236: how to take care of yourself and why we don't know how

The Confidence Project Podcast · Jun 17, 2022 · 1h 1m

My most often-cited quote is:

"Whatever size and shape your body takes when you're taking the best care of yourself is the size and shape your body is meant to be."

So few women seem to be able to understand what that actually means. And it's because we have no idea what it means to take care of ourselves.

This episode explores multiple intersections, like:

-the patriarchal oppression of the female body and the war on women

-racism and the fear of bigness as a rejection of Blackness

-what I took away from watching a wild animal documentary and why I believe we are no different from wild…