EPISODE · Sep 5, 2022 · 46 MIN
The One Where Diet Culture Doesn’t Own Fitness with Lauren Leavell
from The Papaya Podcast
After years and years of exercise being motivated by body hate, or desire to look a certain way, I felt incredibly lost with movement, fitness, exercise the whole shebang. Healing from a difficult pregnancy, a pandemic, changing body and diet culture - where does fitness even fit in anymore? If I’m exercising daily, does that mean I’m back in diet culture? Today we unpack movement and fitness and doing it for other reasons with instructor and friend Lauren Leavell. We dive into our upbringings with exercise, what Lauren’s intentional programs are doing subconsciously for many, abelism in “as long as you’re healthy” mentalities and so much more! Follow Lauren on IG @LaurenLeavellFitness or visit her site https://www.laurenleavellfitness.com/ to sign up for the email, or join her affordable and approachable memberships. Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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After years and years of exercise being motivated by body hate, or desire to look a certain way, I felt incredibly lost with movement, fitness, exercise the whole shebang. Healing from a difficult pregnancy, a pandemic, changing body and diet culture - where does fitness even fit in anymore? If I’m exercising daily, does that mean I’m back in diet culture? Today we unpack movement and fitness and doing it for other reasons with instructor and friend Lauren Leavell. We dive into our upbringings with exercise, what Lauren’s intentional programs are doing subconsciously for many, abelism in “as long as you’re healthy” mentalities and so much more! Follow Lauren on IG @LaurenLeavellFitness or visit her site https://www.laurenleavellfitness.com/ to sign up for the email, or join her affordable and approachable memberships. Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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