Body Kindness
195 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 403 ratingsThis is a show about health, not weight loss. It’s time to redefine what it means to pursue health, where your well-being matters more than your weight. When you practice Body Kindness®, you create a more satisfying life by being good to yourself. Learn how self-compassion and acceptance help you cultivate a “caregiver” voice and quiet the “inner critic”. HAES Dietitian and Certified Exercise Physiologist Rebecca Scritchfield and her guests have interesting conversations about the cultural influences that keep you stuck in “diet prison” and how you can break free to create meaningful changes in your life. Instead of dieting, you’ll practice self-care, including better sleep, flexible eating patterns, having more fun, and moving in way that feels good, not punishing. Regular guest Bernie Salazar, a former Biggest Loser “winner” shares why he’s happier and healthier as a fat man.
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#180 - The Switch Witch with Bernie Salazar
October 31, 2023 14:28 - 40 minutes - 56 MBReunion alert! Bernie and I are back with our first podcast in a minute. We actually recorded this October 20, 2022... but evidently the Switch B* (err... I mean...) The Switch Witch is still around... and we have thoughts. My kids (then 8 and 9 years old) came to me and asked "Mom, do we believe in the switch witch?" I responded, "Never heard of her." They said, "Good, because she takes away your candy and that's just MEAN!." After some assurance from me, the girls decided to make a "Go A...
#179 - Treating Your Anxiety with Kindness with The Anxiety Sisters
March 18, 2022 12:58 - 48 minutes - 66.9 MBMy guests Abbe Greenberg and Maggie a.k.a. “The Anxiety Sisters” have built a lasting friendship and a thriving online community over their lifelong struggles with anxiety. In this episode, you’ll learn about why there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing anxiety and how their new book THE ANXIETY SISTERS’ SURVIVAL GUIDE can help you cope with anxiety and find ways to laugh along the way. That may sound strange, but seriously, this book has humor and actually makes anxiety seem fun, ...
#178 - What If I'm 'Too Numb' to Connect? with Bernie Salazar
February 11, 2022 15:10 - 33 minutes - 46.9 MBHey, listeners! Bernie and I continue our conversations on 'connection' and 'numbness' as we re-connect to each other after a year or so apart (thanks global pandemic). This is episode 2 of 3 in our series where Bernie goes deeper in describing his feelings of numbness and explores more about where they are coming from, why they're there and what he can do now. I chime in with my usual... 'it's OK to be here, wow look at your strengths, B... and let's make sense of this...' rah rah suppo...
#177 - Bouncing Back from Numbness with Bernie Salazar
January 10, 2022 11:52 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBWe're baaaaaack! Bernie and Rebecca managed to chat one more time before the end of 2021 and it was bittersweet. Tune in and find out what a sh*tstorm it has been for us. Bernie shares how his coping mechanisms of shutting down and feeling "numb" have returned and Rebecca helps support a gentle kindness toward re-approaching self-care practices. This is the first in a three episode series. Join us as we go deeper into exploring this feeling of "burnout" and "rock bottom" emotions. How do you...
#176 - Why Intuitive Eating Works for Diabetes Concerns
August 03, 2021 22:31 - 28 minutes - 39 MBThis is Episode 6 in a special Self-Care for Diabetes series on the Body Kindness podcast, with my guest co-host Dietitian Glenys Oyston. This episode is about intuitive eating and why it works for diabetes concerns. If you feel like you need more support, we would love to welcome you to our 3-month membership. Our next live group call is this Monday August 9th at 6pm ET. Our 14 modules cover all things intuitive eating, movement, carbohydrates, stress resilience, diagnosis shame an...
#175 - Why Modified Movement Works for Diabetes
July 04, 2021 11:28 - 34 minutes - 47 MBThis is Episode 5 in a special Self-Care for Diabetes series on the Body Kindness podcast, with my guest co-host Dietitian Glenys Oyston. This episode is for you if you’ve ever felt what you can do with movement right now is "not good enough" - whether. you’re a beginner, or coming off an injury, or maybe you don’t have the time, or you feel left out of the fitness industry because it’s all about intensity and pushing yourself over the limit We talk about how modification is a good thing...
#174 - The Truth About Carbs and Diabetes
June 07, 2021 15:42 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBThis is a special series on the Body Kindness podcast with Dietitian Glenys Oyston. The #1 thing that people stress about when it comes to diabetes and food? "Carbs". In this episode we talk about some of the myths around carbohydrates and diabetes. We share a truth that your overall eating patterns, not individual nutrients, matter when considering how food is involved in your health, your well-being, and your diabetes concerns. If you feel like you need more support, we would love t...
#173 - Busting Myths about Blood Sugars and Diabetes
May 12, 2021 09:25 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MBThis is a special series on the Body Kindness podcast with Dietitian Glenys Oyston. There is so much misinformation about diabetes… it’s no wonder if you find yourself confused, frustrated, and overwhelmed. One source of stress we would like to help you take off the table is stressing over checking your blood sugars. From figuring out how often to check to decoding what the readings even mean to deciding on medications and more, we have you covered in this podcast episode. And if ...
#172 - Understanding Weight Concerns and Diabetes Self-Care
April 29, 2021 13:16 - 31 minutes - 44.1 MBThis is a special series on the Body Kindness podcast with Dietitian Glenys Oyston. We want to talk about weight and diabetes because it’s a myth that dominates diabetes care… and there is so much to unpack. We discuss… What is weight cycling and how is it harmful to mind/body health? Why do doctors stress weight loss for diabetes care and why don’t they ask for consent? The marketing flaws and treatment advice that encourage restriction and weight loss. HAES Health Sheets for Diab...
#171 - How to Deal with Diabetes Diagnosis Shame
April 09, 2021 08:28 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBThis is Episode 1 in a new mini-series for Body Kindness: Self care for diabetes. We need to talk about diagnosis shame because it’s real. Doctors, family and strangers on the internet make it seem like "it’s your fault" if you get a diagnosis of diabetes or a "warning" of "prediabetes' and it’s especially mean when your weight is to blame. Tune in for our tips on shame resilience and taking meaningful action toward positive change. Visit bodykindnessbook.com/171 for links and show notes...
#170 - The Body Is Not An Apology with Sonya Renee Taylor
March 01, 2021 16:33 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBI'm so thrilled to welcome Sonya Renee Taylor back to the podcast. We talk about what's different in the second edition of The Body Is Not an Apology -- which is a New York Times bestseller! We also talk about the forthcoming Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook. Tune in and find out how Sonya started this amazing work and why she is committed to changing how the world thinks about bodies. You can also click through to the show notes to watch the video version - BodyKindnessBook.com/170 ...
#169 - Bernie and Rebecca Discuss Emotional Eating
February 09, 2021 08:57 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBToday Bernie and I talk about emotional eating. What's normal, what's not, when is it time to make meaningful changes? Tune in and learn all about the protective system of emotion regulation and how Bernie's "inner caregiver" helped him find connection and community.. Check the show notes to watch the video version. --- BodyKindnessBook.com/start for a free starter kit to practicing Body Kindness. --- Get the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books and audiobooks are sold....
#168 - Hope in Healing: Blending Psychedelic Medicine with Emotion Coaching with Dr. Adele Lafrance & Dr. Joe Tafur
February 03, 2021 14:13 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBToday on the podcast I’m diving into a fascinating topic that’s relatively new to me - Emotion Coaching, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), and Psychedelics. I’m joined by Dr. Adele Lafrance & Dr. Joe Tafur, two leading experts in this field. We talk about why EFFT is such a powerful tool for healing and they give us the lowdown on the Emotion, Spirituality, and Psychedelic Medicine 1-day workshop that’s happening this Saturday February 6. Find out more and register for the workshop he...
#167 - Body Kindness Backstory with Rebecca Scritchfield and Bernie Salazar
January 13, 2021 07:50 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBOMG! We did it. Bernie Salazar and I brushed our hair and did our first video podcast for Body Kindness! We talked about our "origin story" of how we met and how the Body Kindness philosophy came to be. Check the show notes to watch the video version. In this episode: Learn how Rebecca and Bernie met (and mistakes we made) Find out how the Body Kindness philosophy came to be. (more mistakes) Hear Bernie describe why he has never been healthier or happier at his higher weight with Body...
#166 - Why We Need to Brave Body Shame in 2021 with Julie Sweeney
January 04, 2021 13:39 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBYou aren't born feeling body shame. It's decided for you, conditioned in you, and you become entangled. Dominant culture’s body ideals can keep you ensnared in your own self-loathing. But what if you want out? Make a pivot and CONNECT to your body, even if you wish it was different. Braving body shame is leaning into your burdens with empathy and compassion, saying "it's OK, I'm here... I want to care for you." My guest Julie Sweeney discusses the virtual conference Braving Body Shame wher...
#165 - You Are MORE Than A Body. How To Heal Your Relationship With Yourself - Doctors Lindsay and Lexie Kite
December 29, 2020 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBYour body is an instrument not an ornament and just in time for the New Year, I’ll help you understand what you can do if you want new tools and skills to be kind to yourself. My guests Doctors Lindsay and Lexi Kite, co-founders of Beauty Redefined, share their wisdom from years of research in their new book More Than a Body. --- Guest info Twin sisters Dr. Lexie Kite and Dr. Lindsay Kite received their PhDs from the University of Utah. Their academic research on media studies and body ...
#164 - Reflections and Intentions to Learn and Grow with Bernie Salazar
December 23, 2020 09:47 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBBernie Salazar sits down with Rebecca to recap his year parenting a "quarantine baby" navigating his businesses, his health, and personal COVID losses. Rebecca and Bernie discuss coping with stress, anxiety, and shifting intentions toward 2021. --- Join Rebecca and Bernie in their Virtual Body Kindness Support Group Jan 9th 2021. Register here! Self-care For Diabetes virtual course -- the only anti-diet course that integrates principles of Body Kindness, mindfulness, DBT, and intuiti...
#163 - Rebecca and Bernie with Aubrey Gordon, on What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
December 01, 2020 14:36 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBIn this emotional episode, Bernie Salazar, former “winner” of NBC’s The Biggest Loser share his regrets and what he has learned from reading Aubrey Gordon’s new book, What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat. We discuss how anti-fat bias shows up everywhere from air travel to our children’s schools and we envision a new world where higher weight people are treated with respect, kindness, and full humanity. --- Show notes We discuss: Aubrey’s new book The intentional and unin...
#162 - Why We Need a Culture of Belonging for Collective Well-Being, with Dr. Lindo Bacon author of Radical Belonging
November 18, 2020 08:38 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBDr. Lindo Bacon is fostering a global transformation to a more just world, where all bodies are valued, respected, and supported in compassionate self-care. We discuss their latest book, Radical Belonging, including Dr. Bacon’s painful experience not belonging to their assigned gender, how finding communities of belonging can be personally meaningful, how the forces of oppression create stress in your body, and why commitment to self-care helps you heal your well-being. --- About Lindo ...
#161 - 2020 Burnout: Saving Our Mental Health for the Greater Good
November 06, 2020 11:49 - 1 hour - 90 MBIt’s been a year of testing so much for all of us. Bernie and I catch up on how we’re making it through parenting and trying to stay distant (and connected) during COVID, which is relentless. We also discuss the election stress, our self care plans, and why we need to “complete our stress cycles” — something we learned by reading the book Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. Get a replay of some key advice from our podcast chat on Body Shame Burnout with the authors originally aired in...
#160 - Rage Becomes Her: Why Self-Care Won’t Save Us with Soraya Chemaly
October 14, 2020 10:14 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIn the countdown to the 2020 election I interviewed Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger - an amazing book she wrote after 2016 election delving into the reasons why women can’t be angry without being called “unhinged” or a “b*”. Our conversation includes: how the progressive white male was most “shocked” with 2016 results why the power differential between men and women hurts EVERYONE (hello, judges of Kamala Harris' facial expressions) why the ideol...
#159 - Bodies on the Ballot with Jaclyn Friedman, author and activist
October 08, 2020 08:42 - 54 minutes - 50 MBWhat does your body liberation have to do with voting this year? Everything. Everything is on the line this election, up and down the ballot. Jaclyn Friedman, author of Unscrewed, helps me link body kindness to climate change, economic justice, healthcare, and more. Don’t settle for fauxpowerment. In this lively episode chat, Jaclyn shares many ways anyone can get fired up to vote or help others get fired up... with joy and connection. Follow her 3 steps to positive well-being this ele...
#158 - Creating Communities Where You Belong with Dr. Joy Cox author of Fat Women in Black Bodies and Co-founder of Jabbie app
September 29, 2020 10:33 - 57 minutes - 53.4 MBIf you can’t find a community where you belong, make one. That’s what my guest Dr Joy Cox is doing with her latest book Fat Girls in Black Bodies, podcast, and new app Jabbie. Everything Joy does centers inclusivity and fat Black excellence. Joy is a funny person and her work is dead serious backed up with facts and stats that will make you recoil. If you believe everyone deserves to belong, this episode is for you. --- Links and Resources Mentioned: Book launch party on Instagram - 9/2...
#157 - Becoming an Embodied Anti-Racist for Collective Trauma Healing with Francesca Marguerite Maximé
September 20, 2020 08:17 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBLet’s talk trauma and racism. I found today’s guest, Francesca Marguerite Maximé, from her podcast called Re-Rooted on the Ram Das Be Here Now network. She interviewed Dick Schwartz, the creator of Internal Family Systems (IFS) about his “racist parts” and I was all in on their discussion. Side note to spell out the Body Kindness connections in case it’s helpful before I go on: Connection is one of the three core pillars for practicing Body Kindness. The book and dominant “anti-diet” / “...
[Repost] #109 - Under Pressure - How Anxiety Shows Up for Today’s Teen Girls and How Parents Can Help with Lisa Damour, PhD
September 10, 2020 12:50 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBMost American kids are officially back to school in some way shape or form. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, now we have COVID and our kids well-being to contend with this year. I’m bringing back a personal and fan favorite all about stress and anxiety in girls. Lisa D’Amour is a clinical psychologist, columnist and author and in this episode we discuss her New York Times bestselling book Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls. We discuss what'...
#156 - Helping Young Adults Explore Their Radical Anatomy with Kelly Jensen
August 20, 2020 12:43 - 55 minutes - 51.6 MBIn today’s episode I talk with Kelly Jensen about her new book for young adults called Body Talk, which covers the themes of ability and disability, body positivity, fat positivity, tattoos, language, and much more. Tune in for essay readings and a nuanced conversation about intentions vs. impact of the body positivity movement today and where we may be doing more harm than good. Here’s a few items we cover: How yoga has helped her and her yoga students with mental health, self compassi...
#155 - The Truth About IBS, Anxiety, and Effectiveness of the Low FODMAP “Diet” with Kate Scarlata, RDN
August 10, 2020 14:23 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBA diagnosis of IBS can be a real pain in the a**! Seriously, IBS impacts 25-45 million people in the U.S. alone. The treatments for IBS aren’t really that great. The low FODMAP protocol may not even work in about half the people who try them. Worse, if you dare consult “Dr. Google” you’ll find there is conflicting and extreme advice out there that can really throw you off mentally. Today’s guest, bestselling author and gut health dietitian Kate Scarlata, explains why you shouldn’t rely o...
#154 - How to Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness with Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch authors of Intuitive Eating
July 29, 2020 08:48 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBIntuitive Eating is out with a 4th edition and the co-authors Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch are on the show to discuss what you can expect in the newest edition and we answer listener questions about struggles with intuitive eating. We discussed: The new alignment of Intuitive Eating with “anti-diet” approach. Changes to the specific principles (spoiler alert: they changed one principle to honor your feelings with KINDNESS), and I love this change. It’s even more aligned with the Body...
#153 - Help with Picky Eating, Is it ARFID? with Rebecca Thomas
July 13, 2020 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBMost “picky eating” in kids and adults is just that -- pickiness. But others can deal with social emotional issues and malnourishment (at any size). Joining me to discuss “supertasters” and challenges with picky eating, Rebecca Thomas, RDN. She is a dietitian and Body Kindness helping pro mentee of mine. She’s a pro at ARFID, disordered eating, and eating disorders. Tune in to get a HAES-informed perspective on support for food-related sensory issues. Here’s a few items we cover: The spe...
#152 - Changing the Value Systems in Yoga with Janessa Mondestin, Yoga Therapist and Director of Culture for Yoga International
June 30, 2020 15:15 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBIn Part 2 of White Supremacy in Yoga series, we discuss the harms and the fixes, including what you can do as a yoga teacher, teacher trainer, student, or person who cares about anti-racism work. This includes reading books, having conversations, and taking meaningful actions. Here’s just a taste of what we discuss: Cultural appropriation of ayurveda. Diet culture and racism in yoga. How bad teachers can mess up the yoga experience. Systemic and structural White Supremacy in yog...
#151 - White Supremacy of Yoga with Sabrina Strings PhD, Author of Fearing the Black Body
June 14, 2020 15:41 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBJoin me in conversation with Dr. Sabrina Strings, author of Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. She also is a certified yoga teacher and advocate for inclusivity in yoga. We discuss our experiences with yoga and hope for systemic change. She shares a personal story on racism and body part fetishizing (Michelle Obama arms) she encountered in yoga classes when she was really seeking refuge for grad school stress. Strings was made to feel like she didn’t belong. She e...
#150 - Racism Explains the Origins of Fat Phobia and Diet Culture, with Sabrina Strings PhD, Author of Fearing the Black Body
June 07, 2020 16:08 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBThis episode was first aired June 2019. Sabrina Strings, PhD is the author of the book Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. In the first part of this interview, we discuss how she was able to connect racism with fat phobia, control of women’s bodies historically and through today’s diet culture, and how medicine’s use of the BMI metric is problematic and harmful. Dr. Strings shares why weight loss should not be part of the health equation and instead we should be seeki...
[Repost] #65 - So You Want to Talk About Race with Ijeoma Oluo
June 01, 2020 10:22 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBIjeoma Oluo's So You Want to Talk About Race is a great starting point for listening, learning and taking meaningful action. I also recommend White Fragility by Beverly DiAngelo to any white person who wants to do better at creating change. Books to talk to kids about race. For race and health, I recommend Fearing The Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia. Dr. Sabrina Strings was on the Body Kindness podcast: Part 1, Part 2. This episode was first aired in January...
#149 - Learn & Grow Part 13 – How to Avoid a “Weight Lecture” at the Doctors with Bernie Salazar
May 18, 2020 08:14 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBBernie Salazar guests with an update on how he is changing the conversation with his primary care doctors. He’s better at boundaries and aiming to keep the focus on medical needs, but the doctors still clearly struggle to understand what it means to provide weight inclusive medical care. He shares his labs with me again because he still wants my “input” (read: validation) that he is justified in his full commitment to practicing Body Kindness and never dieting again. We hope you find t...
#148 - Improve Your “Family System” by Creating “Fair Play” at Home with Eve Rodsky
May 07, 2020 18:22 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBMay is mental health awareness month and I’m focused on shows that can help you create a better life and support your well-being. This [COVID-19] Mother’s Day, women are still providing $10.8 trillion dollars a year of invisible, unpaid labor. My guest this week Eve Rodsky says it’s unsustainable and she used her Harvard degree in organizational management to develop a structure for families to redistribute all it takes to make families work. Fair Play is a bestselling book and card ga...
#147 - Compassion through Crisis, Stories of Hope & Gratitude for Healthcare Workers
April 25, 2020 20:27 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBMy three guests today speak from the heart about their experiences during COVID-19 as patient advocate (Lara Loverro) and healthcare workers (Shannon Hughes and Katy Gaston). We discuss the meaning of compassion “to suffer together” and how the personal and collective traumas we’re experiencing challenge us to reframe our value, how and why we practice Body Kindness for resilience and personal growth. Here’s a glimpse of what what we discussed: Human kindness and how altruism and compassi...
#146 - A different type of COVID-19 loss: Pregnancy dreams “on hold” with Fertility Coach Nicola Salmon
April 21, 2020 15:19 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBHas your fertility or medical care been delayed or disrupted due to COVID-19? My guest today is Nicola Salmon, author of Fat and Fertile. We discuss how her work as a fat positive fertility coach has changed dramatically in the face of COVID-19. You’ll learn how she is helping people through and it just may help you grieve the losses you’re feeling at this time, fertility or not. Plus she shares insight on her own self-care practices as a higher weight person feeling vulnerable (thank you, c...
#145 - Coping with Anxiety During COVID-19
April 09, 2020 11:16 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBMy guest is Lara Loverro, a health coach, certified intuitive eating counselor, and she’s a professional mentee of mine. Importantly, Lara is a resident of New York and her mother is COVID-19 positive (over two weeks on a ventilator). Her teen son is struggling with anxiety related to the trauma. Lara shares how she and her family are coping and her recommendations for coping with anxiety. About Lara Lara Loverro is holistic health and lifestyle coach. She works with individuals to help ...
#144 - Resilience Practices for Anxiety and Body Shame During COVID-19 with Nicola Haggett
March 30, 2020 09:58 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBPracticing Body Kindness during COVID-19 is all about resilience skills as we navigate this collective trauma. While some people are finding “humor” in memes or chats about social distancing-related weight gain or the supposed “quarantine 15,” these messages are fatphobic and harmful to people struggling with mental health and body image. Nicola Haggett our ideas for setting boundaries, creating self-care plans, and well-being enhancement that can help you cope with fears. About Nicola Ni...
[Repost] #117: How to recover from BURNOUT (Part 1) with Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
March 24, 2020 13:06 - 32 minutes - 30.5 MBThese times are truly unprecedented. For the past month I have been allowing myself to be human, showing up for my family, my clients (many hospital workers, displaced students, and parents turned home schoolers, many with disordered eating and anxiety exacerbated by the social distancing required). I have been asking Body Kindness book readers and podcast listeners about ways (if anything) I can uniquely contribute to our collective well-being during this pandemic. Mostly, everyone ne...
[Repost] #117: How to recover from BURNOUT with Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
March 24, 2020 13:06 - 32 minutes - 30.5 MBThese times are truly unprecedented. For the past month I have been allowing myself to be human, showing up for my family, my clients (many hospital workers, displaced students, and parents turned home schoolers, many with disordered eating and anxiety exacerbated by the social distancing required). I have been asking Body Kindness book readers and podcast listeners about ways (if anything) I can uniquely contribute to our collective well-being during this pandemic. Mostly, everyone ne...
#143 - "I Developed a Restrictive Eating Disorder in Elementary School. Here’s Why It Wasn’t Diagnosed for Over a Decade" with Gloria Oladipo
February 24, 2020 12:26 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBLet’s talk about eating disorders that are born from culture and hidden in plain sight. My guest to share her personal story is Gloria Oladipo, a 20-year-old Black woman who developed an eating disorder in elementary school that went undiagnosed for over a decade. A student at Cornell University, Gloria also works as a freelance writer and has been published in Teen Vogue, Healthline, Wear Your Voice, Bitch Media, Bustle, and other publications. Here’s a short summary of what we discussed ...
#142 - Believe Me: Why trusting women is essential for collective well-being with Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
February 12, 2020 15:17 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBI'm joined by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti editors of a new anthology Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. We discuss why we need a book about believing women’s experiences are as credible and reliable as men. Believing women starts with believing ourselves and caring for our personal well-being. Samantha Irby contributes an essay about her chronic illness which you can read on Elle. Anuradha Bhagwati, author of the memoir Unbecoming, writes about the disbelief of...
#141 - How the 4 S’s help you “show up” for kids well-being with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD Bestselling Author
January 29, 2020 17:04 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBA significant part of the body kindness practice is held in our relationships, especially parents and caregivers to children. As adults we understand there were ways in which our childhood needs were not met and with a deep desire to to better, we don’t want to mess it up. But we inevitably do and it’s OK. Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, New York Times Bestselling author of several books including her latest The Power of Showing Up, is here to help me as I get candid about my own difficulties to im...
#140 - Boys and Sex: Navigating the new masculinity with bestselling author Peggy Orenstein
January 19, 2020 12:45 - 50 minutes - 46.9 MBAuthor Peggy Orenstein is back on the show with her instant New York Times Bestseller, Boys and Sex. Tune in to hear insights from her conversations with over 100 boys from high school to college across the U.S. We discuss why parents aren’t talking to their boys about sex and intimacy even though they really want the space to explore, to be vulnerable, and to figure it out, not just absorb the cultural narrative about masculinity that was created for them. We chat about how this conversatio...
#139 - How to experience the joy of movement and the power of moving in community with Kelly McGonigal PhD
January 06, 2020 11:24 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBMovement gives us access to the best of ourselves and it has nothing to do with weight or abilities regardless of what the “fitness culture” says, it’s science! Stanford Professor Kelly McGonigal PhD and author of The Joy of Movement is my guest and she has insight to help you reclaim movement. --- About Kelly Kelly McGonigal is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University who specializes in understanding the mind-body connection. As a pioneer in the field of "science-help,"...
#138 - Why being “ANTI-diet” is “pro” health with Christy Harrison, HAES dietitian, host of Food Psych podcast and author of Anti-Diet
December 30, 2019 05:01 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBAs more people become aware of words like “body positivity” and “anti-diet” it opens the door for confusion — what does it actually mean and is it really good for health? What makes something a “diet? Christy Harrison’s book Anti-Diet lays out the historical context of dieting and weight stigma, seeking to explain why not dieting at all is actually better for your health. We discuss why healthcare providers must examine how we oppress people operating in a weight normative model of care and ...
#137 - Listener Q&A: How can teachers help kids with body kindness? What if I’m feeling detached from my body?
December 19, 2019 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBBernie and I are back with another special episode of Learn and Grow where we answer questions from people who are reading and listening to Body Kindness. In this episode, Bernie Salazar and I respond to three listener questions. Sara says she feels detached from her body as a result of trauma from pregnancy and birth. She wonders where to start with Body Kindness. Melissa, a high school teacher, asks how she can help the vulnerable high school girls with more Body Kindness. Finally, thera...
#136 - Listener Q&A: Can I learn to like exercise? How do I address co-workers food shame?
December 12, 2019 21:09 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBBernie and I are back with another special episode of Learn and Grow where we answer questions from people who are reading and listening to Body Kindness. In this episode, Bernie Salazar and I respond to two listener questions. Paula says she hates to exercise and though she wants to get moving, she feels “stuck” because her most enjoyable activities are performed in a chair or cozy sofa. We help her think through options without judgment or shame. Then, podcast listener Lytisha works in...
#135 - Take Meaningful ACTion toward change with Steven C. Hayes PhD author of A Liberated Mind
December 03, 2019 10:53 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBWhat if instead of trying to change negative thoughts, judgments, and feelings that come up when practicing Body Kindness, you learned to change how you relate to those thoughts and feelings instead? That's exactly what we're discussing in this week's podcast with Steven C. Hayes, the creator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and author of A Liberated Mind. You'll learn all about ACT and how it influenced the Body Kindness philosophy, as well as specific tools and skills you can u...