S8 | E82 Ditching Yo-Yo Dieting with Lucia Hawley

Trigger warning: This episode covers body image and weight loss.    Lucia Hawley is a women's weight loss expert living in Portland, Oregon. She helps women ages 30 and older end yo-yo dieting and weight loss resistance with the principles of mindfulness and self-compassion and scientifically-backed nutrition science. Society one minute tells us to be smaller then flips to love the body we’re in! It can feel like whiplash and Lucia is sharing her journey with weight loss in hopes of empowering other women to work towards a body they love.    Lucia Shares: Lucia’s personal journey  with weight loss as an obese teen Overcoming embarrassment and embracing wellness How to drop the shame about wanting to change your body and how you feel “Love your body” messaging and how it can sometimes be harmful How to overcome a negative relationship with the scale Mindfulness in the health journey Social media’s role in body image Taking the urgency of weight management   Show Notes:  For more of Lucia, please visit luciahawley_  on Instagram and www.luciahawley.com on the Web For more of We Go There Podcast, please visit instagram.com/wegotherepodcast on Instagram and wegotherepodcast.com on the Web *Warning- this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.*