Exercise is great but it can also be used in a way to punish yourself. Today we talk about how to exercise the right way. www.selflovedetox.com/burlexercise

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009 Excercise bad vs good

Life is crazy right now and you might find yourself using food as a coping mechanism, extra snacks with a big sprinkle of guilt on top. In this episode I share how I began to question whether I had to spend the rest of my life on a diet and how I learned to trust myself to eat freely. We also go through the 10 principles of intuitive eating. Book recommendations: Just Eat It - Dr Laura Thomas PhD Body Positive Power - Megan Crabbe The Goddess Revolution - Mel Wells

008 Inutitive eating

Feeling comfortable in your own skin isn't something that comes easy, in this day and age their is so much pressure to look picture perfect. In this episode I share 3 steps to feeling body confident, however, your self love journey is not about being an over night success. Small steps everyday go along way. Listen in to find out my 3 steps. Come and join our live free 3 day event www.selflovedetox.com/live If you'd like to listen to my podcast on self talk, check it out here https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:46659127/sounds.rss NOT OVER NIGHT SUCCESS. Faith it until you make it. I have and always have had the power to be beautiful, powerful and fierce. My own struggles - still sometimes doubt my own self worth in some situations.

007 3 steps to feeling body confident

There’s no guide book to tell you how to deal with life, especially when we’re in the midst of a pandemic. The more we feel shame for our emotions and our mental health the more we will cover up and the worse we will feel. In this episode I share when I realised that I had problems with my mental health, how “the foreseeable future” is the definition of anxiety and how all of your emotions are valid. We are talk how to share your emotions if you struggle to talk to your nearest and dearest. With help journalling you can download my free “Journal through” template… www.selflovedetox.com/freedownloads To talk to someone in confidence, checkout these helplines… Pandas UK open 7 days a week open 9am-7pm 0808 196 776 free from UK landlines Mind mental health charity open 5 days a week 9am-6pm Call 0300 123 3393 Or text 86463 Crisis text line 24/7 85258 Smaritans 24/7 116 123

006 Emotions in lockdown

Do you feel self conscious when you exercise? Do you punish yourself for overeating by working out harder to burn the calories? Do you ever stop to celebrate your body for what it can do? In today's episode I talk about Celebrate You - a 10km run in London in your underwear. This caused me to go on a roller coaster of emotions, everyone told me I don't have to do it, but I knew I had to. How could you workout for joy and to celebrate what your body can do? Laura Bland my co presenter for Love Thy Project does amazing fitness workouts and is all about self love. https://www.facebook.com/groups/fitnessandselflovewithlaurab/ Zoe McNulty the Headmistress of the School of Strut is doing online dance classes. https://www.facebook.com/groups/schoolofstrutislaytiononline/

005 Celebrate you

Take a big deep breath, ground yourself and take this podcast to help you start your day with a strong mind. If you liked this then please let me know and I will make some more.

004 Morning motivation

The world is an even more scary place than it is usually. Here are five rituals I've been using to help keep my mind ticking and protect my mental health. To download your free print out check it out here... www.selflovedetox.com/003

003 Self love in self isolation

The moment I questioned whether I was really going to live my life on a diet was the moment I opened my mind to exploring self love. In this episode I share my experience with dieting and how I became obsessed with restricting what I ate. You can learn to trust yourself to eat without rules. Books I recommend: Just eat it by Dr Laura Thomas The Goddess Revolution by Mel Wells

002 Why diets don't work

How do you talk to yourself about your body? Do you talk negatively, positively or neutrally? In this episode we go through limiting beliefs that are stopping you from making peace with your body. I share my struggles with jeans and cloth sizing and how we are not alone in how we feel about our bodies. It's time for you to flip the script from negative to positive.

001 Self talk

Welcome to the Self Love Detox Podcast, in this trailer episode I am going to dig deep into who I am and why I started the Self Love Detox.

000 Trailer episode

We ended 2019 with a live challenge "Break up with your scales and start your Self Love Detox" we discuss the challenge in todays podcast. For my free 3 steps to conquer your confidence... www.selflovedetox.com/present To catch up with the challenge until 14th January... https://www.facebook.com/groups/breakup2020/

Stretched 04: Break up with the scales

Welcome to Stretched the podcast, mum of 4 Ana Louise Bonasera and author of "Stretched: A mother's journey to love her 'flaws' and how you can too" talks about her stretched moments of motherhood. In todays episode Ana talks about TRANSITIONS - new chapters occur regularly through life, new baby, changing jobs, losing someone we love, they are all around us. Ana shares her struggles from the past and in the present, even though she's found peace with her body after birth it's still an ongoing journey. If you struggle to love your 'flaws' listen up and find out how Ana gets uncomfortable to get comfortable with her body.

Stretched 03: Transitions

In today's episode I share two of my 'stretched' moments from this year, the ugly before hand of anxiety and fear taking over, the reality during and the feel good factor and consequences after. One is featured in the book my 10K in my underwear around London as part of Celebrate You and the second is my Oxford half marathon, which I didn't get much time to train for, oh and I hate running! As I emotionally and mentally tortured myself I reminded myself of 'Why?' I was doing this and that pushed me through the fear and the anxiety and I did it. Listen up to find out more, enjoy and I'd love to hear your thoughts. With love & gratitude, Ana Louise Bonasera

Stretched 02: Why?

Ana Louise Bonasera is a mother of 4, author, body positive and metal wellness activist. Her book 'Stretched' was published September 2019 after writing 32,500 in just 4 weeks she talks about why now was the time to share her struggles through postpartum with her body image and mental health.

Stretched 01: The book and beyond

Mother of 4 boys, including autistic twins. Mental health and body positivity activist. Author of 'Stretched: A mother's journey to love her 'flaws' and how you can too' Creator of the Stretched Mama community

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