Show Notes
Welcome to the Living Unapologetically interview series, where I speak openly and candidly with people I connect with about their personal experiences of living their most authentic and unapologetic life.
Diet culture robs us of living our lives unapologetically by teaching us that we need to look a certain way to be worthy and valuable. The more we conform, the more worthy we perceive ourselves to be. But the attempt to physically shrink or shapeshift ourselves can cause us to shrink as a whole. This series will invite you to consider the possibility of showing up as your authentic self, no matter your size, shape or external appearance, with no apologies.
My first guest in the series is one of my best friends, Laura B. This is an open and candid chat between friends about what it takes and how it feels to live unapologetically.
If you want to feel inspired while listening to a relaxed chat, this is for you!
We speak about:
What inspired Laura to set up her women's circle
What happens in a circle and the power that can come from a gathering of women
What held her back from showing up unapologetically
How accepting every version of herself has helped her to show up as her authentic self
What she had to shed to become her unapologetic self
Moving away from social conditioning How she found out what was lacking in her life
Getting past being afraid of what people will think
Getting comfortable with discomfort
Where she first learnt the faulty belief that there are good and bad bodies
How she acted apologetically in the past and what she would do differently knowing what she knows now
Find Laura and details of her womens circle here
Order No Apologies here
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