Show Notes
Hilary Duff. Times Square. "Stronger, not smaller." I saw it and felt genuinely warm. Then I sat with it longer. This episode is about why that campaign is a better message, and why it's still not the whole picture. We talk about the 2000s body image era millennials grew up in, thin privilege and who gets to front campaigns about body change, and why swapping "I want to be smaller" for "I want to be stronger" can quietly become the same wound with better branding. I also get into what joyful movement actually looks like, how to want strength without it becoming another way to beat yourself up, and the client story that completely reframes why she was going to the gym. You're allowed to want to feel strong. You're also allowed to want none of it. This episode is about making sure whatever you choose comes from care, not punishment.
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