This Is (Not) About Your Body

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! I'm excited to be joined this week by Jessica Engle! Jessica is a licensed marriage and family therapist, dating coach, couples counselor, drama therapist, and the founder and CEO of the Relationship Center in California. In this episode, we touch on how introverts, trauma survivors, and highly sensitive people can overcome anxiety and heal that trauma,...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I have Lael Atkinson on to talk about their work as a certified professional recovery coach. Lael focuses on the intersection between alcohol and dieting; supporting people dealing with the overlap in their relationship to alcohol and their relationship to weight. Find more from Lael on their website and follow them on Instagram: https://www.i...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! Today I'm joined by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen who is a nutritionist and fat content creator who specializes in intuitive eating, fat joy, and helping fat people become intuitive eaters so they can live their best, nourished, and fulfilled lives! Find more from Jeannete on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themindsetnutritionist/ - - - - - - My boo...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! Today I have with me Heidi Anderson, who is a body centered psychotherapist and founder of Reclaiming Beauty, which is an inclusive and Health At Every Size aligned business in Asheville, North Carolina, that offers trauma informed psychotherapy and embodiment coaching for individuals looking to find lasting healing from disordered eating, eating disord...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! I'm joined this week by Summer Innanen who is a professionally trained coach specializing in body image self worth and confidence, and has also been known to call herself the Antichrist of dieting! She's also the author of The Body Image Remix, the co-creator of the Body Image Coach Certification and the host of the Eat the Rules Podcast. Find more from...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! today I'm joined by Saskia Carr, who is a mindset, embodiment, and intuitive eating coach who is focused on helping anxious women reconnect to the wisdom of their bodies so that they can improve their relationships at strong boundaries, find confidence using their voice, and eat without guilt or shame. Find more from Saskia on her website and follow her...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I sat down with Rennie Dyball, who is the author of the kids book "B Is for Bellies", a joyous picture book celebrating every body from A to Z. We discuss early experiences being faced with "body image" before there's even a real concept of what's being talked about and some healthier practices to employ with children. Find more from Rennie he...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm talking with Isabelle Miller, who is a curve model and full time content creator who runs a thriving business through OnlyFans and social media. Our discussion covers how both her work and experience evolved while gaining weight in the various public forums and how that's impacted by things like "pretty privilege" and race. Find more from...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm joined by Ekaterina Solovieva! Kate is a psychology college professor turned coach, is the creator of Operation Tigger working with people to manage seasonal depression disorder, and helps other coaches become SUPER coaches. This episode dives into her methodology around "Change-Neutral" coaching among many other topics! Find more from Kat...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This I'm joined by my dear friend Davey Dearstyne, and this week we reminisce about our coming out experiences, the queer experience as elder millennials, and our hopes for future generations. - - - - - - My book, "Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues" is OUT NOW! Pick up a copy from your favorite retailer today! I've also...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm sitting down with Laia Pedreno, who is a psychotherapist, dating coach, and EMDR practitioner who works with lots of single and socially anxious folks. Laia is also a friend and client and I'm excited to have her on to discuss some of the intricacies of social anxiety and ways you might be keeping yourself single. - - - - - - My book, "Bod...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! My book, "Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues" is OUT NOW! Pick up a copy from your favorite retailer today! In the spirit of the release, this week I'm joined by Amy Sun, who was my publisher at Penguin Life; so we dive into some of the more behind the scenes aspects in book publishing and discuss the process of bringing...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm talking with Amy Gartenberg, a queer identifying psychotherapist and therapeutic coach. Our discussion revolves around four major ways people self abandon; safety, connection and belonging, access and privilege, and resisting grief. We also spend time exploring what Soul Hunger is! Find more from Amy on her website and follow her on Instag...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! I'm sitting down with Chrissy King this week. Chrissy is a writer, speaker, former strength coach, and educator with a passion for creating a diverse and inclusive wellness industry. She's also the author of "The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom" and this work is the focu...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I sit down with another dear friend, Elizabeth DiAlto. Elizabeth is an embodiment specialist, mystic, the founder of the School of Sacred Embodiment, and the host of the Embodied podcast. Her work focuses on embodiment for collective health, joy, and liberation. We talk at length about the body and soul separation and how to return to one's se...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm joined by my dear friend, Annette Papa, a former personal trainer, current flight attendant, and coach. Her coaching focuses on using movement and nervous system reset techniques and mindset work to teach people how to dance with their stress response. Our conversation ranges from specific methods to engage with your stress response as wel...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm sitting down with Dr. Asher Larmie, a general practitioner and fat liberationist in the UK who is campaigning for the end to medical weight stigma. Dr. Larmie also runs a number of training courses to help health professionals, employers, and organizations to do less harm through weight discrimination. We talk at length about the rampant a...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I talked with Jessica Wilson, who is a dietician, community organizer, and the author of the book "It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies". We discuss Jessica's unique approach to being a dietitian and have a conversation about culture and what things can impact our health and wellbeing. Find more from Jessica on In...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! Today I'm sitting down with Meghan O'Malley, a somatic and intuitive coach, focused on relationship and community building. We discuss the healing power of community and how "alone" people are and may not even realize. We're surrounded by people but can still feel incredibly lonely, so in this episode we explore how being in relationship with your body...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm speaking with Vishnu Ravisangar, a clinical researcher with autism. I met Vishnu recently and having worked with many clients on the autism spectrum I wanted to sit down and discuss more about the in-body experience of living with autism. We talk about how that can inform social interactions specifically around emotional responses as well...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm joined by my dear friend, Suzanne Garrison, a somatic psychotherapist who uses body based work to better understand and accept themselves! We talk about how our clients carry a history of how they feel about their bodies and how Suzanne's work helps clients understand that body/mind connection and realize that it doesn't have to be in conf...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm joined by Stefanie Michele who is a binge eating recovery coach and certified intuitive eating counselor. Stefanie is a friend and former client and this week we're discussing what a "binge/restrict" cycle, what those terms can mean for people on their own, and what recovery can look like. Find Stefanie on: Instagram and Facebook: https://...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm sitting down with my fiancé Drew! He's a photographer and designer but this episode we're delving into the inner workings of our relationship. From how we met, some of the biggest hurdles we face, to the multitude of tools we've developed over the years. Find Drew on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewhphoto/ His website, you can em...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! I recently sat down and spoke with Clarkisha Kent about the impacts of colorism, media representation and the Kent Test. Clarkisha is a writer, culture critic, former columnist, and author of the new book "Fat Off, Fat On: A Big Bitch Manifesto"! Find a copy of Clarkisha's book on her publisher's website: https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/fat-off-...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I sit down with Kat Nardizzi, an actor, singer, and artist who makes content about bisexuality and makeup! We talk at length about our experiences with bisexuality, what a "bi-crisis" is, and interrogating internalized phobias and challenging the status quo among lots, lots more! Follow Kat on Instagram and TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/ka...