Building a Better Body Image with Erica Mather
Our guest is Erica Mather. She is the author of “Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power.”
In this episode, we’re joined by Erica Mather. She is the author of “Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power.” We talk with her about how breaking free from the cultural messages that feed negative body image and stand in the way of becoming your most authentic and radiant self.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How body image shapes mental health and wellness
- The power of healthy body image on physical fitness and strength
- How to feel comfortable and confident in your own skin
- Why your thoughts and feelings about your body affect the way you relate to the world.
- How to let go of unrealistic beauty standards
- The benefits of these sustainable lessons for maintaining a healthy body image
- How to love your own body
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Erica Mather
President - The Yoga Clinic (NYC)
Erica Mather is a lifelong teacher who has struggled with emotional overeating, compulsive overexercising, and body dysmorphic disorder. As an embodiment educator, she guides people to feel better in, and about, their bodies. Her Adore Your Body Transformational Programs help overcome body image challenges, and The Yoga Clinic of New York City helps students, teachers, and health professionals to learn about empowered self-care for the body. Mather is a recognized body image expert, a Forrest Yoga lineage-holder, and was also named one of the next generation’s important yoga teachers by Yoga Journal.
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