This Is (Not) About Your Body

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm joined Bri Campos who is a licensed profession counselor, educator, and body image coach who teaches body acceptance through grief. We discuss how Body Grief is a critical step towards body acceptance, as well as how to handle living in a fat body in a world that wasn't designed for fat bodies. Also Jessi learns what a "cricket" is! Follow...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm so excited to sit down with Angel Austin, the creator and organizer of the Sacred Space for Fat Bodies Experience. In this episode we're tackling some of the major issues fatphobia and anti-fat bias create in society and how it ultimately harms everyone, as well as ways to identify and challenge inherent bias you may encounter within yours...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! Valentine's Day is here again and this week I'm sitting down with my dear friend, Leah Carey, a sex and intimacy coach and creator of the podcast "Good Girls Talk About Sex". In this episode we explore body image in partnership, advocating for you own needs, and much more! Find more information about working with Leah on her website: https://www.leahcar...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I sit down to talk with actress and writer living in LA, Jess Nurse! As a friend and former coaching client I was excited to get the chance to discuss body image, especially how it can show up in the casting process in Hollywood, personal training, and other facets of life. Find Jess on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessisnotanurse My n...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm joined by Tuck Malloy. Tuck is a holistic sex educator and creator of Intra Sensual Education; a place to explore having a body. This episode is an in depth exploration of both gender expression and gender euphoria! Find Tuck Malloy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intra_sensual/ Tuck's Website: https://intrasensual.com/ My new e-bo...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! In this episode Jessi discusses the intersection of cosmetic procedures and Body Neutrality, including their own person experiences with botox. My new e-book is out! Grab a copy of Sustainable Movement here: https://www.jessikneeland.com/product-page/sustainable-movement-a-body-neutral-guide-to-health-fitness Merch: https://www.jessikneeland.com/shop In...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm joined by the founder of the fitness nutrition brand, JillFit, and creator of #Moderation365 Method, Jill Coleman! We discuss body image, running a fitness business, and aging in the public eye among other topics. Follow Jill on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/jillfit/ https://www.facebook.com/JillFit/ https:/...

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I'm talking with licensed eating disorder counselor, advocate, educator, and all around meme-queen Jess Sprengle, aka The Cranky Therapist! Follow Jess on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecrankytherapist/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/jesssprenglelpc My new e-book is out! Grab a copy of Sustainable Movement here: https://www.jessik...

Happy New Year! Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! In this episode Jessi breaks down New Year's resolutions and how to set sustainable, healthy (both physically and mentally) body image goals for yourself. Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4 Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://www.jessikneeland.com/product-page/the-avatar-guide Find more resource...

In this episode Jessi talks about Cosmopolitan Magazine (among others) and how they functioned to *instruct* a lot of our body image issues in culture. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4 Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av ... Find more resources here: https://je...

In this episode Jessi explores how society views aging, and primarily the stance that "you should appreciate it now" and how that reinforces the societal prioritization of youth as well as further discussion of the aging process overall. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4 Get my full Body Image Avatar Guid...

In this episode Jessi discusses how there is a seemingly counterintuitive relationship between Body Neutrality and positivity. Being present in moments that are challenging, such as anxiety, and allowing one's self to be at peace with that reality can actually lead to positive outcomes. If you're forcing the "positivity" there's a greater chance to lose out on that goal. Submit your questions here...

In this episode Jessi talks about their history with the fitness industry and some of the upcoming plans to introduce programs that are better suited for body neutral living. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4 Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av ... Find more res...

In this episode Jessi discusses the Body Neutrality process and how that circles around the idea of returning to a natural state. A state that disarms any additional interpretation of your body and how it moves and exists in the world. Body neutrality isn't anything extra; it's all the extras stripped away, and this can be a long and difficult journey. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle...

In this episode Jessi talks about how upsetting it can be to gain weight...but not for the reasons that you think. Outside of weight stigma and fatphobia, weight gain can bring about all kinds of valid feelings/emotions/distress and this week will be an exploration of them. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-...

In this episode Jessi discusses the difficulties of being able to receive compliments from partners/friends/or others in their lives, when the recipient is unable to connect internally to what's being said. This is most often just the person sharing their opinion, but can be received as very threatening and can leave the recipient confused or upset. It doesn't matter how many times you hear "you'r...

In this episode Jessi breaks down how to bring those in your circle into the idea of body neutrality and intuitive eating. There will often be some folks around you who are still steeped in wellness culture and this can be a particularly difficult topic to bring up without being met with pushback. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: ht...

In this episode Jessi responds to a listener question about how obesity does or doesn't contribute to negative health outcomes or a general health crisis in our country. There is an abundance of conflicting information that you can come across, a lot of it very official sounding, so this episode aims to disambiguate some of causation from correlation. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/...

In this episode Jessi returns to the idea of "queerness" to provide a bit more context in how it was used in previous episodes and flesh out the concept on the whole. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4 Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av ... Find more resources h...

In this episode Jessi talks about some of the predatory tactics employed by some people in the "business" and "spiritual" coaching space. This often leans on a gaslight-heavy methodology that Jessi breaks down in-depth this week. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4 Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here:...

In this special guest episode, Jessi sits down with their brother, Jason, to discuss a rather particular aspect of the male body image experience. When men reach out for coaching or support, this topic is often comes up. Whether it's about size, shape, or function; there's so much to explore and this episode should cover quite a bit of it. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9...

In this episode Jessi discusses the journey with weight through the lens of having Covid. We've spent the last few years in an odd world with so many body image triggers that come up around quarantine and exposure to other humans, but this focuses on the thoughts that came up while living with the virus itself. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Ima...

In this episode Jessi talks about their personal body image journey and the return to movement and working out in the time after submitting the manuscript. This meant spending time at Jessi's brother's home gym and the very deliberate and careful practice to reacclimate to movement and strength for the first time in a long time. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro...

In this episode Jessi talks about their personal experience with lip injections and the relationship with the Runner and Self Objectifier from the Body Image Avatars. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4 Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av ... Find more resources h...

In this episode Jessi answers a listener submitted question: "How do I adopt body neutrality while dealing with chronic pain and feelings of being held back by my body?" Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4 Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av ... Find more resource...