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My guest this week is Paige Tamayo, a Lead Zoologist at the Dallas Zoo. Paige and I know each other and used to work together when I was at Dallas. She joined my team in the Middle Wilds right before I moved back to Florida. Having both gone to the same college (although many years apart), we originally bonded over that, however I have loved seeing her career blossom and her start to grow her family.

I reached out to Paige after I saw her post a video on Facebook talking about body image during pregnancy and how more people should be talking about it...and I agree! Our bodies are amazing and grow human beings; however, that doesn't mean that we can't feel a certain way about what is happening (very quickly) to our bodies and how that makes us feel. Sometimes those changes bring up feelings about our bodies from the past. Sometimes they bring up feelings we didn't know we had about our bodies, and learning how to live in this new body, whether during pregnancy or postpartum, is hard and often feels shameful and frustrating.

I'm so appreciative to Paige for sharing her feelings and experiences on this topic! She very candidly shares her struggles with her own body image during pregnancy and she talks about how to support someone who might be struggling during pregnancy. She also shares how she has tried to support her inner dialogue by reminding herself that she's in a hard season right now, but that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

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