Ep 89 The Difference Between Being a Victim and Victimhood - and How to Reclaim Your Power From Diet Culture

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you feel like diet culture has stolen a part of your life?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you believe that if it weren’t for a certain person in your life who made comments about your body size and food, or perhaps certain experiences that made you feel like your body is wrong or you aren’t ‘good enough’ for not having more self discipline to stop ‘eating so much’, then you would not have had to deal with your current struggles with food and body image? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s so easy to feel like a victim of diet culture in whatever way it has manifested and showed up in your life. In many ways, if you’ve experienced such encounters, you have been a victim. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But where is the line drawn between acknowledging victimization and having that turn (even subconsciously) into victimhood? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your mindset and how you relate to  your past experience, and how you choose to move forward, play such a huge factor in your healing journey and being able to reclaim your power back from diet culture. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s be clear, victimization doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve experienced only one extremely traumatic event in your life. Victimization can arise from any negative experiences that contribute to self-sabotaging behaviors - including diet culture and how that damage is continuing to impact your current behavior.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode, Rachel walks you through the differences between victimization and victimhood, why its important to identify the difference and how address each one in your food-freedom journey, including the two important steps to take to change your mindset - so you can truly let go of diet culture’s grip in your life and take back the narrative to live a healthy, happy, free, and full life that you deserv