Body Image: Not Just About Your Body | Jessi Kneeland | TEDxOnondagaCommunityCollege

Jessi Kneeland returns to deliver a personal and heart felt presentation. Through her story, Jessi highlights great personal trials and highlights how she overcame the odds to find peace and success.

Jessi Kneeland was a Certified Personal Trainer (NASM) in NYC for 7 years, specializing in empowering young women through strength training. She worked with high profile actors and models, as well as moms and working women, to get strong and feel confident. Jessi is the creator of Remodel Fitness, where she now spends most of her time blogging and coaching clients to break through barriers to optimal health and self-love. Remodel Fitness combines cutting-edge exercise science with body-positivity, to help women learn how to achieve the body they want while loving the body they have. She has written for and been featured in many major publications, including Women's Health Magazine, Self Magazine, Shape Magazine, Health Magazine, Greatist, and Buzzfeed.

[saralucymorgan]

It never occurred to me that my body and I are on the same team, that we're in this together and need to work together. I'm 41 years old and spent most of my life fighting against my body because it didn't look the way I thought it should to be worthy of love. Thank you for sharing your story.

[MsMusicalBeans]

Best tedtalk on body image. The resentment goes so much deeper than beauty.

[hollie]

7:30 She’s so right. It’s so much more than that. Looking in the mirror and telling yourself that you have nice eyes wont take away from the fact that you hate just about everything else. It goes deeper than that.

[shisea]

What an underrated tedtalk. This was phenomenal. You can fix all your insecurities and still find more to hate.

[juliadz]

There are not many speeches that I‘m deeply impressed with, but this woman has spoken freaking well! I could relate to every word she said! Well done!!!

[aylaamano]

Who you are, the messages you're sharing and the work you're doing are just so absolutely immense. Thank you!

[Therika]

This is the first TED talk that described Exactly how I felt as an adolescent. I can’t thank you enough. I wish everyone peace, safety, strength, healing, and joy.

[sakinashabani]

Like, I'm literally crying rn. I thought about it over and over and over again, and it is just so true! I also resolved to make life easier for these so-called men and people that felt the need and the right to judge me or 'fall victim' to my body. Painfully true.

[andrewmaher]

If only all Ted talks had this quality of speaker and message. Hard fought experiences, genuine wisdom and insight, and eloquently and engagingly presented. Its downright absurd this has so few views and likes.

[oxanakunets]

Loved it a lot! What a great insight: two praises girls receive are both about how we make others feel.

[katharinamaha]

A part of me strongly resonates with what you said. Allowing this feeling of unsafety to be experienced is painful while at the same time I´m feeling relieved and very, very thankful for what I am and for your inspiring words. Moved me to tears, thank you for the precious work you´re doing!

[alexiscarolyne]

This was amazing. Highly underrated Ted talk. She has an amazing book called Body Neutrality if anyone wants more of her message.

[marciadecastro]

Thank you Jessi - you bared your soul for us to heal. You are an angel.

[mariemarianna]

One of the best talks I've ever watched.

[wildrose.]

Amazing talk. Truthful, heartbreaking, raw, victorious. Thank you.

[TheCmcginn]

This was amazing! I understand some elements of myself that I never have enough thought to. I've ranted about the 'love your body' movement as I've never seen it as progressive movement. What you said changed that... It's about loving it for different reasons than we have been told previously. This explanation is very profound and acurate. Thank you xx

[ArthurFilmmaker]

Jessi, the way you speak is breathtaking. I don't exactly knowhow to describe it the right way, but your story is inspirational and i was feeling bad for hearing the things you had to endure with men. Your story telling narrative is very inspirational, i could feel the chills in my body thinking of my own daugher and every other girl in the world that god forbid may encounter herself in a dangerous situation with men. Now thanks to your i could see another side of the definition BodyImage. Thank you

[allisonabante]

thank u! from the bottom of my heart, i am truly grateful for ur message. i have been struggling with my eating disorder for so many years. this is the kind of message that i really need right now.

[christinamorelli]

Powerful! Grateful for this talk. Thank you ❤

[heatheredwards]

You are strong, healthy, brilliant, amazing and absolutely adorable 😺 You have the power to lift people up and want a better life for themselves. Please keep spreading your message and we can at some point win the