How Food & Body Shame Weaken Workplace Potential | Amber Jordan | TEDxUniversity of Montana Western

Amber Jordan explores how food and body shame affect workplace potential. Drawing from her journey as a former Olympic athlete and her struggles with identity and eating disorders post-retirement, Jordan reveals the impact of negative self-talk on professional performance. By urging a shift towards compassionate language and attitudes about food and body image, she advocates for transforming workplaces into spaces of self-acceptance and improved productivity, highlighting how changing our words can lead to broader positive changes in our lives and careers.

Sponsored by the Fund for Experience One, TEDxUniversity of Montana Western provides a multidisciplinary forum for academic minds to gather and exchange ideas worth sharing. Speakers selected to present at TEDxUniversity of Montana Western are directly connected to the local community or have topics that support Montana Western’s mission and values. TEDxUniversity of Montana Western showcases the diversity and academic fortitude of our institution while providing a venue for speakers to submit their research to a global network.

This conference was filmed in front of a live audience on March 23, 2024 in the Beier Auditorium.

Learn more about TEDxUniversity of Montana Western by visiting www.umwestern.edu/tedx-umw/ or www.umwestern.edu. Amber Jordan believes her role as a healthcare leader is to “take care of the people who take care of the people.” She is a Community Health Center executive and a coach for rising healthcare leaders. Jordan grew up in rural Alaska, then traveled the world as an internationally competitive athlete after college. She became a healthcare leader after her athletic retirement. Amber now uses lessons learned from elite sports and her own health challenges to help managers become leaders, and to build healthy workplace cultures where people can do their best work every day. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx