Chachi Chats
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Chachi Chats is a podcast about bodies, life and everything that makes us human by Danni Gordon.
Join Body Positive Activist, Danni and her special guests as they discuss all aspects of body image, body confidence and the Body Positivity Movement and as they stray into the other elements that make us the wonderfully weird humans that we are: dating and relationships, fertility, food, self care, feminism, getting things wrong and trying to be happy.
Wherever you are on the body appreciation spectrum and wherever you want to get to, hopefully this podcast can help you.
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Episodes
Ep 5: Brides and their bodies with Solen Collet
February 14, 2021 12:48 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBWhat happened to weddings? The pandemic is decimating the events industry and weddings are being postponed left, right and centre. Danni of The Chachi Power Project talks to wedding photographer, Solen Collet, about how to say a royal f-you to the usual drudgery of weddings and all the pressures that come with them. Danni shares some listeners’ advice and Solen reflects on how the current pandemic restrictions could be seen in a positive light, with couples focusing on the true meaning of th...
Ep 4: Medical Fatphobia, Chronic Pain and Diet Culture with Ly Kerr
August 09, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 59.4 MBIt's episode 4 of Chachi Chats and this week Danni talks to journalist and fellow Scottish Body Positive Activist, Ly Kerr. Danni and Ly discuss the harmful effects of medical fatphobia in general, and the impact it has had on Ly's own body and life. Ly talks about her own body image journey, about how she deals with the continual frustration of chronic pain, and tells Danni what really pisses her off about The Body Positive Movement. They round off the episode with another good discussion a...
Ep. 3: Disability, Sex and Dating with Emily Yates
July 09, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBIn this episode Danni talks to Emily Yates, a journalist, sex educator and accessibility consultant, about the work she does to encourage awareness around sex and disability. They despair over tossers on Tinder (#tosserfilter) and figure out ways to help remove the stigma around disabled people and their rights to express themselves sexually. Emily is cute and fierce in equal measure and hopefully this episode shines a light on where inequalities around disability feature in our culture. Em...
Ep 2: Weight Stigma and Children's Body Image with Sarah Dempster
June 16, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 89.4 MBIn episode 2 of Chachi Chats Danni talks to Sarah Dempster, a weight inclusive nutritionist who is on a mission to improve children's attitudes to food and their own bodies. Danni and Sarah have some helpful tips for parents to help them raise intuitive eaters, and they delve into the unhelpful world of weight stigma and the impact it has on society. They touch on how food policy could be altered to reflect a more positive, inclusive language towards food and young people whilst recognising ...
Ep 1: Intuitive Eating, Body Positive Yoga and Fatphobia with Gillian McCollum
May 29, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBIn this episode Danni and Gillian talk about the controlling messaging of diet culture and how intuitive eating can benefit you if you are a disordered eater. They play around with ways to reconnect with your body which counteract toxic external (and internalised) systems of oppression aka Fatphobia and how we should be aiming for Utopia, also known as 'a matriarchal society'. YAY! Our fave links: Ragen Chastain: @ragenchastain Morag Wilson Yoga: www.jyotiyoga.org Laura Thomas: @laurath...
Trailer: Chachi Chats
May 01, 2020 15:35 - 1 minute - 1.65 MBChachi Chats is a podcast about bodies, life and everything that makes us human by Danni Gordon. Danni has run The Chachi Power Project, a project focussed on Body Positivity and self acceptance, since January 2017. "Join me and my special guests as we discuss all aspects of body image, body confidence and the Body Positivity Movement and as we stray into the other elements that make us the wonderfully weird humans that we are: Dating and relationships, fertility, food, self care, feminis...