#274: A GUARANTEED HACK FOR BODY CONFIDENCE

A GUARANTEED HACK FOR BODY CONFIDENCE PODCAST #274 In this episode of#TheConfidencePodcastwe are chatting about: * What is this so-called, promised land of "body confidence" - and does it really exist? * The guaranteed "hack" for getting body confidence, even if your body isn't exactly perfect or where you envision it to be * All the nitty-gritty questions about food, body confidence you never thought anyone else was thinking but yourself As always, a quick hello to all of my Keep the Faith listeners, thanks for being a part of this extended community of contagious encouragement. SPONSORSHIP NOTE: I am proud to bring this podcast to you in part thanks to my partnership with Beautycounter. Beautycounter is more than just a company I believe in, it is the only company I trust fully for myself and my family.  Beautycounter has brought a new level of health to my household, reduced our toxic exposure, and increased my self-care routine and how beautiful and clean my skin is. I can honestly say that I feel more beautifully me, thanks to Beautycounter. Oh, and we are more than just a beauty company. We are a movement. We are on a mission to get safer products into the hands of everyone. We work because we can’t stand by idly as harmful chemicals cause our loved ones to get sick, struggle with fertility, and give birth to children with significant health issues. We work towards cleaner beauty everywhere because this is personal to all of us. Shop for your own Beautycounter collection at www.beautycounter.com/trishblackwell COACHING CONTENT:  The celebration of the Fourth of July in the United States was always one of my favorite times of the year. I usually spent it hanging out with my dad.  We got Slurpees and candy from 7-11, treats my mom would typically never let us have in the house, and we'd camp out in a great spot near a local firework show on the flatbed of his 1976 Ford Pickup and wait for dusk to come.  The Fourth of July meant freedom, but not just the celebration of freedom for the history of my country, but for what freedom could represent for me in my life. The 4th was a day when there were no rules in our house. It was a day of sugar, sun and swimming. A day of no rules, no judgement and no bedtime. Everyone I knew was happy during the day and celebrating at night. For me, it was a break from things that stressed me out and from anxiety I had around certain relationships in my life. It was a day of happiness and unity.  It was what I wanted everyday to be, until I realized that everyday could be that way. Freedom feels good. It opens up the doors of happiness to us; we all deserve to be free. Freedom has been a powerful concept in my life, especially over the past 15 years as I learned how to learn to love my body and be free in my skin, without self-judgement, without perfectionistic pressure...to learn to celebrate my imperfections with confidence and gratitude. For the longest time I waited for my body to be perfect before I gave myself permission to feel free, but I learned (after too many years of waiting and too many years of the finish line moving on me for that perfect body ... I never learned to be satisfied with what I had accomplished, so I was always feeling lacking and unworthy), that it works the opposite. Freedom is a decision. It is bold. It takes courage. It is the choice to say to life: I choose to thrive and to thrive in the lane I've been given. It is a declaration to stop trying to be like or live like anyone else and instead to focus on blooming as who you are and as God created you to be.   I am convinced that the more permission we give ourselves to have fun in our bodies the more alive, confident and free of self-imposed,