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I Am More Than My Body: The Body Neutral Journey


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Release Date
June 27, 2023
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4 hours 22 minutes
Summary
From the founder and CEO of the be.come project comes an inspiring introduction to 'body neutrality'—the concept of steering away from self-hate without the pressure of having to love your body—and how thinking in this way can lead to joy, peace, and fulfillment.

“Some days I love my body, some days I hate my body, but every day I respect my body.”

A lot of us were raised on toxic diet culture—restrictions, limitations, and deprivation. Then the pendulum swung to the other extreme, with messages that we could love ourselves at any size, any weight, any shape…but sometimes, even that can feel like a lot of pressure. There is a third option: body neutrality. For many of us, a neutral approach to our physical self—based on compassion, acceptance, and respect—can be a revolutionary, rewarding shift in how we move through the world.

I Am More Than My Body will help you strengthen your relationship with yourself and find balance, steering you away from shame without the pressure of having to love your body at all times. It will introduce a framework to help you practice neutral movement, recognize and arm yourself against bias, act with self-compassion, and navigate your feelings on this journey.

A longtime practitioner of the body-neutral approach, Bethany C. Meyers shares their own story together with the experiences and ideas of experts and activists to help us care for our bodies while not having them dictate our worth. Because happiness comes from honest acceptance, something that body neutrality has the power to help you find.
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Profile Avatar NikiCl Mar 2025

Thanks to this book, I have been given an entirely new way to think about things. I will most likely be referring back to this book often. I consider myself in eating disorder recovery because while I’m not starving myself anymore or over exercising, there are still battles I fight to survive and thrive. Below are excerpts from the book I found particularly helpful and useful: - Any body standard is toxic. - You can have a bad body image day and still be a bad ass. - A thin person can walk down the street eating an ice cream cone without an ounce of judgment from anyone they pass and a fat person cannot. Those living in larger bodies are subjected to negative discrimination in employment, education, and healthcare even in relationships. - Before we judge anyone or compare their struggles with our own, we have to Understand how much of human experience is unquantifiable. - We should not feel guilty about doing whats best for ourselves. Ask yourself what makes the most sense for you? - One of the many reasons we should never comment on a person‘s body is we don’t know the measures. It has taken to have that body. - What would it look like if we rephrased workout and exercise with the word movement. - When you separate exercise from having the sole goal of changing your body and instead allow it to be a place for repair, release, rejuvenation it’s likely you’ll find freedom in your new movement practice. - All movement is valid movement. When you put your body and needs first, whatever shows up is what you needed that day. Remember your body is wise. and you are a living miracle. Trust yourself. on your neutral movement journey.

I Am More Than My Body: The Body Neutral Journey

I Am More Than My Body: The Body Neutral Journey

Author: Bethany C. Meyers
Read by: Bethany C. Meyers
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