Self Love is the Best Love with Connie Sobczak
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Self Love is the Best Love with Connie Sobczak
In this episode, I am joined by writer, educator, and mentor Connie Sobczak. Connie’s experience with an eating disorder in her teen years and the death of her sister Stephanie inspired her life’s work to help people live with more appreciation and love for their precious bodies. She founded The Body Positive in honor of her sister, and to ensure that her daughter Carmen and other children would grow up in a new world—one where people are free to focus on the things in life that really matter. Connie is the author of Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!), her book in which she skillfully and lovingly reconnects readers to their essence and life force. Connie’s passion is watching the light that emerges when people recognize and embrace their magnificent, authentic selves.
SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED:
Connie’s novel, Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)
How easily body shaming, especially from a parent, is absorbed in children
The devastating impact of bonding over body hatred
How diversity pro-actively supports children as they navigate through a diet-obsessed culture
Tips for learning how to become “an expert of your own body”
Connie’s motivation for co-founding The Body Positive non-profit organization
ABOUT CONNIE SOBCZAK:
Connie Sobczak is a writer, educator, and mentor. After her own experience with an eating disorder in her teen years and the death of her sister Stephanie fueled Connie’s desire to create a new world for her daughter Carmen to grow up in; one where all people are free to love their bodies. In 1996, Connie co-founded The Body Positive, a nonprofit organization that teaches people to listen to their bodies, learn, and thrive. As a result, tens of thousands of people have been given practical tools to develop balanced, joyful self-care and a relationship with their bodies that is guided by love, forgiveness, and humor. Connie has been training Be Body Positive Facilitators for more than twenty years, and uses her creative skills to produce The Body Positive’s curricula, videos, digital courses, and trainings.
Connie is also the author of Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!), her book in which she skillfully and lovingly reconnects readers to their precious bodies, life force, and authentic beauty.
In Connie’s 2021 TEDx Talk, “Embracing Your Critical Voice: The Gateway to Self-Love,” she shares her painful yet powerful journey to self-love, and offers ways for others to get there as well. Connie’s passion is watching the light that emerges when people recognize and embrace their magnificent selves.
CONNECT WITH CONNIE:
Get to know Connie, view her workshops and press by visiting her online
Learn more, read testimonials, and purchase your copy of Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)
Watch Connie’s TEDx Talk “Embracing Your Critical Voice: The Gateway to Self-Love”
Follow The Body Positive on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Instagram
Join the Body Positive Community, subscribe to their blog, and view the “This is Beauty” campaign
Read more about the 5 Competencies of our Be Body Positive Model
Download your free version of The Wise Woman Guidebook: How to Activate & Trust Your Intuition to Live Life on Your Terms
ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:
Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. Karin is the founder of the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center located in Boston, MA. You can visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center online to learn more about Karin and her center’s services. You can also connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.