They say that one of the first signs of madness is talking to yourself.
Psychologist/Counsellor Genevieve Milnes M.App.Psych, MA (Couns), B.Ed, B.Div from the Belmont Counselling Clinic joined me again today during my morning radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM for the fourth and final part of our series about body image.
We talked a lot about talking to yourself today.
How do you react when you hear people talk about listening to your inner voice? If you say to yourself that such an idea is utter rubbish, you’ve just discovered your own inner voice. It’s simply all about our thought life and the things we tell ourselves.
In our discussions of body image we talked about the things we tell ourselves when we look in the mirror. What do we say to ourselves when we have another piece of cake? Are we critical of ourselves or do we give ourselves permission to treat ourselves?
We discussed the difference between ‘mouth hunger’ and ‘stomach hunger’. Are we eating just to satisfy our need for comfort or are we eating to fuel our bodies?
Genevieve has taken a lot of her information from the book, When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies by Hirschmann and Munter.
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