How I set my body FREE!

Jody C
Oct 16, 2017
5 min read

My entire life I have been insecure about my body. I was bullied through most of my schooling and even into my adult life. At the young age of 14 I suffered from anorexia which later led into a compulsive eating disorder in my 20’s and severe anxiety in my 30’s.... I shied away from cameras purely because I always felt inadequate and not good enough for my picture to be taken, and if it was.....I would loath looking at it. I have hated my body so much so that even I would bully it! Over exercises, starving, force feeding, over exercises, starving, force feeding, a vicious cycle that continued for years. Sound familiar?

At the time I thought I was the only one who was going through this. It was a complete and utter disconnect and dislike for my body. I would constantly wish I was someone else, or had something else. I would look at other women and yearn to have what they had... their body, their hair, their skin, their confidence....their freedom. It might sound a little extreme but if you have gone through it or you are currently IN IT, it can be one of the darkest times of your life. It can lead to depression, anxiety and even thoughts of suicide. It’s hard to describe to anyone what it feels like when you are so uncomfortable and detached from your body, you don’t recognize the person looking back at you in the mirror.

As I got older and started to work with women (I specialize in women's health and well-being ;), I began to see patterns forming. I recognize similar behaviour and traits and I quickly realized that this was something MANY women struggle with this daily, on varying degrees of course. Some women have severe depression from it while others suffer from mild OCD.....either or it is a serious and debilitating disorder that can ruin ones happiness and life.

Your relationship suffers, your health suffers, your job suffers and your soul suffers. It is a daily struggle with your body and the person you are and it can become exhausting physically, mentally and emotionally.

Before this gets too negative and I am going to tell you straight away.....YOU CAN OVER COME THIS!!! AND you can overcome this to a level that you will have such complete love and care for your body and yourself that you wouldn’t want to be anyone or anything else! You will actually wake up and smile with complete joy and love when you look at yourself in the mirror.

This is a disorder that has been created from our modern world and modern living. Women are constantly bombarded with distorted images of what their bodies should look like. They are continually been given mixed messages of how they should feel about their bodies and constantly pressurized to achieve perfection at ALL levels of their lives.

We are told to love our bodies as they are, but we are shown underweight women in 90% of our media as the “normal” size. Then on the other extreme, there are campaigns that celebrate “big is beautiful” and have excessively overweight women sharing the message that it’s ok to let yourself go, eat whatever you like and embrace your curves.....neither are healthy OR NORMAL!!! I could never relate to these extremes, I still can’t. Beautiful comes in ALL shapes and sizes, but physical AND mental health is a priority over and above ANY dress size!!!

I have gone to psychologist, psychiatrist and counselors and even thought they all do amazing work and have their place in the realm of health, none of them “got it” because none of them have been through it. Many times it was undermined and down played as been “self-obsessed” or “self-absorbed” when in actual fact it was something that was destroying my life.

It’s not about a narcissistic ego trip, it’s about loving your body completely and being able to live life to the fullest in the beautiful body you have been given. It took me 18 years to figure it out....The good news is that I can teach you in 8 weeks!

For years I tried different “diets” and fitness trends, all in hopes to change my body in order so that I can start to love myself more. Little did I know the change had to start within.....a mind shift that brought about such massive transformation, I couldn’t even imagine it was possible to feel this way about myself until I did!

You might be wondering, “If I have tried everything under the sun, then what is missing?" Here it is...

Nourishment and not punishment

Nurturing and not neglecting

Accepting and not rejecting

This is how I developed The BODY FREEDOM TECHNIQUE. It’s not about 1 size fits all, it’s not about letting yourself go or over working yourself into exhaustion....It’s created to teach you how to accept yourself completely, how to nurture your mind, body and soul and how to transform yourself from the inside out to create a body that is healthy, happy and free!

It’s definitely not a “quick fix” or a “one off” solution, it’s a complete mind shift and lifestyle change (mentally emotionally AND physically) HOWEVER once you start you will not want to do be anywhere else but on this incredible journey to self love!!!

And guess what?....I don’t starve or over train myself as “punishment” anymore. I don’t binge or seek comfort with unhealthy food anymore. I don’t have negative or destructive thought patterns anymore. I am able to enjoy balance and moderation without feeling guilty or going to extremes. I am able to identify triggers, overcome challenges and get through obstacles without feeling panic or despair. I now eat with enjoyment, consciousness and love. I choose to exercise for health, happiness & pleasure. My body has become my best friend. I can now see her beauty and can now celebrate it unapologetically.

Self-love can be realized! Self acceptance can be accomplished! And BODY CONFIDENCE can be achieved for the rest of your life with the BODY FREEDOM TECHNIQUE.

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