How Did We Learn to Distrust Our Bodies? | Body Confidence for Women 40+ episode artwork

EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 48 MIN

How Did We Learn to Distrust Our Bodies? | Body Confidence for Women 40+

from Getting To After: A Safe and Empowering Space for Midlife Women · host Chatone Morrison Host, with Co-host Morganne Bustos

Nobody is born hating their body. Nobody is born believing they aren't enough. So where did those beliefs come from?This week on Getting to After, we're beginning our June Body Confidence Series with a question that changed the entire conversation: How did we learn to distrust our bodies?In this episode, Chatone and Morganne explore the early experiences that shape the way women see themselves, including childhood observations, family influence, comparison, body criticism, media messaging, and the comments that can stay with us for decades.Together, they discuss:✨ Why body criticism is often learned, not innate✨ The comments women never forget✨ How comparison turns into self-doubt✨ Why appearance becomes tied to worthiness✨ What happens when women spend years grading themselves instead of listening to themselves✨ The connection between body confidence and body trustThe episode also includes a FREE guided EFT Tapping Transformation designed to help you begin releasing old beliefs and rebuilding trust with your body.Whether you're struggling with comparison, aging, body image, confidence, or simply learning to treat yourself with more compassion, this conversation is for you.This is Part 1 of our June Body Confidence Month series.💜 Subscribe to the podcast and join us each week as we continue the conversation.Special Note! Be sure to get a copy of the spring Getting to After online magazine while still available, and support our mission to provide self-care kits to transitioning survivors of DV. BIT.LY/G2A-SPRING26And for more information visit us on the web at gettingtoafter.comCome on back next episode!

Nobody is born hating their body. Nobody is born believing they aren't enough. So where did those beliefs come from?This week on Getting to After, we're beginning our June Body Confidence Series with a question that changed the entire conversation: How did we learn to distrust our bodies?In this episode, Chatone and Morganne explore the early experiences that shape the way women see themselves, including childhood observations, family influence, comparison, body criticism, media messaging, and the comments that can stay with us for decades.Together, they discuss:✨ Why body criticism is often learned, not innate✨ The comments women never forget✨ How comparison turns into self-doubt✨ Why appearance becomes tied to worthiness✨ What happens when women spend years grading themselves instead of listening to themselves✨ The connection between body confidence and body trustThe episode also includes a FREE guided EFT Tapping Transformation designed to help you begin releasing old beliefs and rebuilding trust with your body.Whether you're struggling with comparison, aging, body image, confidence, or simply learning to treat yourself with more compassion, this conversation is for you.This is Part 1 of our June Body Confidence Month series.💜 Subscribe to the podcast and join us each week as we continue the conversation.Special Note! Be sure to get a copy of the spring Getting to After online magazine while still available, and support our mission to provide self-care kits to transitioning survivors of DV. BIT.LY/G2A-SPRING26And for more information visit us on the web at gettingtoafter.comCome on back next episode!

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