Knowledge Bomb:
How many products in your bathroom may contain carcinogenic chemicals? Dr. G runs down the list of common chemicals found in familiar self-care products that could be harboring toxins potentially contributing to sickness over time.
00:00 - What to look for in your self-care products
00:34 - The Toxic Substances Control 1976
01:30 - A large majority of chemicals are unregulated
2:15 - bringing more awareness around chemical exposures
3:00 - The danger of cumulative exposure
4:00 - Which ingredients to avoid
4:30 - Fragrances
5:00 - Phthalates
5:40 - NED AD
7:40 - CALM APP AD
9:40 - Heavy Metals
10:10 - Heavy Metal testing
10:40 - Parabens
11:15 - PFAs
12:00 - Styrene
12:35 - Titanium Dioxide
13:15 - The importance of Packaging
14:00 - Empowerment not fear
14:45 - Environmental Working Group
Guest Segment:
Dr. Lexie Kite and her twin sister Lindsay Kite are best-selling authors of “More Than a Body: Your Body is an Instrument, Not an Ornament,” and international speakers teaching about body image, beauty ideals and misrepresentation of women in media. They are co-directors of the non-profit Beauty Redefined.
Lexie joins the show to discuss how our negative view of our own bodies is affecting our ability to truly experience life to the fullest, and preventing us from being our healthiest selves.
15:00 - Introducing Lexie Kite
16:00 - Body Confidence
16:40 - Is the body-positivity movement helpful, harmful or somewhere in between
17:00 - Beauty as the highest form of value is flawed
17:40 - Knowing your body is good, regardless of how it looks
18:30 - Girls and Women and self-esteem
19:00 - Boys and Men and where they derive their worth
19:40 - Women being defined by their bodies
20:30 - How long has this problem existed for women?
21:10 - Women and media
22:00 - The anti-aging industry
23:20 - How early are girls being exposed to these ideals?
24:20 - Sexism in children’s media
25:00 - Femininity as work
25:50 - Self-objectification
26:30 - The Subject & The Object
27:50 - What is a young teen experiencing?
29:30 - Teenagers and social media
31:20 - Biotimizers AD
33:00 - BIRCH AD
34:55 - The Beauty industry
36:30 - Changing Beauty ideals
38:00 - A new way of being
38:40 - Body Image Resilience
39:30 - How to connect with resilience
40:40 - Identify the source of the shame
41:30 - Disruptions as an opportunity to change
43:00 - Getting back into your body in tough moments
44:00 - Your body is an instrument, not an ornament
45:00 - Prioritizing how you feel
46:20 - Getting into a flow state
47:30 - Coming back to your authentic self
48:30 - Objectifying our health
50:00 - Setting experiential goals
51:40 - Facing disruptions with better coping skills
53:00 - Coming back to our childhood selves
54:00 - Where you find information on Lexie and Lindsay Kite’s work
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