119: When Your Body Isn’t--And Never Was--The Problem - Katie Sturino (MegaBabe)

From a young age, we’re taught that the way our body looks matters. Diet culture comes at us from all angles to tell us to be smaller, thinner, more polished, more beautiful, and it has huge detrimental effects on our health. Katie Sturino of MegaBabe felt all of this--but decided to go in a different direction.

She decided to say no to this toxic messaging and accept her body, no matter its size. She decided to help women who landed outside the diet culture ideal learn to feel comfortable in their own skin--and clothing--and feel empowered. Katie talks all about unpacking how your body isn’t the problem, and how you don’t have to be a certain size to live a certain life. Chase that dream, go after that job, and do it feeling amazing. 

Tune into episode #119:

In this episode, Katie and I chat about:

  • How she got into the body-acceptance and body positivity movement

  • How Katie felt when she sized-up in her clothing to be more comfortable 

  • What she came to realize about our destination size

  • Why she doesn’t focus on food in her work--and instead focuses on inner healing

  • How we can stop making a size mean more than it does

  • How she approaches brands that are not yet size-inclusive

  • MegaBabe and how she started this company 

  • Ways that women can feel more comfortable in their bodies--no matter their size

  • How our obsession with weight loss and being thin often stems from one single comment--and how to move past that

  • Her new book, Body Talk 

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