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How to Enjoy Shopping for Plus Sized Clothing

July 20, 2022 • Esther • Season 1 • Episode 1

As a plus-sized woman, do you dread shopping for clothes? You're not alone! Listen to Esther Kane interviewing Lorna Keller of Bodacious to learn how to love adorning your body in beautiful clothes and to feel empowered in the dressing room.

Episode Contents:

0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:44 Lorna's personal journey which led her to opening boutique plus-size clothing stores
4:53 History of Bodacious
7:34 Why shopping for plus-size clothes is such negative experience for most women
10:28 Steps women can take to increase their confidence while shopping
16:55 Transformational stories
20:55 Learning to love the ’skin we’re in’
21:50 How we ended up with this ‘thin is in’ mentality
22:15 Body/size acceptance and societal changes we’d like to see

Lorna Ketler and Bodacious can be found here:
https://bodacious.ca

FREE resources:

To learn more about making peace with your body's size and shape, get a free digital copy of my book, It's Not About the Food: A Woman's Guide to Making Peace with Food and Our Bodies:

Click "Download a FREE copy of the e-book" at:
https://www.estherkane.com/resources/its-not-about-the-food/

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https://www.estherkane.com/category/eating-disorders/

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Esther Kane, MSW, RSW, RCC

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