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So much of our modern discourse around productivity, empowerment, entrepreneurship, and personal growth includes messages about our bodies. These messages might not be explicit, but the messages are there\\u2014and our brains pick them up loud and clear.

Similarly, we might not realize that we\\u2019re sharing messages that insert themselves into how others perceive their own bodies\\u2014but many of us are. It\\u2019s impossible to talk about self-discipline, accountability, or efficiency without those concepts leaving their marks on our flesh.

This episode covers a tiny sliver of all the ways that the medium of self-help acts on our bodies. But my hope is that it will encourage you to think critically about the messages you receive about your body and the messages you share that might impact others\\u2019 bodies.

You\\u2019ll hear from independent beauty culture journalist Jessica DeFino, body confidence influencer Tiffany Ima, and Flaunt Your Fire founder India Jackson.

This episode contains frank talk about bodies, weight, beauty, dieting, and related topics. I know that these subjects can trigger harmful thoughts and behaviors for me if I\\u2019m not careful. So please, take care while listening to this episode.

This episode originally aired on October 18, 2022. It\'s been slightly updated for this rebroadcast.

Footnotes:

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• Subscribe to Jessica DeFino\\u2019s newsletter about beauty culture and the beauty industry.
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• Follow Tiffany Ima on Instagram.
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• Listen to the Flaunt Your Fire podcast and learn more about India Jackson.
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• Erica Courdae on reconsidering your normal, as well as \\u201cNormal is a Life with Michelle Kuei\\u201d on the Pause on the Play podcast.
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• \\u201cBody acceptance stops at the skin. Why?\\u201d by Jessica DeFino
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• \\u201cThe Skin as an Antidote to Consumerism\\u201d by Jessica DeFino
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• \\u201cHow White Supremacy and Capitalism Influence Beauty Culture\\u201d by Jessica DeFino in TeenVogue
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• \\nWhat We Don\\u2019t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
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• \\u201cPostscript on Societies of Control\\u201d by Gilles Deleuze
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• \\nSelf-Help, INC by Micki McGee
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• \\u201cRachel Hollis Part 1: Hashtag Relatable\\u201d on Maintenance Phase
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• \\u201cThe Trouble with Calories\\u201d on Maintenance Phase
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• \\u201cBodybuilding vs Powerlifting vs Weightlifting\\u201d on Shape
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• \\nConfidence Culture by Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill
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• \\nLet\\u2019s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World by Danielle Friedman
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• \\n3 Books for Remembering \\u201cYou Have a Body\\u201d: On disability, on chronic illness, and on our bodies in society
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