The Day You Learned Your Body Was a Problem to Be Fixed

Think back. There was a moment — a comment at the dinner table, a look, a "you'd be so pretty if" — where you first learned your body was something to be fixed. Most women can find it if they look. And most of us have been carrying that belief through our 40s, 50s, and 60s like it's just the truth. It isn't. It was installed. This week I'm joined by Courtney Townley — host of Grace & Grit, author of The Consistency Code, and someone who spent a decade as a successful fat-loss coach before she realized she was selling a lie she'd also bought herself. She looked the part. Fit trainer, lost the baby weight fast, all the boxes checked. And she was falling apart underneath it. We get into the stuff the wellness industry won't touch: Why health was never a look, a number, or the absence of disease —and what it actually is. Why "eat less, exercise more" quietly wrecked a generation of women. Why you already know what would move the needle — and what's really stopping you from doing it (hint: it's not information, you're drowning in that). And the difference between thinking about your body and experiencing it, which might be the whole game. Here's the question Courtney asks her clients that reframes everything: not "do you have the discipline?" but "do you like your reasons?" This one's for the woman who's done all the things, checked all the boxes, and still doesn't feel well. You weren't broken. You were conditioned. And conditioning can be undone. So, what's the moment your body became a problem to be fixed? And what becomes possible the day you stop trying to fix it? If this lands, share it with the friend who's having the same 2 a.m. thoughts. This is where we make shift happen. Courtney's Website:  www.graceandgrit.com Courtney's Book Site:  www.theconsistencycode.com Download a Free Chapter:  www.graceandgrit.com/freechapter