Understanding Obesity and Being “Healthy”

Whenever "body positivity" is mentioned, many people have a gut reaction of, "But we don't want to glorify obesity--that would be unhealthy!" It seems like many people see quote-unquote "healthy" living as something that can't coexist with loving your body at any size. On the other hand, many people are advocating for greater body love wherever body conversations are happening: in advertising, in movies, at the dinner table, and even at the doctor's office. So where is the disconnect? And how can we live our healthiest lives now, physically and emotionally, while working towards whatever goals we're shooting for?

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The Importance of Failure

We all know that going through life without failure or making mistakes is not possible, and yet we still fight the reality of failure on the regular. We often fear failure so much that we not only try to shield ourselves from it but also shield our children from it. Coach Lindsay Law is talking on the podcast today about the importance of letting our kids fail and how failure is a gift and something we are meant to do here on earth. If you struggle with failure or have a child that does, listen today and hear the wisdom Lindsay has to share on embracing and allowing failure. Then if your child needs practice and a coach to help them through failure, look Lindsay up and set up a time to chat with her yourself. 

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Matthew 8; Mark 2–4; Luke 7

In this episode we'll talk about Matthew 8, Luke 7, and Mark chapters 2 through four. We'll discuss two main principles from these chapters. First, we'll talk about the Savior's teaching of putting "new wine into new bottles." We'll talk about the mental health application for this idea, which is that in order to make long-term changes to our mental health, we need to change our overall ways of how we approach life. These changes can be made a little at a time and they are essential for improved mental health. We'll also discuss the example of the Savior calming the tempest, how the differences in thinking affected his emotions and the emotions of his disciples, and how thinking impacts feelings in general.

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