As she’s said before, Jamil is really not here for any chat about “getting into shape” during the Covid-19 crisis; let alone talk of “Covid kilos”.

“Do not succumb to that, that is pure patriarchy,” she warns. “It’s men, who run that [dieting and weight loss] industry, trying to scare us… they target us all the time with bulls**t to make us feel better about ourselves, so that we will buy to fix what was never broken. So the greatest act of rebellion is learning how to embrace yourself.”

Follow the women-you-love rule

“Anything that you say to yourself that is too mean to be said to a woman that you love, you’re not allowed to say it to you,” Jamil explained. “Catch yourself.”

This includes any of the usual suspects: that you’re too old /everyone else is smarter than you/ you’re unlovable / you’ll never nail that interview. All of it falls under the category of damaging, false and limiting self-beliefs. Instead of listening in, banish it for good.

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