
How to Feel Confident in Your Body Regardless of Size with Summer Innanen
09/14/22 • 58 min
Do you struggle to feel confident in your body regardless of your size? Watch this enlightening interview where Canadian Psychotherapist Esther Kane speaks with Summer Innanen-a professionally trained coach specializing in body image, self-worth and confidence. She will give you some wonderful tips which will increase your body confidence starting now.
Episode Contents:
0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:44 Introducing Summer Innanen- Body Image Coach
3:30 Summer's personal story
13:59 Why so many of us dislike how we look
19:20 Concrete steps we can take to feeling more comfortable in our own skin
27:42 Difference is between ‘body positivity’ and ‘body neutrality’
38:09 How body image and patriarchy intersect and how a feminist lens shifts this
45:23 Summer's journey to love/accept/appreciate about the body she has
51:00 A ‘bigger picture’ vision of what is possible for all of us regarding body image
54:48 Inspirational body image healing stories from Summer's clients
To find Summer Innanen:
https://summerinnanen.com
Resources mentioned:
Sonya Renee Taylor: The Body is Not an Apology
https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/the-body-is-not-an-apology
Virgie Tovar: You Have the Right to Remain Fat
https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/you-have-the-right-to-remain-fat
Jes Baker: Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls
https://www.sealpress.com/titles/jes-baker/things-no-one-will-tell-fat-girls/9781580055826/
Joy Arlene Renee Cox, Ph.D.: Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645672/fat-girls-in-black-bodies-by-joy-arlene-renee-cox-phd/
FREE resources:
To read a whole lot of articles I've written on women, eating disorders and body image, click on this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/eating-disorders/
To receive my 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies:
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter
Watch my YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-DU4xM_co9zSxOWZvd08oA
Links
www.estherkane.com
Instagram:
@estherkanemsw
Facebook:
Esther Kane, MSW, RCC
Do you struggle to feel confident in your body regardless of your size? Watch this enlightening interview where Canadian Psychotherapist Esther Kane speaks with Summer Innanen-a professionally trained coach specializing in body image, self-worth and confidence. She will give you some wonderful tips which will increase your body confidence starting now.
Episode Contents:
0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:44 Introducing Summer Innanen- Body Image Coach
3:30 Summer's personal story
13:59 Why so many of us dislike how we look
19:20 Concrete steps we can take to feeling more comfortable in our own skin
27:42 Difference is between ‘body positivity’ and ‘body neutrality’
38:09 How body image and patriarchy intersect and how a feminist lens shifts this
45:23 Summer's journey to love/accept/appreciate about the body she has
51:00 A ‘bigger picture’ vision of what is possible for all of us regarding body image
54:48 Inspirational body image healing stories from Summer's clients
To find Summer Innanen:
https://summerinnanen.com
Resources mentioned:
Sonya Renee Taylor: The Body is Not an Apology
https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/the-body-is-not-an-apology
Virgie Tovar: You Have the Right to Remain Fat
https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/you-have-the-right-to-remain-fat
Jes Baker: Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls
https://www.sealpress.com/titles/jes-baker/things-no-one-will-tell-fat-girls/9781580055826/
Joy Arlene Renee Cox, Ph.D.: Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645672/fat-girls-in-black-bodies-by-joy-arlene-renee-cox-phd/
FREE resources:
To read a whole lot of articles I've written on women, eating disorders and body image, click on this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/eating-disorders/
To receive my 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies:
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter
Watch my YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-DU4xM_co9zSxOWZvd08oA
Links
www.estherkane.com
Instagram:
@estherkanemsw
Facebook:
Esther Kane, MSW, RCC
Previous Episode

Women, Ageing and Body Image
Enjoy this fun and insightful conversation between Esther Kane and her dear friend Joanne about their relationships to food, bodies and ageing. In it, we explore Joanne’s problematic relationship with food and where it originated, her battle with Orthorexia and how she ultimately healed from it. Finally, we talk about the ageing process and how we can learn to embrace it.
Episode Contents:
0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:44 Introducing Joanne Leese
3:40 History of our friendship
7:13 Jewish women and ageing
7:40 Joanne's relationship to food and her body in her teens
12:50 Her 20's- Becomes Orthorexic
15:00 Healing from Orthorexia
16:15 The ageing process and how we navigate ageing in a positive way
FREE resources:
To read a whole lot of articles I've written on women, eating disorders and body image, click on this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/e...
To receive my 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies:
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter
Watch my YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-DU4xM_co9zSxOWZvd08oA
Links
www.estherkane.com
Instagram:
@estherkanemsw
Facebook:
Esther Kane, MSW, RCC
Next Episode

What is Orthorexia? With Esther Kane
Episode Contents:
0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:44 What is Orthorexia?
4:55 Orthorexia in Action- Client Example
7:03 Orthorexia Risk Factors
8:45 How Do I Know if I Have Orthorexia?
Resources Mentioned in Video:
Confessions Of An Orthorexic-Esther’s Story
https://www.estherkane.com/confessions-of-an-orthorexic-esthers-story/
Book by Dr. Steven Bratman: Orthorexia: Health Food Junkies: Overcoming the Obsession with Healthful Eating
https://www.amazon.ca/Health-Food-Junkies-Orthorexia-Overcoming/dp/0767906306
Article: Orthorexia Nervosa: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment of a Misunderstood Eating Disorder
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/orthorexia-nervosa-101#causes
My book: It's Not About the Food: A Woman's Guide to Making Peace with Food and Our Bodies
https://www.estherkane.com/resources/its-not-about-the-food/
FREE resources:
To read a whole lot of articles I've written on women, eating disorders and body image, click on this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/eating-disorders/
To access a FREE 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies, click on this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter
Watch my YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-DU4xM_co9zSxOWZvd08oA
Links
www.estherkane.com
Instagram:
@estherkanemsw
Facebook:
Esther Kane, MSW, RCC
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