Episode 6 - Joy, Weight, and Body Image

This week, Rebecca talks about joy and our tendency to allow "dress rehearsing tragedy" to keep us from feeling joy, and the way to overcome that.  She also discusses issues of weight and body image as relates to women physicians and how being vulnerable about struggles with body image and weight can free us from shame about our bodies.  This can also help us be good examples to our patients, as people who have self-compassion in dealing with our personal struggles instead of trying to be perceived as perfect.

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Resources:
Fierce Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff

The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg

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Music used with permission:

Intro “Death Dance” by Luftmensch

Outro: "The Softer Side" by Wave Saver