Go Love Yourself

We are SO buzzing because in this episode we had a good old giggle, just the two of us. We did something we've been sceptical about about but wanted to do for ages: personality tests!! It's very reminiscent of the Mystic Meg horoscope, but we wanted to know... is there any truth to it?! 🕵️‍♀️ We also found out that Laura may or may have written the horoscopes we grew up reading, and answered some...

IT'S SUMMEEEEEEER! With loads of us heading off on holiday, or wishing we had the confidence to be more adventurous, we wanted to chat to Kirsty aka @KirstyLeanneTravels about all things travel. We spoke about our best travel experiences, top places we'd recommend, how to be confident while travelling on your own, and our top tips for a comfortable plane ride. Whether you're backpacking across the...

TW: this episode references weight loss, including intentional weight loss Sometimes it feels like we can't avoid conversations about weight loss, fitness, and health, so in today's episode we're becoming part of the conversation. To be honest, we were a bit nervous about recording this episode because of our own relationships with fitness and how triggering any mention of weight loss can be for l...

We’ve been noticing it for a while, but plus size fashion is either just not progressing or outright getting worse. BUT WHY? This week we’re catching up about our recent experiences with brands, why we think it’s getting worse, and what we actually want from retailers!! We also get into Y2K fashion, The Hills, and reminisce about when bikinis had fabric…Plus we catch up on some more AITAs and your...

The pure joy in this episode is INSANE! We (Lauren🤣) were completely fangirling in this chat with Kim-Joy. We dopamine dressed to the nines, and had the best chat about social anxiety, fitting in, and our experiences on the Great British Bake Off. It was pure joy, and we're soooo excited for you to hear it!  Plus we open the episode with a catch up about Naked Education... ☕️ 🙏 You can support...

Ahhh imposter syndrome. Most of us have had it, and for a lot of us it can stop us from enjoying our achievements and generally just life. Plus, it can stop us from speaking up for ourselves, being confident, and asking for what we deserve. But what exactly is it? How do we get over it? Are we allowed to be "cocky" and ask for a raise?! In this episode we're chatting about alllll this and more! Sh...

We've been name dropping Molly and her book since literally episode 1, and we're so pleased we're finally chatting to her about how to raise the next generation of diet culture fighters! Poor body image is such a difficult generational habit to break - our parents were force-fed diet culture even harder than we were, and we've all been conditioned for so long that certain comments about food, move...

Things have been a bit serious on here lately, which we love, but this week we were too hyper for anything like that. We’d just eaten a giant Costco muffin, were running on 4 hours of sleep, and Laura was feeling particularlyyy sassy today so this one’s a chill, chatty one! We answered your questions, including some about musicals, pets, tattoos, favourite things about being fat, advice for our yo...

Did you know that men are 3x more likely than women to be diagnosed with ADHD? ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a type of neurodivergence with symptoms that can include restlessness, trouble concentrating, and sensory issues. It can can have huge implications for your life, work, and mental health, but quite often it’s missed until people notice it themselves, and advocate for...

Sex work has always been around, but it still faces huge taboos and criminalisation. And with more people than ever taking on sex work, we wanted to chat about what that world is REALLY like, especially for people in bigger bodies. So this week we’re joined by the FABULOUSLY funny Miranda Kane, who used to work under the name “Melody BBW” and actually might be louder than Lauren?!?!! And we chatte...

We've been doing this for a while now, and of course we still always get the "What about health?" questions. So, we thought it’d be good to chat a bit more about fatness, health, and BMI. A lot of you will know this already, but it’s one of the main ways that medical professionals determine health. So you’ll often go to the GP for a medical issue and be weighed, even if it’s something irrelevant l...

We KNOW how messed up clothes sizing is. We’re taught to equate our self-worth with what size knickers we wear, which is obviously not true. And the more we looked into it the more we realised that clothes sizes are actually bull**** - it’s all made up, it’s changed over time, and it’s never consistent. Basically, we’ve been set up to fail, and we wanted to do more of a deep dive into why exactly...

Jess Millichamp is an ICONIC pioneer in the British plus-size fashion world, and probably the first person we ever saw living their unapologetic best life on Instagram. So we've obviously been desperate to chat to her for ages, and here she finally is! She also had us in absolute stitches the whole time, and we're 10000% going to Newcastle for a night out (thoughts on Tequila Rose...?) We're also...

Wellll it’s safe to say our relationships with exercise are NOT the best. We grew up feeling like exercise was a punishment, something we weren’t cut out for, or something to justify what we could eat. But after our episode with intuitive movement expert Tally Rye in season 1, we’ve been thinking more about how much movement could do for our mental health, relationships with our bodies, and just o...

We cannot believe it, but today we’re chatting to one of our absolute HEROES, fat activist Aubrey Gordon (@yrfatfriend). In this episode we’re myth-busting all things “wellness” and diet culture, including the ghost from the future who *apparently* popularised celery juice, and the viral weight-loss drug, Ozempic. Plus we chat about getting into fat activism, supporting marginalised bodies, and th...

We've chatted about our anxiety a lot, but it's time to dive a bit deeper (Lauren's favourite 😉).  While people are talking more openly about anxiety, and we LOVE it, the differences between feeling anxious and having an Anxiety Disorder are often forgotten. Not to mention how often the more taboo bits, like intrusive thoughts and panic attacks, still face a bit of stigma. So this week we've recr...

It's not something we talk about enough, but making friends as an adult is HARD. You grow up seeing all these amazing friend groups on TV, but we promise it's not always like that, and you're not alone if you're feeling friendship anxiety. Plus, sometimes friendships aren't serving you and it's okay to cut them out!! We don't see movies about friendship breakups but seriouslyyyy they can be just a...

This is an episode we’ve been wanting to do for such a long time. We’ve spoken a bit about our experiences with overeating and our disordered relationships with food, but in this episode we’re speaking to former binge eater turned psychotherapist, Sarah Dosanjh, about the reality of binge eating disorder, learning to be kinder to ourselves, how to recognise it’s a problem for you, and how to take...

Anyone else on 🌶spicy🌶 book tok or is it just Lauren? A good romance book written by a woman just hits different, but it can be really hard to find the right one (almost as hard as reading one in public🤣)!! So in this episode, Lauren’s telling us what we should look, which books to start with, and where we can find books with good fat rep. But will it be enough to convince Laura to try one out?!...

We know what's coming this time of year - fitness plans, fad diets, and allll the before and after photos. It's almost impossible to escape the weight of diet culture, but we're here to chat you through living your best anti-diet culture life in 2023. Because we all deserve to live our best lives, regardless of what size knickers we wear or what society thinks of us!! We also catch up about our Ch...

Happy one year of GLY-aversary!! It's been such a great year, so we've put together some of our favourite moments. It includes some ICONIC guests, really funny moments, and some more powerful bits as we learn more about loving ourselves and our bodies. So a warning that it includes references to disordered eating, issues with body image, and mental health from the start. If you're struggling and n...

Ohhhh it's a spicy one. We both have polar opposite views about Harry and Meghan so we need to talk about! Plus it's the final episode of season 2 (😢), so we're getting all reflective about what we've learnt this year, how are relationships with food/movement are at the moment, and what we're hoping for in 2023, and most importantly, HOW we can get Lizzo on the pod. We're also chatting dream Chri...

After nearly a year of the pod we're FINALLY chatting about what being on Bake Off is really like behind the scenes. Laura has allll the 2020 tea to spill, like Prue's potty mouth, who she secretly hated and when her opinion of Paul Hollywood changed. Plus we're chatting to everyone's favourite contestant, 2022 semi-finalist Janusz, about his Bake Off friendships, the bake that was inspired by vap...

What are we meant to do when that random aunt starts spewing diet culture or asking us why we’ve put on weight?!?! Allll year round people feel like they’re allowed to comment on your body or offer unsolicited “advice” for your “health”. But this time of year, it can be so much harder because people close to you feel like they can make these types of comments, and you can’t avoid them because it h...

Have you heard?! We're doing our first ever live show in London on Friday March 3rd! It'll be in Bush Hall in West London, and tickets are £17.50. They go on sale next Tuesday (the 29th) or if you're an Apple or Patreon subscriber, you'll be able to access a pre-sale from TOMORROW at 10am! You can get your tickets here! And if you want access to the pre-sale, you can subscribe on Apple or Patreon....