neutrality actually means when you're getting used to a body that keeps changing. Not as a fix, but as a practice. A way of reclaiming energy we didn't know we'd given away.This isn't about having it figured out. It's about noticing, questioning, and maybe finding a little more freedom in who we are beyond what we see. Because maybe getting used to midlife also means getting used to caring a little less about all of this.Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Getting Used To It!If you enjoyed today’s conversation, please consider subscribing, rating, and leaving us a review—it helps others discover the show! We’d also love to hear your thoughts, so drop us a comment or connect with us on Bluesky @gettingusedtoit.bksy.social.Stay connected, stay curious, and we’ll see you next time!