Ep 389: Self Love After Weight Gain

Have you bought into the lie that thinner is better? 

I just had my first photoshoot since 2020. It was my first photoshoot since the pandemic and my first photoshoot at my heaviest weight. I was curious how I would feel during the photoshoot and I was also a little worried about how I might feel once I got the photos back (would I like the photos or would I feel uncomfortable with the parts of me that didn’t look “good” in certain lighting or at “unflattering” angles?).

To my happy surprise, I felt confident and sexy during the shoot and when I looked at the photos afterward, I LOVED them. I felt like a proud mama recognizing all the hard work I had accomplished in self-love and embodiment work; seeing my true self shine through in the photos and loving her.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing more about this photoshoot and all of the work I’ve done to truly love myself, my whole self, in the hopes that you will join me and feel empowered in your body at every shape and size.

If you have ever struggled with the lie that you had to be a certain dress size in order to be “sexy,” if you’ve been hurt by people’s unsolicited comments on your body, if you have been hurt by diet culture or fatphobia or maybe you just don’t know how to love your body regardless of your size, sign up for my FREE training on how to Unconsume Yourself, so that you can recover your energy, time, power and peace. 

Listen to episode 389 now!

In episode 389 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:

• [3:26] The weight I’ve gained since 2020
• [5:18] Feeling like a proud mama when I received the photos back from my most recent photoshoot
• [6:12] Letting go of old programming, and why I love growing older
• [7:30] The 5 components of self-love work and how I create the frameworks for my courses
• [8:13] How I’ve grown to love myself more, regardless of the weight that I’ve gained
• [11:03] Being in a relationship with a narcissistic man and how that taught me to love my body more
• [11:49] Why I transitioned out of the fitness world and into the work of embodiment
• [16:17] Setting boundaries around what I would allow people to say (good and bad) about my body
• [20:07] What real beauty feels like and the factors that play into attraction
• [21:14} Get the details on my FREE Unconsume Yourself training
• {22:56} Responding to IG comments from people who struggle to feel comfortable and confident, specially in their bodies
• [28:38] The real reason you feel bad about yourself and the shape/size of your body

For full show notes and resources, head to https://untameyourself.com/podcasts/389

About the EMBODIED Podcast with Elizabeth DiAlto 

Since 2013 I’ve been developing a body of work that helps women embody self love, healing and wholeness. We do this by focusing on the four levels of consciousness - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

In practical terms this looks like exploring tools and practices to help you  tune into the deep wisdom of the body and the knowing of the heart, which I believe are gateways to our souls. Then we cultivate a new relationship with our minds that allows the mind to serve this wisdom and knowing and soul connection, rather than override it, which is what many of us were taught.

If you’ve been doing self help or spiritual development work for a while, these are the types of foundational things that often people overlook in pursuit of fancier concepts that often aren’t practical or sustainable. Here, we will focus on building these strong foundations so you can honestly and thoroughly embody self love. If you’re feeling it, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from. You can also keep up with show updates and community discussion on Instagram here.