Body Love & Self Worth for Women Who Hate Beauty Standards

Body love can feel impossible in a world obsessed with beauty standards, especially for women. In this self love podcast episode, we’re diving into body love, self worth, and how women can navigate a world that often undervalues them.

This is part of our “Best Of Mary’s Cup of Tea” series where you’ll hear a compilation of clips from our self love podcast. Today’s topic addresses how to love yourself beyond your appearance and approach body image challenges with self compassion.

You will hear about…

• how to be body positive and navigate health challenges with self compassion
• detaching your self worth from beauty standards and external validation
• the slew of socio-cultural forces that make body love really fckn hard for women
• how to decide what clothes to wear when you’re having a bad body image day
• body shame in the bedroom
• dealing with weight gain
• practical ways to cultivate body love and self worth

Whether you’re starting your journey toward body love or just need a refresher, these conversations will remind you that your self worth is not determined by your appearance.

If you want to dive deeper into your body love journey, here are the links to the full episodes:

• Can Food Freedom Coexist with Chronic Conditions (PCOS, Celiacs, Crohns, IBS, etc)? with Abbie Attwood
• How to Be Body Positive AND Pursue Health
• Conquering Summer Body Image Struggles
• How Women’s Body Image is Plagued by “Beauty Sickness” w/ Dr. Renee Engeln
• Your Summer Body (a Pep Talk for Body Love)
• Where Beauty Standards Come From and How to Stop Self-Objectification with Dr. Lindsay Kite
• How to Love Yourself Through Bad Body Image Days
• Feeling Like Your Body Betrayed You with Grief Expert Ashley Lemieux
• Conquering Body Shame in the Bedroom
• Dealing with Weight Gain

Deepen your self-love journey with Mary’s books:

1. *The Gift of Self-Love,* an interactive workbook to help you build confidence, recognize your worth, and learn to finally love yourself.
2. *100 Days of Self-Love,* a guided journal with 100 prompts for calming self-criticism and learning to love yourself.

Follow Mary Jelkovsky on Instagram: @maryscupofteaa and @maryspodcast

If you’re enjoying this self love podcast, share it with the women in your life to challenge beauty standards, inspire body love, and spread the gift of self love.

Hope you enjoyed this episode of Mary’s Cup of Tea: the Self-Love Podcast for Women.