3 Questions with Kat & Val

Kat and Val drop some profound truths about living inside of diet culture and what it's like to live outside of it.  Characteristically, funny and warm, our hosts tell personal stories about this shift in their lives and pass on some useful tips on how all of us can be free. Body peace is our birthright, we can all move towards freedom together and that's a beautiful fucking thing indeed!

Find us on Instagram:
Kat and Val Podcast

Val's offerings:
So This is Love Club
Reset Yourself for Love Program
Instagram So This is Love Club

Kat's offerings:
Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy Shop
Instagram Fat_Mystic_Art

Additional resources/definitions referenced in most episodes:
Intuitive eating.org
NAAFA National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
Tell Me I'm Fat - This American Life
Prentis Hemphill
Vitamin D gummies!!!!!!
Adrienne Maree Brown
Pleasure Activism; The Politics of Feeling Good
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Book by Emily Nagoski
Attached - Book by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Understanding Dopamine: Love Hormones And The Brain
Enneagram
The Four Tendencies
Myers Briggs Personality Profiles
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Fat Liberation Movement
Lipedema
Exvangelical/deconstructing from Christianity
ADHD

Body peace is our birthright. Kat and Val manage to laugh their asses off while also dropping some big wisdom about our right to make peace with our bodies exactly as they are. Val gives us a pickle ball update and does her best pitch for you all to check out this super inclusive and accessible sport! Kat shares about their body liberation journey and how it fed into what they call their queer sexual awakening. Kat is really good at dating now!

Find us on Instagram:
Kat and Val Podcast

Val's offerings:
So This is Love Club
Reset Yourself for Love Program
Instagram So This is Love Club

Kat's offerings:
Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy Shop
Instagram Fat_Mystic_Art

Additional resources/definitions referenced in most episodes:
NAAFA National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
Tell Me I'm Fat - This American Life
Prentis Hemphill
Vitamin D gummies!!!!!!
Adrienne Maree Brown
Pleasure Activism; The Politics of Feeling Good
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Book by Emily Nagoski
Attached - Book by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Understanding Dopamine: Love Hormones And The Brain
Enneagram
The Four Tendencies
Myers Briggs Personality Profiles
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Fat Liberation Movement
Lipedema
Exvangelical/deconstructing from Christianity
ADHD

Kat and Val laugh and cry as they tell deeply personal stores and hard earned wisdom about their respective relationships to parenting, children and infertility. Even if you don’t have small humans in your world this episode will strengthen your conviction to engage fully in your life. Our hosts share how they managed to alchemize pain, loss and disappointment into profound beauty, joy and peace. 

*The information in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only*

Find us on Instagram:
Kat and Val Podcast

Val's offerings:
So This is Love Club
Reset Yourself for Love Program
Instagram So This is Love Club

Kat's offerings:
Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy Shop
Instagram Fat_Mystic_Art

Additional resources/definitions referenced in most episodes:
Prentis Hemphill
Vitamin D gummies!!!!!!
Adrienne Maree Brown
Pleasure Activism; The Politics of Feeling Good
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Book by Emily Nagoski
Attached - Book by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Understanding Dopamine: Love Hormones And The Brain
Enneagram
The Four Tendencies
Myers Briggs Personality Profiles
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Fat Liberation Movement
Lipedema
Exvangelical/deconstructing from Christianity
ADHD

Boundaries are lived out in human relationships. Kat and Val tell super fun stories about the humans in their world. They had a raucous party full of dear ones and can't stop laughing as they recap some highlights. Our hosts drop big wisdom as they dive into the deep end of their boundaries discussion. Hold on tight, this is a fun ride!

*The information in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only*

Find us on Instagram:
Kat and Val Podcast

Val's offerings:
So This is Love Club
Reset Yourself for Love Program
Instagram So This is Love Club

Kat's offerings:
Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy Shop
Instagram Fat_Mystic_Art

Additional resources/definitions referenced in most episodes:
Prentis Hemphill
Vitamin D gummies!!!!!!
Adrienne Maree Brown
Pleasure Activism; The Politics of Feeling Good
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Book by Emily Nagoski
Attached - Book by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Understanding Dopamine: Love Hormones And The Brain
Enneagram
The Four Tendencies
Myers Briggs Personality Profiles
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Fat Liberation Movement
Lipedema
Exvangelical/deconstructing from Christianity
ADHD

This week Val has so many fun stories about officiating her best friends’s wedding. Surprise surprise a recent wedding had our co hosts chatting all about boundaries in relationships. How do we live lives where we center ourselves and show up for the humans who populate our world? Kat and Val have some great ideas!

*The information in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only*

Find us on Instagram:
Kat and Val Podcast

Val's offerings:
So This is Love Club
Reset Yourself for Love Program
Instagram So This is Love Club

Kat's offerings:
Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy Shop
Instagram Fat_Mystic_Art

Additional resources/definitions referenced in most episodes:
Prentis Hemphill
Vitamin D gummies!!!!!!
Adrienne Maree Brown
Pleasure Activism; The Politics of Feeling Good
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Book by Emily Nagoski
Attached - Book by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Understanding Dopamine: Love Hormones And The Brain
Enneagram
The Four Tendencies
Myers Briggs Personality Profiles
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Fat Liberation Movement
Lipedema
Exvangelical/deconstructing from Christianity
ADHD

This week Kat and Val discuss how to cope with being a fucking human! If we want to live fully engaged in our lives, we are going to have to learn how to hold space for emotions we all feel from time to time. Laugh and cry with our cohosts as they share funny stories and practical insights on how coping with “the sads” (in a post capitalistic hellscape). 

*The information in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only*

Find us on Instagram:
Kat and Val Podcast

Val's offerings:
So This is Love Club
Reset Yourself for Love Program
Instagram So This is Love Club

Kat's offerings:
Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy Shop
Instagram Fat_Mystic_Art

Additional resources/definitions referenced in most episodes:
Vitamin D gummies!!!!!!
Adrienne Maree Brown
Pleasure Activism; The Politics of Feeling Good
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Book by Emily Nagoski
Attached - Book by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Understanding Dopamine: Love Hormones And The Brain
Enneagram
The Four Tendencies
Myers Briggs Personality Profiles
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Fat Liberation Movement
Lipedema
Exvangelical/deconstructing from Christianity
ADHD

This week Kat and Val dive into our third question, "What is moving around for you". After meeting in Bible college nearly 28 years ago, religious deconstruction is a whole lotta "moving around". After coming out as queer and leaving a long term het marriage, Kat no longer claims Christianity at all, while Val is still feeling around for what is truly resonate with her. These two have a passionate conversation about many of the concepts from their old lives that created a lot of dissonance and what their relationship to the divine/spirituality looks like today.

*The information in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only*

Find us on Instagram:
Kat and Val Podcast

Val's offerings:
So This is Love Club
Reset Yourself for Love Program
Instagram So This is Love Club

Kat's offerings:
Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy Shop
Instagram Fat_Mystic_Art

Additional resources/definitions referenced in most episodes:
Exvangelical/deconstructing from Christianity
Adrienne Maree Brown
Pleasure Activism; The Politics of Feeling Good
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Book by Emily Nagoski
Attached - Book by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Understanding Dopamine: Love Hormones And The Brain
Enneagram
The Four Tendencies
Myers Briggs Personality Profiles
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Fat Liberation Movement
Lipedema
ADHD

Kat and Val do a deep dive into one of our three questions. "What is bringing you pleasure?" Our hosts share personal stories about how they learned that they each deserve pleasure and how they have begun to center pleasure in their lives. Pleasure encompasses a myriad of human experiences, from soft clothing on our skin, or a delicious cup of coffee, to 'make out parties' as an adult. Pleasure is a profound way to reconnect with our physical bodies after living in a culture that devalues a mind /body connection. Pleasure provokes greater agency in our lives. 

*The information in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only*

Find us on Instagram:
Kat and Val Podcast

Val's offerings:
So This is Love Club
Reset Yourself for Love Program
Instagram So This is Love Club

Kat's offerings:
Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy Shop
Instagram Fat_Mystic_Art

Additional resources/definitions referenced in most episodes:
Adrienne Maree Brown
Pleasure Activism; The Politics of Feeling Good
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Book by Emily Nagoski
Attached - Book by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Understanding Dopamine: Love Hormones And The Brain
Enneagram
The Four Tendencies
Myers Briggs Personality Profiles
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Fat Liberation Movement
Lipedema
Exvangelical/deconstructing from Christianity
ADHD

In this Episode, Kat and Val discuss the ins and outs of living with and loving someone with ADHD.

• Welcome chit chat: Val did lots of traveling, Kat (who has ADHD) fell in love (0:36)
• Val shares about her long term marriage to Rafick who has ADHD (1:19)
• The ADHD paradox (5:06)
• Information in relationships vs. the story or meaning we tell ourselves about it (6:15)
• ADHD defined in detail (10:46)
• Executive Function (12:21)
• Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (12:58)
• Shame and Masking with ADHD  (14:17)
• Unearned confidence around cooking while having ADHD (17:41)
• The perception of time when you have ADHD (20:17)
• Being partnered with someone with ADHD can be really fun (21:20)
• Three Questions: (30:23) 
  • What's bringing Val pleasure about her long term marriage to Rafick who has ADHD (ass slapping is involved) (30:45)
  • What's bringing Kat pleasure about having an ADHD diagnosis (32:25)
  • What Val and Kat are learning about ADHD these days (33:16)
  • What's moving around for Kat and Val in their understanding of ADHD (35:59)
• Know Thyself (38:34)

Find us on Instagram:
Kat and Val Podcast

Val's offerings:
So This is Love Club
Reset Yourself for Love Program
Instagram So This is Love Club

Kat's offerings:
Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy Shop
Instagram Fat_Mystic_Art

Additional resources/definitions referenced in most episodes:
Enneagram
The Four Tendencies
Myers Briggs Personality Profiles
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Fat Liberation Movement
Lipedema
Exvangelical/deconstructing from Christianity
ADHD