"When Is Exercise Dysfunctional?" with Lisa DeKam, PT, MPT
"When Is Exercise Dysfunctional?"
with Lisa DeKam, PT, MPT
Under the influence of diet culture, our relationship with exercise, body image, and moving our bodies has been tainted. So often, all the above have been overrun with scripts and schemes to shrink or change our bodies; meanwhile, so often robbing us of a joyful and balanced relationship with our bodies and movement.
In today’s episode, I talk with physical therapist, Lisa DeKam. Lisa has worked as a physical therapist for twenty years and in an eating disorder treatment setting for 12 years. As Lisa describes it, she loves “exploring meaningful movement, embodiment, and the incredible ways that our bodies work.” Lisa also co-founded the Axia Project, alongside Jacquie Danz, which we talk all about back in episode 73.
In this conversation, Lisa helps us see the joy and helpfulness of moving our bodies, beyond the common scripts of diet culture. She also highlights unhelpful messages she sees at work in our culture, indicators of a dysfunctional or unhelpful relationship with exercise, and how we can be intentional about directing our relationship with moving our bodies toward balance and wellbeing. I hope you find this conversation to be as helpful as I did and may you join us in shedding unhelpful scripts from diet culture and moving toward reclaiming balance, gratitude, and the joy of moving our bodies.
the interview
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