Here's a question- if you have a child, what would happen if you told your kid every single day that they are ugly, their legs look terrible, no one will ever love them, and they aren't good enough? Do you think your child will feel very good about themselves? This is exactly what a lot of women (some men do this too) all the time when they look in the mirror. If you don't have confidence in your own body image, how will you ever be happy, or find a way to optimize your own health?
These are the questions and topics that Jason Seib has no problem discussing. In his business, he works primarily with about 90% females, and even lives in a household full of women and young girls. He gets to watch these interactions within the female mind as an outsider looking in. His goal is to create an environment for his daughters and other young girls to grow up not judging themselves so harshly, and be able to instill positive thoughts into their minds when they see themselves in the mirror.
Body awareness and weight loss are big talking points in the world today. What Jason has found that in order to reach the point of sustainable weight loss, it first needs to come from confidence within yourself, and truly understanding your motivation for weight loss. If your motivation is only coming from an extrinsic factor, you will fail. We go over how to be successfull in this episode of Body Image for Women with Jason Seib!
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Continue this conversation with the younger generation. If you run into ways to reinforce this message with the younger crowd that is successful or not, please send me an email. Jason and I want to find the best way to reach the toughest crowd, which are kids and females in their early 20s.
Shownotes
8:35 – How Jason got started in the Health and Fitness industry
11:20 – Outside view of the body image issues among women
12:55 – The AltShift community
15:35 – What if we told a child every day they are ugly and are a disappointment, that would destroy a child. Why is it we do this to ourselves when we look in the mirror?
17:20 – You cannot hate a body into beautiful
19:00 – Even with the “perfect body” people still find something wrong with their body
23:50 – How do you take this message and make it so you are successful
26:00 – We create negative assumptions of how people perceive us, which brings down our self image
30:55 – Why do people fall off the bandwagon, even when they feel better or are successful
36:35 – Diet, fitness, lifestyle changes, mindset is all a practice. You are not perfect the first time you try any of it
41:15 – At what age do these negative beliefs start to creep into the mind
47:00 – Trying to find a way to reach out to the younger crowd to start to change mindset at a younger age
51:10 – How to talk about health with kids without knocking down their body image
57:20 – Meditation in a way to mindfully notice your thoughts can be very helpful for improving your ability to replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts
Learn More About Jason Seib
Website: AltShiftDiet
Free Ebook: Body Beliefs: Women Weight Loss and Happiness
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