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Episode 346: Finding Body Neutrality in Exercise with Carrie Moxley

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Episode 346: Finding Body Neutrality in Exercise with Carrie Moxley

In today’s episode, Jessie sits down with friend and colleague, Carrie Moxley, to talk all things fitness and body image with the added layer of Carrie being a fitness and strength coach, like Jessie! Carrie discusses her journey through body awareness, disordered eating and exercise, to neutrality, and how body things can get complicated, even for fitness professionals!
 
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Show Notes  
0:55 – Jessie’s Annual Birthday Sale is on NOW!
2:18 – Jessie introduces our special guest and topic for the day!
3:15 – Carrie explains how her profession evolved as she grew an in-person gym space and community
7:49 – Carrie takes us through her journey from becoming aware of her body, through disordered eating and exercise compulsion, to finding strength training to help heal her body image
15:58 – What made Carrie change her mantra AWAY from “every woman needs to lift to feel better” 
18:10 – What Carrie did when her oldest son approached her with an interest in strength-training – and how it ultimately got her back in the gym, herself
21:00 – How Carrie returned to strength training with the truly neutral and nonjudgmental coaching style she needs in this season 
24:07 – Why Carrie would choose neutrality ANY day of the week – and processing her previous body shame that she thought, at the time, was care
28:31 – Carrie relives her recent first-time experience wearing a sports bra as a shirt in the gym without attaching any meaning or judgment to it – at the age of 44
30:06 – The loneliness of disordered eating, and how community can help heal 
33:53 – On finding just the tiniest bit of self-compassion, and allowing space for yourself to make mistakes
34:59 – What we hope for people who are listening today
37:28 – Episode wrap up