Finding Balance After Competitive Body Building- S2 EP 12 - Vanessa Lefan Yuen
We’re bombarded with perfect bodies everywhere we look. We see thousands of images of beautiful bodies that we dream of having, but what we don’t see is the reality of how they got there.
Body building and competitions is something that most of us know about, we see it and think, I could never have the discipline to do that. Perhaps we feel a little worse about ourselves when we are honest that we don’t have that kind of discipline in us.
But what we don’t often hear is the reality of how body builders get competition ready and the emotional, physical and mental strain that the process puts on their bodies.
My guest today, Multi-Disciplinary Artist, Vanessa Lefan Yuen, was a competition winning body builder, who stopped competing and went through a beautiful journey of reintegration into finding her new normal. From having to relearn how to eat to reprogramming her mind on what her body should look like, she’s been able to find a healthy, happy existence.
Join me as we find out the truth about body building, what lessons can be learned from it, and how we can find our own balance and happiness with our bodies.
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ABOUT VANESSA LEFAN YUEN:
Vanessa is a multidisciplinary artist born in rural northern Taiwan, and immigrated to Canada in 2006. She expresses and shares ideas by telling stories through music, movement, poetry, and visual arts such as painting and videos. She believes the power of art as a connector between cultures, people, to the heart and soul of individuals.
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