11: Disentangling Self-Worth from the Scale with Steph Gaudreau

School of Self-Worth

In today’s episode, Nicole chats with Steph Gaudreau, a nutrition and strength-training coach, about body image, self-worth, and strength. They talk about the challenge of maintaining a positive body image growing up with diet culture and how to disentangle self-worth from athletic performance.
Tune in to hear about what it looks like to decouple self-worth from your self-image, and the critical elements of grace and compassion when struggling with your body image.
Steph Gaudreau creates solutions for athletic women over 40 to fuel themselves better, get stronger, increase their energy, and perform better in and out of the gym. She’s a sports nutritionist, lifting coach, author, and longtime podcaster. She believes that strength is a catalyst for a more expansive life.
Listen to learn more about…

• Steph’s evolution with her self-worth and how being an athlete came with its own challenges around self-worth (3:31)
• The importance of finding innovative ways to keep tracking progress (13:06)
• Finding self-acceptance and dealing with body-image issues in a society of diet culture and in the digital age of social media (20:40)
• Tangible tip from Steph for anyone working on their progress with self-worth and the concept of autoregulation (38:33)
• Bonus: Learn about the benefits of mouth-taping when it comes to sleep and physical training (42:00)

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Get more of Steph:

• Website: https://www.stephgaudreau.com/
• Podcast: Fuel Your Strength
• Instagram: @steph_gaudreau and @fuel.your.strength
• Free Workout: https://stephgaudreau.com/dumbbell-workouts

Body image resources Steph mentioned:

• Chrissy King - The Body Liberation Project
• Beauty Redefined
• Bri Campos

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