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17. Battling with Body Image: Fitness, Social Media Fakeness and Finding Your “Why” with Amy-Kate Golby
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Nov 22, 2021 at 5:00 pm.
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I feel like every woman needs to hear this episode because we're all dealing with some form of body image issues - and it's not surprising given our society's impossible and rapidly evolving beauty standards as well as the immense pressure of social media.

In this episode, with Amy-Kate Golby (PT, bodybuilder and women's advocate), we cover: 

  • Being a "sporty tomboy" at school and not fitting in with the popular girls
  • Feeling out of place and not good enough because she had a different body shape
  • Constantly asking, “Am I good enough?!"
  • Dieting and losing weight for a job
  • Feeling underestimated because of her body shape
  • You can do anything! Don’t let others superficial judgements get in your way
  • Training and doing fitness for the right reasons
  • From cardio queen to strength trainer and bodybuilding competitor
  • Qualifying as a PT, but still feeling broken inside
  • Falling out of structure and control because of travelling and work
  • Learning to move for the love of it
  • Amy's bodybuilding competition and journey during the pandemic and what it taught her
  • Knowing your deep “why” and using planning, discipline and commitment to push you through (hint: don’t rely on motivation!)
  • Social media pressures, fake-ness and evolving beauty standards
  • Doing social media in an honest, raw and vulnerable way
  • Amy’s body positivity journey with lingerie partnerships and promoting body diversity and inclusivity to build women up
  • Amy being told she was sexualising fitness and why she didn't let other people's opinions stop her
  • How Amy got past her inner demons
  • Why it’s important not to focus on the size of your clothes
  • Tips if you’re struggling with a personal challenge right now
  • Amy’s wish for everyone: Be brave!

You can find Amy on Instagram @dreams_and_dumbbells

Please share this episode on your Instagram stories and tag @mojohealthspace too! We want to spread the body love message far and wide.

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