Have you gained weight during the pandemic...or at any time? In this episode, I will be covering what to do if you have put on weight or if you're anxious that you will put on weight. I'll be talking about the complex realities that folks face that have made living in a fat body harder than normal, and the heightened global fatphobia. Also, how to cope if you're eating more food than normal, and I talk about why engaging in exercise at home may be harmful to you.
In this episode, I reveal a massive issue in the confidence coaching world that you NEED to be aware of because following bad advice will damage your self-esteem. I also cover the biggest barrier that keeps people committed to hating their body and discuss why, if you’ve been working on loving your body and you’re not seeing results, it’s NOT your fault and what is actually going on. Also, we bust through the biggest limiting self-beliefs people have, that is: 1) “I’m scared to put on weight” and 2) “I’m anxious that being fat will make me unhealthy.
What is the “Constant Learner Effect” is and why you need to avoid this at all costs. Why your current strategy is actually LOWERING your body confidence. The counter-intuitive thing you should be doing instead. 3 questions to ask yourself to determine if you’ve fallen into the “Constant Learner Effect.” PLUS what the heck does The Devil Wears Prada have to teach us about body confidence and how we can avoid making the same critical mistake Andy makes in the film.
Did you know that the Western world started being worried about being fat because white people didn't want to resemble black people who they believed were only interested in "fornication and food" and were "lazy"? Yep, surprize, surprize it was racism that started our preference for smaller bodies. In this episode, I talk about the work of Sabrina Strings and how centuries of racism has effected beauty ideals.
Nancy Pelosi recently fat-shamed Trump. Trump is a horror show of a human being, but one thing about him that isn't bad? His weight. Literally, there are hundreds of ways to take down Trump, and him being fat is not one of his personal failures. But...is it ever ok to fat-shame? What if you do it nicely because you're concerned about loved ones' health? What if someone thin-shamed you? What if the fat person really is a massive bellend? We discuss this topic in today's episode. Let's do it!
I got trolled by someone with over a million followers. Fun times! Maybe you've had a bad day, a bad body image day... or a bad body image decade? In this episode, I talk about the trolling experience, how I dealt with it, and talk about the steps you can take to deal with bad days because they will happen if you're a living human being.
The belief "fat is bad" is an opinion you've been brainwashed into believing...it's not actually a fact! Because of these bogus messages you've been hearing all your life, you have been convinced to hate your body. You now have to decide to change and start believing new ideas of what is acceptable, attractive, and worthy. In this episode I will teach you how to do that, let's do it!
"New year, new you!" Chances are you've been hearing this phrase a lot of the last few weeks. There are loads of diet adverts around, and it can be tempting to consider trying one last new magical program that will finally make you thin. But if there is a little voice that is telling you that this year is going to be different for you, then tune into this episode where I am giving some resolution suggestions that will actually make you feel like a goddamn badass and not a massive failure when the magical diet doesn't work (P.S. you're not a failure; diets are).
I got a question which I am sure a lot of you can resonate with: how do I deal with friends who talk about their diets all the time? The reasons why we may not want to hear diet talk are many. Perhaps you’re recovering from an eating disorder or chronic dieting. Perhaps you’re working on accepting your fat body, and knowing others want to shrink theirs is hurtful. Perhaps you just find it really boring and wanna ZZZZZZZ the hell outta there? Whatever the reasons, then I’m gonna help you in this episode.
Progressive spaces are filled with people who are determined to hold onto bigoted beliefs, and it's really getting on my t*ts! In many liberal spaces, discrimination is a big no-no; people work to be anti-racist, anti-sexist; they pride themselves on being forward-thinking and inclusive... that is, until it comes to fat bodies.
Remember that film Sliding Doors with Gwynyth Paltrow? Or the Choose Your Own Adventure books? Our life is a real-life choose-your-own-adventure, and in this episode I explore what life could look like if you choose to love your body and find peace with food, and also the other path...where you choose to continue dieting and hating your body. Which path is best for you??
I am revealing the results of my Fatphobia Quiz and sharing what this means about how we feel about fat bodies... and, in particular, the way we view our own fat bodies. What percentage of people think fat people deserve equal rights? Do we judge other bodies more harshly than our own? Do people still believe that weight loss is simple? Find out in this episode!
Why Tom Hanks can teach us a massive lesson (and it’s not just how to dance on a giant piano). How we can harness this one single lesson to create huge positive impacts on our body confidence and knowing why knowing “Why” is life-changing- literally. PLUS I share all the acronyms and meanings of popular phrases in the fat positive community so you don't have to Google anything!
What is Seasonal Body Shame, and what are the effects of suffering from it? What it looks like year-round...and discover if you have 1 season or more. CW: At the beginning of the show, I read folx's experiences with "weight loss" surgery; stories include mentions of death, suicide, and negative consequences. That section is between 14:30 and 20:46.
Does weight loss surgery make you thin? What percentage of people is it successful for? Are the side effects worth it, and what are they exactly? This episode is a deep dive into bariatric surgery, AKA "weight loss" surgery, AKA stomach amputation. CW: There are mentions of the O Words, suicide rates, and a brief mention of calories.
Why diets lie to us and trick us into thinking that weight loss will give us confidence and health, and how diets actually give us the opposite thing we are looking for. How to actually get what you want (confidence, health, mobility) without shrinking your body, and I also reveal this outrageous trick diet culture is using to hurt you, and how to avoid it.
