Circle Audio
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Body Image Study Group
The Body Image Study Group recordings are for Thriving Now Team Members only.
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The Forced-Performance Trap: Work, Calls, and Financial Safety
You know the call matters. Someone asked about your services. Returning it could lead to income. Yet days pass. The phone feels like a demand rather than an opportunity, and the longer you wait, the more shame gathers around it. This can be more than fear of the conversation. A protective part may be refusing…
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When Strength and Independence Feel Unsafe
Strength can sound desirable while feeling dangerous in the body. If independence once threatened family connection, invited punishment, or seemed impossible during illness, a part of us may equate being strong with being alone. The result can look like weakness or procrastination, yet the deeper conflict is relational: I want capacity, and I also want…
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When Thinness Is Armor and Body Change Feels Vulnerable
Thinness can function as emotional armor even when the person already appears thin. It may offer a sense of worth, control, desirability, or protection from rejection. Any body change can then feel like losing the one defense that seemed reliable. Pregnancy, aging, illness, recovery, medication, or ordinary fluctuation may expose how much safety was assigned…
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Allowing Love
– All on my own – Second hand love – Love from others isn’t safe – Crust around my heart, protecting me
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Old Rules About Weight Loss
– I hate being DEPRIVED – RULES… and more RULES – Must be All or NOTHING – Mindful eating
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Who Will I Be Without the Weight? Identity After Body Change
Changing weight can disturb more than appearance. A familiar body may have carried an identity, a role, or a way of moving through attention. Part of us can want change while another asks, “Who will I be without this protection?” That question is not resistance to health. It is useful information about belonging, visibility, and…