Oby Bamidele: Self Acceptance is not Living in Denial

Beyond A Dress Size with Dr. Ezinne Meribe

Episode Summary Can I really love & accept my body and still take better care of it? Isn't it better to 'change' and 'fix' my body first before loving my body? Loving my body right now is like settling and I don't want to settle. This is a common rhetoric that plays in the heads of many women and I have heard it over and over again from the women I coach. On this episode, Oby shares how self acceptance was fundamental in her journey through recovering from an eating disorder, letting go of the hatred and loathing she carried for herself and becoming a counsellor today teaching women to love themselves - warts and all. About our guest Oby Bamidele is a mind-set coach, registered therapist in private practice, writer and speaker. She’s also a Christian, wife, mum and youth leader What's her thing? Helping people break out of their rut of conformist beliefs and inauthentic living, so they can find their unique purpose, live freely and happily She is big on sharing her story and encourages women to own and embrace theirs (warts and all) to find peace, healing and courage to be “unapologetically You” She has authored two books- "Finding Purpose" and Me, My Hair and the Rest. You can purchase her books on amazon. You can connect with her on Facebook and Instagram as @obybamidele Website: www.obybamidele.com Our Favourite Highlights - The more I’ve reached self acceptance, the more open I am with sharing my good and also my bad. People learn not just from the good. - I had to reach a place where I could really love myself and look at myself in the mirror and say “you are OK, you are good, you are enough, despite the fact I’m a work in progress, I’m good and I love me as a work in progress”. - When you build up that idea that your life is perfect, it becomes so difficult to show any other side - even to yourself. - The catalyst for change is self acceptance. When you love yourself then change can take place ------------------ Be sure to share on your social media pages, tag your friends, invite them to start listening and start a conversation with the hashtag #beyondadresssize and tag us too @beyondadresssize. ----------- Grab Dr. Ezinne’s FREE TRAINING on ‘How to Lose Weight and Never Gain it Back’ at bit.ly/beyondweightloss so you too can finally finally get rid of the weight loss lifestyle, LOSE WEIGHT and NEVER GAIN IT BACK and live fabulously every waking day. --------- Schedule a consultation session with Dr. Ezinne so she can help you walk through your body struggles and rewrite your body story today - https://calendly.com/zinnyslifestyle/coachingsession If you have questions about booking Dr. Ezinne, sponsoring this podcast, guest suggestions or questions you’d like answered on the podcast; email us at [e-mail] To Subscribe to Beyond A Dress Size Podcast on: - iTunes - Stitcher - Spotify - Anchor - Google Podcasts - Castbox Simply head to anchor.fm/beyondadresssize choose your favourite platform and subscribe. We love waking up to your ratings and reviews, please leave a review on iTunes! - itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1381360853/ Share your thoughts and AHA moments about this episode on social media using our podcast hashtag #BeyondADressSize and tag us too @beyondadresssize Follow us on Social Media Instagram: @beyondadresssize - instagram.com/beyondadresssize/ Facebook: @beyondadresssize - facebook.com/beyondadresssize/ Twitter: @beyonddnumbers - twitter.com/beyonddnumbers/ Catch up on all episodes of Beyond A Dress Size podcast and download our favorite quotes from the show so you can share with your friends - www.beyondadresssize.com/listen --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondadresssize/support