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Flex Your Heart Radio

32 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratings

A podcast about body positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, taking risks, and crushing it at life.

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Caring for the self when self-care freaks your shit: a conversation with Amy Kuretsky

November 20, 2018 21:37 - 58 minutes - 111 MB

HI!  This is a very special episode of Flex Your Heart Radio. It's a conversation about health and wellness with Amy Kuretsky!  First off,  I know I owe y'all a little update about my life- this touches on what I've been up to in the past few months! It also serves as a health and wellness Q and A (thank you to my audience whomst asked questions!) and an announcement of Amy and I's brand new program, Vessel; Radical Rituals of Intuitive Eating and Self Care.   Between now and the end...

Molly and Lacy have a lot of feelings.

January 19, 2018 11:00 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MB

Y'ALL! This is the last episode of Flex Your Heart Radio! If you wonder why, you should totes listen. In this episode I talk to Molly of Gender Reveal Podcast! Molly Woodstock is a journalist and podcaster based in Portland, Oregon. They spend their work-days writing and editing for Travel Portland and Portland Monthly Magazine, and spend the rest of the time producing their brand new trans-normative podcast, Gender Reveal. Molly is queer and vegan and has a cat named after nutritiona...

Cooking, love, and righteous rage as a conduit of healing: a conversation with Marie Chia!

January 05, 2018 11:00 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.    In this episode I talk to Marie Chia of S+M Vegan Chefs! Marie is a vegan chef and queer hapa who was born in Singapore and raised in France.  She spends her time navigating the lack of representation of east Asians and POC in often oppressive, straight-white-male dominated environments, reconciling the will to cultivate her heritage wi...

Doing Hard Things with Nicole Antoinette!

December 22, 2017 11:00 - 1 hour - 91.5 MB

First and foremost: our Reclaim and Revolt program is LIVE and tickets are available NOW! Spots are limited, it is DEFINITELY going to sell out, so sign up now!   Now for the episode:   In this episode, I am SO STOKED to be talking to Nicole Antoinette Nicole Antoinette is a writer and host of the Real Talk Radio podcast, where people come together to have honest conversations about their real lives. A recovering self-help addict and former goal-setting coach, Nicole is obsessed wi...

Personal Power Proton Pack: ACTIVATE!

December 08, 2017 15:39 - 1 hour - 86.2 MB

First and foremost: our Reclaim and Revolt program is LIVE and tickets are available NOW! Spots are limited, it is DEFINITELY going to sell out, so sign up now! In this episode, we talk to Hannae Syd, Kelsey Branca, and Erin Aquarian (AKA my fellow reclaim and revolt! facilitators). We discuss gut health, body image, the political climate, and so much more!  Facilitator Bios: Hannae Syd (@hannae_syd) is a nonbinary holistic gut witch devoted to the land, indigenous solidarity, fermen...

Finding home in the in-between with Travis!

December 01, 2017 11:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, I get to talk to one of my favorite buddies, Travis! Travis started his life as a tomboy in rural Maine, blossomed into queer life in the early 00's in Boston and now enjoying being 40 and residing in Portland, Oregon. He loves hobbies and activities - especially when he can share them with other people.   Here is a list:  ...

"I walked 454 miles and still feel like I failed" a real talk about hiking the PCT with Vanessa Friedman

November 17, 2017 11:00 - 1 hour - 89 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.    On this episode, I get to talk with Vanessa Friedman! Vanessa is a 28 year old queer feminist writer and photographer based in Portland, OR. She's fat, femme, and opinionated. Her words have been published at Nylon, SHAPE, and Autostraddle, where she is also the community editor. In 2017 she hiked 450 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail an...

Straddling the border with Alex Zaragoza!

November 05, 2017 19:01 - 54 minutes - 75.3 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.    On this episode, we have Alex Zaragoza!   Alex Zaragoza is a writer covering the intersection between culture and social issues, feminism, the border and other random stuff. She's currently an editor at We Are Mitú, the largest digital media organization serving the Latinx population, and a columnist for San Diego CityBeat. Her work h...

Practical magic in a fucked up world: a conversation with Erin Aquarian !

October 20, 2017 18:57 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, full time practical witch, Erin Aquarian! Erin Aquarian is a radical mystic, anti-oppression, pro-people pro-planet intuitive healer. She uses tarot and a mash up of other modalities to support people in healing and soul-truth living. Erin is an opinionated college dropout who quit her restaurant job in 2015 to be a full ti...

Powerlifting, motherhood, race, and why #noexcuses is cancelled: a conversation with Cassie Haynes

October 06, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to powerlifter, mother, and all around bad ass, Cassie Haynes! Cassie lives in Philly with her wife, 2 yr old daughter, and 2 dogs. She has a BFA in theater from Pace University School of Performing Arts, a masters in public health from Tufts University School of Medicine, and a JD from Northeastern University Schoo...

Bridging the gap between ethical veganism and other social justice movements with Emiko Badillo!

September 01, 2017 10:00 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to activist, musician, and social justice minded vegan entrepreneur Emiko Badillo! Emiko has been involved in ethical veganism and animal rights since 1997. As a Chicana/Japanese-American vegan living in a very white-populated Portland, OR, she works to bridge the gap between ethical veganism and other social justic...

Boundaries: (at home, at work, with sport, in recovery, with self-care and in life!) with Erica Smith

August 25, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to feminist hero, Erica Smith! Erica Smith is a feminist sexuality educator and consultant based in Philadelphia. For 15 years, she has worked as a sexuality educator and advocate for young women and LGBTQ youth in the juvenile justice system. Her work also involves supporting trans and gender non conforming youth a...

Blackness, body image, masculinity, and plant-based Powerlifting with Ndem Nkem

August 18, 2017 10:00 - 58 minutes - 81 MB

Content warning!   In this episode Ndem and I talk a lot about crash/yo-yo dieting and body image. Weight loss *is* mentioned, and I suggest you do whatever feels best for you given that information. If you'd prefer not to hear about weight loss or body building practices, skip this bad boy and we'll be here for ya next week!   --   Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life. ...

Inclusivity, eating for your gym goals while recovering from an eating disorder, and combatting workplace harassment with Mel, Molly, Raechel and Lacy!

August 11, 2017 10:00 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we have a vegan, feminist podcast roundtable with Molly of Smash Everything, Raechel and Mel of Feminist Killjoys, PHD and me- Lacy Davis! In this podcast we discuss: - Inclusivity in activism - Tips for eating for your gym goals while recovering from an eating disorder - Combatting workplace harassment and so much m...

Calling out sizeism and negative self talk, anti-racist fitness, and giving it all away for free with Courtney Marshall

August 04, 2017 10:00 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MB

  Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to one of my personal fitness heroes, Courtney Marshall!  Courtney is a former English and Women's Studies professor turned community-accountable feminist fitness instructor and personal trainer.  Along the way she got interested in body positivity, but now she falls solidly in the fat positive camp- and she does ...

Hard Hitting Advice with Nicole J. Georges!

July 28, 2017 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Nicole J. Georges! Nicole J. Georges is a writer, illustrator, podcaster & professor from Portland, OR. Her Lambda Award winning graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, was called “engrossing, lovable, smart and ultimately poignant” by Rachel Maddow, and “disarming and haunting, hip and sweet, all at once” by Alison ...

Health as a performance of beauty, thin privilege, and why dieting is a just plain bad idea with Melissa Fabello

July 21, 2017 10:00 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Melissa Fabello! Melissa A. Fabello is a body acceptance activist, sexuality scholar, and patriarchy smasher living in Philadelphia. Currently, Melissa works as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media website in the world, and is a doctoral candidate in Widener University’s H...

Busting through stereotypes of gender, race, and religion in sport and life with Kulsoom Abdullah

July 14, 2017 10:00 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Kulsoom Abdullah of Lifting Covered! Kulsoom Abdullah is a Pakistani-American competitive Olympic Weightlifter and was Crossfit Level I certified.  She attended the University of Central Florida and received her doctorate in electrical/computer engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.     Her websit...

Total body liberation: an invitation to make your own damn rules with Jes Baker!

July 07, 2017 10:00 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Jes Baker of The Militant Baker!  Jes Baker is a Tucson blogger and author who is on a mission to turn our society's concept of beauty on its oppressive head as she knows for a FACT that every person in this world is worthy of respect and feeling valued regardless of their size, shape, shade, sex, ability, gender,...

Coming out as trans: from friends, to parents, to your job, and to the world with Kaig Lightner!

June 30, 2017 15:01 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MB

   Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Kaig Lightner of Portland Community Football Club! Kaig holds a USSF National ‘C’ Coaching License. He has been coaching and working with youth for over 16 years.  In 2005 Kaig moved to Portland where he was the Head Coach of a U12 girls team and Co-Coach of a U15 girls team at Eastside United FC (now Eastsid...

Vegan, Feminist, Punk and Queer Eating Disorder Recovery with Dr. Raechel Jolie

June 02, 2017 10:00 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MB

  Trigger warning for this ep! Raechel and I have some real talk about our eating disorders! Feel free to skip this ep if that's not going to work for you and your recovery. <3   Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Dr. Raechel Anne Jolie of Feminist Killjoys, PHD! Raechel Anne Jolie is a working-class-raised queer femme with a PhD in Media S...

Getting shit done no matter what: a kick in the pants with Jessica Abel

May 26, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 85.3 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode we talk to cartoonist, radio maven, and productivity expert, Jessica Abel! Jessica Abel is the author of Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You're Drowning in Your Daily Life , the graphic novel La Perdida (winner of the the 2002 “Best New Series” Harvey Award), Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars, as well as two coll...

Heaing from the trauma of colonialism, eurocentric beauty ideals and disordered eating in communities of color with Gloria Lucas

May 19, 2017 10:00 - 49 minutes - 67.8 MB

Before we start!   Hey! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    and now....   Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Gloria Lucas of Nalgona P...

Unlearning ancestral trauma, unabashed queer polyamory, and reconnecting with our bodies in times of depression and anxiety with Ev'yan Whitney

May 12, 2017 10:00 - 56 minutes - 78 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to sexually liberated woman, Ev'yan Whitney! Ev’Yan Whitney is a writer, sensualist, and sexuality doula. She helps facilitate, educate, and hold space for women and femmes who are seeking to come into the full expression of their erotic selves. She's also the host of the Sexually Liberated Woman podcast, which is ...

Low-income accessibility to fitness, lifting weights to gain strength after domestic violence, and how to climb your way out of low points in sport and in life with Caitlin Constantine

May 05, 2017 10:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MB

Before we start!   Hey! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    and now....   Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Caitlin Constantine of Fit...

Art making as an act of resistance, balancing the personal with the political, crossfitting as a queer and trans person, and taking up space with Oli Rodriguez

April 28, 2017 10:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to artist, professor, queer thought leader, and all around angel, Oli Rodriguez! Oli Rodriguez is an interdisciplinary artist working in video, photography, performance, installation and writing. Currently, he is faculty in the Photography Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). His projects ...

Becoming an intersectional feminist capitalist critical money manifestor with Sarah Faith Gottensdiener

April 21, 2017 10:00 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to feminist art powerhouse,Sarah Faith Gottesdiener! Sarah is a queer artist, designer, writer, and intuitive Tarot Reader living in Los Angeles, CA. Sarah's various businesses strive to empower other women, queers, and femmes in different ways. She creates feminist gear and affordable art under the moniker Modern Wo...

Quitting dieting for good, body positivity vs. fat liberation, and real talk about big time societal change with Alex Lannon

April 14, 2017 10:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Alex Lannon of Fat Chance Coaching!  Let me tell you about Alex: Alex wants to live in a world where moving and nourishing your body has nothing to do with morality. As a Health at Every Size Personal Trainer and Health Coach, she focuses on dynamic movement and functional fitness. She is buff, she is stoked, sh...

Lesbian bed death, hormonal lifecycles of the vag, loving on yourself and squirting hard with Oliver and Stacey

April 07, 2017 10:30 - 49 minutes - 67.8 MB

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to resident sexperts, Oliver and Stacey. We discuss: - Lesbian bed death - How to handle being queer in a straight passing relationship - Vaginal dryness - Breaking out of vanilla sex patterns - Female ejaculation - Reclaiming the bedroom as a fat person - Talking to kids about sex   and more!    ...

Queer fat reclamation of the outdoors, using nature to heal your mental health, and bucking the capitalist patriarchy with Jenny Bruso!

March 31, 2017 10:00 - 48 minutes - 66.9 MB

Welcome to Femmes to the Front! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life. On this episode, we talk to Jenny Bruso of the body positive outdoor culture account Unlikely Hikers! Jenny Bruso is a fat, queer, writer and former indoor kid who’s been involved with body-positive activism for more than fifteen years. In 2012, an accidental hike revealed a new life trajectory of healing, self-care and adventure in the outdoors...

Intuitive eating, magic, self-care and going with the fucking flow with Aja Vines

March 24, 2017 10:30 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MB

Welcome to Femmes to the Front! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk and crushing it at life. On this episode, we will talk to Aja Vines! Aja is an incredibly enthusiastic inspiration, and in this hour we discuss: - Dieting vs. eating disorders, and how thin the line can get - Intuitive eating - Body positivity, and how to internalize external BoPo messaging - Meditation and other forms of self-care - Taking gigantic risks and b...

Punk entrepreneurship, powerlifting, gut health, and knowing your worth with Amy K.

March 14, 2017 19:38 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MB

Welcome to Femmes to the Front! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk and crushing it at life. During this hour, we will talk to Amy Kuretsky! Amy K. is a SUPER bad-ass boss lady and in this hour we discussed: -Growing up punk and vegan and discovering that the lifestyle aided in chronic illness (no shade to being punk or vegan, obviously- this is just Amy's story!) - Powerlifting, and training for powerlifting competitions - Self ca...

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