030. Growing a Healthy Relationship Between Food, Body & Performance with Erika Ward (Part 1)

Today's episode is with Former D1 Volleyball player Erika Ward. She's a recent graduate from Bryant University where she became the Division 1 career digs record holder, helped her team to win the NorthEast Conference Tournament and earned a second-team All-NorthEast award in 2018!

This episode is going to be split up into 2 parts because there were just so many important nuggets to talk about! In the first episode, Erika talks about her volleyball career, experiencing body image issues before and during her time in university, comparing herself to her teammates and looking back on what she has learned about herself and body since then.

Specific topics include:

• Receiving compliments about her body (that weren't really compliments)
• Struggling with expectations of self, team, and food intake
• How she's able to feel happy about herself in her body

Links

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