S2Ep2: Are We Our Bodies?

How and why do we identify with our bodies? How much meaning and importance do we place on that identity? And what are the implications for the lives we live and what we get to do during our short time on this planet?

With the emergence of the Body Positivity movement onto the global stage via social media in the last 10 years, I’m thinking about our bodies.

More and more (mostly female) public figures are actively celebrating their bodies, or are simply showing up fully with neither explanation nor apology.

There is also more and more vocal backlash when they do.How and why do we identify with our bodies? How much meaning and importance do we place on that identity?

And what are the implications for the lives we live and what we get to do during our short time on this planet?

RESOURCES

IN THIS EPISODE

How the stories of our bodies we absorb in our formative years stick with us
Why BMI is a deeply flawed measure of health and how it came to widespread use
How the “obesity epidemic” was created
How collective perceptions of ideal body types have dramatically shifted over time
An invitation to reconsider how you identify with your body