Body Kindness

Rebecca Hall was only 25 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It's been a long and challenging road for her, and Rebecca wants other women, especially young women with metastatic breast cancer, to know "you are not alone." Tune in to hear us talk about Rebecca's journey.

Watch Bare, the film she co-wrote with director Kerith Lemon at www.BareShortFilm.com, and share it with anyone who needs to hear this powerful story.

Find out more about Bare: Watch the film | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Help fund metastatic breast cancer treatment research. The Bare team have created this fundraising page because metastatic breast cancer desperately needs more funding for new and better treatments. Please consider donating to METAvivor, which dedicates 100% of your donations toward metastatic breast cancer treatment research. Click here to donate.

Rebecca's Story: "I was 25, single and in graduate school, I didn't have kids — I was just getting ready to live my life. I was filled with fear, and I couldn't stay positive all the time. Shaving my head helped me process my emotions, and accept that I was sick. This acceptance gave me the strength to fight.

Bare is my attempt to share an honest slice of my experience with a wider audience. I hope that telling my story empowers others, and demonstrates the important role friends play in this process. My best friend's mere presence and their willingness to listen, even if they didn't know what to say — or sometimes said the wrong thing — meant the world to me as I faced my life-altering diagnosis.

Bare is also meant to inspire support for research, particularly for Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, so that we can improve and extend the lives of metastatic breast cancer patients and work towards reducing occurrences of the disease across the board, particularly in relatively young women.

Watch, share, and bare—stay breast aware and get regular exams."

—Becky Hall

About Kerith. Kerith Lemon is a writer, director and creator with rich experience in multi- platform storytelling and creative narratives. Lemon has worked as a programming and production executive at CBS Radio, Nickelodeon and MTV Games and most recently the OWN Network, where, as Vice President of Digital Video, she created and directed a full slate of original digital series for the networks digital platforms. Driven by her passion for stories that emotionally connect, Lemon is drawn to narratives that elevate women, mirror societal complications and create dialogues amongst a broad audience. Her directorial debut, A Social Life, premiered at the Canberra International Short Film Festival, where it was awarded the prize for Best International Actor and most recently has won Best Ladies First Short at the Lady Filmmakers Festival in Los Angeles and Best Short Film at the Monarch Film Festival in Pacific Grove, CA. To date it's been featured by Engadget, Gizmodo, Bust Magazine, Indiewire and shared socially by Arianna Huffington, Oprah Magazine, The Skimm and it's garnered nearly 2M views on YouTube. Lemon's production company currently has multiple feature films in development.

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Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

What if we all were fat activists? It's an interesting thought for people who are finally at the place of rejecting diets and a singular (thin) standard for beauty and health. Activism is not always getting angry and standing on the street with a sign screaming. Sometimes it IS that, but there are lots of forms of "activism" if you take a broader definition. You can throw a pool party and rock your swimwear. You can tell the nurse, "I don't step on the scale." You can tell yourself "I am on your side" and anyone who treats you badly based on weight can get the push back. Fat activism is just as much about practicing self-care and self-compassion as it is about getting angry.

Tune in to hear my conversation with long-time Fat Activist and author of Fat!So? Marilyn Wann joins me to discuss why it's wrong when people say "you should lose weight for health reasons". She shares ideas for fat activism that go beyond getting angry and protesting in the streets to include meaningful choices anyone can make to reject body oppression and instead, practice self-care.

Visit MarilynWann.com. Order the YAY! Scale for $45 plus shipping by e-mailing [email protected].

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The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9

Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V

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Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

When Rosie Molinary was looking in the mirror at her frizzy, unruly hair in the dead of summer and freaking out over what product would 'tame the mane,' she had an epiphany: 'I have bought into the beauty myth of what society says I should look like.' She told herself, 'I'm going to work with boys in an alternative school. Not one of them will care about the texture of my hair, but they will care about how I will make them feel. Who am I trying to get approval from?' And she set down her straightener and walked out the door as her natural, beautiful self... already good enough.

Rosie is the champion of 'radical self-acceptance' -- the belief that you are worthy enough just for being born and the idea that you don't have to do ANYTHING to prove your worth. Radical self-acceptance is the choice to not have an adversarial relationship with yourself. Instead, you choose to accept your own humanity in the same way you accept the humanity of others.

Tune in as we discuss how to practice radical self-acceptance using examples from Rosie's life, including her experience growing up with brown skin in a predominantly white neighborhood, what really surprised her when she wrote her first book Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina (Seal Press), and how she handles difficult questions from people, like her adoption of a boy from Ethiopia.

Rosie believes 'we can teach people who aren't in the same place as us a better way to use language for the future.' Her book Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self Acceptance (Seal Press), is an ideal tool to walk yourself through daily practices of self-acceptance, sure to induce 'spiral ups' and more self-compassion in your Body Kindness journey.

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About Rosie

As a radical self-acceptance champion, Rosie Molinary uses profound questions and wholehearted connection to empower people to treat themselves well so they can connect with their talents and passions to authentically and intentionally live their purpose and help heal the world.

The author of Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self Acceptance (Seal Press) and Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina (Seal Press), Rosie teaches at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, serves as a national Dove Self-Esteem Project educator, offers workshops and retreats, and speaks on self-acceptance, body image, self-care, media literacy, the Latina experience, and intentional living around the country. Rosie also serves as a creative catalyst to companies and brands that wish to provide a synergistic, empowered and soulful experience to their clients and employees as they serve the world through workshop and retreat facilitation and consultation.

A committed activist, Rosie helped found HAMMERS, a non-profit initiative to provide emergency home repair for low income families in her community, and Circle de Luz, a non-profit that radically empowers young Latinas by supporting their transformation through extensive mentoring, holistic programming and scholarship funds for further education.

Follow Rosie

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The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9

Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V

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Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

Neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt's TED Talk "Why dieting usually doesn't work" has been viewed over 4 million times. She really didn't want to do a TED Talk, but she was so driven to put a science-based, anti-diet book out into the world that she marched her introverted self onto the TED stage, stood on the big red dot, said what we needed to hear, and eventually landed her book 'Why Diets Make Us Fat: The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession with Weight Loss'.

Tune in and listen to Sandra and I discuss why dieting and the brain are NOT friends and why dieting will never support a human's healthy brain function. Sandra explains how and why body weight is regulated by the brain (thank goodness!) and that may mean (gasp) that fat people will be fat no matter what they do! And people who diet are likely to end up regaining the weight they lost (and then some).

We get into genetic factors that impact our weight and have a laugh at the idea of canceling our'memberships' to the BS-measurement, otherwise known as the BMI. You'll hear us talk about stress, the pros and cons of cortisol, the value of sleep, and why mindful eating is such an essential part of self-care. By the time you're done listening to this show, you will either feel super pumped about your commitment to never diet again -- OR you'll realize that dieting is a losing game, you'll probably get angry, (I did!) and then you'll get to work at creating your better life with Body Kindness.

Links mentioned

• Sandra's TED Talk
• Why Diets Don't Work - Sandra's presentation from Aspen Ideas Festival
• A selection of Sandra's articles:
  • You can't 'willpower' your way to lasting weight loss.
  • The human brain attack on weight loss
  • Why you can't lose weight on a diet

About Sandra

Sandra is the author of Why Diets Make Us Fat: The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession with Weight Loss (2016). She also coauthored two popular neuroscience books with Sam Wang. Welcome to Your Brain (2008) was named Young Adult Science Book of the Year by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has been translated into twenty languages. Welcome to Your Child's Brain (2011) was published in twelve languages. She received a degree in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Rochester. After four years of research at Yale University, she joined Nature Neuroscience, a leading scientific journal in the field of brain research, at its founding in 1998 and was editor in chief from 2003-2008. She lives in Northern California.

Follow Sandra

Website | Twitter | Sandra's book

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The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9

Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V

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Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

Tiara syndrome. Tunneling. Time Confetti. If you don't already know about these terms, you will after hearing me talk with award winning journalist and bestselling author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time, Brigid Schulte.

When we don't have the time or make the most of our time, we get overwhelmed. Anxious. Stressed Out. Burned Out. And then the self-criticism just rolls over us like a MACK truck. We are stuck in a downward spiral and suddenly being good to ourselves is just another overwhelming task.

Most people will admit that "having enough time" is a significant barrier to their Body Kindness self-care practices. What if I told you that it's not YOU, it's a cultural sickness. My guest Brigid Schulte kicks off our conversation about the systemic issues that keep our culture feeling this time scarcity (hint: America's work culture has some "work" to do).

Then we have a conversation about mindset interventions you can try on yourself and ways you can more realistically schedule your time (plus let go of time sucking tasks). We close with a chat about creating space and starting with small, consistent behavioral patterns and learning how to work smarter and better. This is how you'll "spiral up" your energy, emotions, and mood.

You'll soon notice you are creating a better life. Just don't expect it to be perfect. You'll get stuck in time scarcity again, but next time, you'll know how to reset your boundaries, start small, and carry on.

Links mentioned

• Paid family leave - how much time is enough?
• Your Life, Better newsletter from New America

About Brigid Brigid Schulte is a writer and journalist, and author of the New York Times bestselling book on time pressure, Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time, which named one of the notable books of the year by the Washington Post and NPR, and won the Virginia Library Association's literary nonfiction award.

She has spoken all over the world about the causes and consequences of our unsustainable, always-on culture, and how to make time for The Good Life by redesigning how we work, by re-imagining gender roles for a fairer division of labor and opportunity at work and home and, instead of seeking status in busyness, by recapturing the value of leisure.

She was an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and The Washington Post Magazine and part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. She now serves as director of The Better Life Lab at the nonpartisan think tank, New America, which uses data, storytelling and policy analysis to show how work-life, work redesign, gender equity and updated social policies are key to excellence, productivity and innovation at work, as well as a full, authentic and meaningful life for everyone.

She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, Tom Bowman, a reporter for National Public Radio, and their two children. She grew up in Portland, Oregon and spent her summers with family in Wyoming, where she did not feel overwhelmed.

Follow Brigid Website | Facebook | Twitter | Book

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The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9

Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V

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Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

I've been helping my friend, former chronic dieter, and former "winner" of The Biggest Loser Bernie Salazar practice Body Kindness for nearly two years. (It's a process, folks!)

Bernie has been stepping on the scale again and asking his doctor about his weight. He's looking for some advice from me. We spend a big chunk of this episode getting to the core of his concerns. He wants to have more energy for his daughter and he doesn't put the time into his self-care he wants to or he thinks he "should". We disentangle the "inner critic voice" from the "caregiver voice" so Bernie can stay focused on his well-being and not his body shape.

Tune in to hear how I help him reframe his experiences into actionable, compassionate choices in line with his values.

Then toward the end, you'll hear us both "go off" on a couple people who have been shaming folks on social media. I called it bullying and abuse. Should I have gotten that mad? Yep. And you just might get mad at it too.

Get in touch with us: [email protected] [email protected]

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The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9

Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V

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Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

One day Melanie Klein said 'I am no longer going to the gym,' and it was one of the best decisions she could have made for her health. Melanie used to believe that something was wrong with her body and no amount of running or gym visits made that better. Then she tried yoga and learned how to love herself, inside and out. Now she wants to help you to see the beautiful potential of yoga to CONNECT you to your body, build self-compassion, and body kindness.

Listen to us discuss our personal experiences with exercise and how yoga helped us reframe the purpose and value of movement in our lives, essentially 'deprogramming ourselves' by opting out of diet culture's negative messages -- from calorie counting to body comparisons, and self-judgments. Even if you've never tried a single asana (that's a pose), I think you'll be breathing and 'downward-dogging' your way toward a better body image in no time after listening to our conversation.

Join me for a month of FREE e-mail based coaching toward connection to your body through yoga. Learn more at www.BodyKindnessBook.com/BKyoga

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About Melanie

Melanie Klein is a writer, speaker, and professor of Sociology and Women's Studies as well as a media literacy educator and positive body image advocate. She is the co-editor of Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery & Loving Your Body and the co-founder of the Yoga & Body Image Coalition. Her latest work, Yoga Rising: 30 Empowering Stories from Yoga Renegades for Every Body is forthcoming.

Follow Melanie

Yoga and Body Image Coalition | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Melanie & Anna-Guest Jelley's Book, Yoga and Body Image | | Melanie's forthcoming book, Yoga Rising: 30 Empowering Stories from Yoga Renegades for Every Body

Want more Melanie? She's offering a FREE 1 hour class online: Beyond Buzzwords, Soundbites and Empty Slogans.

Let's pull back the curtain and get raw and real about why we all need practices to create and sustain a positive body image. Plus, get all the details about Melanie's upcoming Yoga and Body Image 8 Week Online Immersion: part book club, part coaching circle, part consciousness raising and an opportunity to re-write your body narrative.

Can't make the date or you missed it? Everyone who signs up will get a free recording in their inbox. Sign up here - goo.gl/ejb6Av.

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The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9

Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V

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Enjoy the show? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail [email protected] to get in touch.

Join us on the Body Kindness Podcast Facebook group where you can continue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners. See you there!

Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

We're practicing yoga daily the month of September to explore how yoga can help you connect to your body through breath and build the self-compassion you need to live with Body Kindness.

(Important reminder: Connection is one of the three Body Kindness pillars… Connection to your body and connection to other people, places, and things that make up your world.)

Anna Guest Jelley has connected yoga to many people who would have otherwise found yoga to be "not for them" because a crucial need was not met -- the instructors were not teaching for all sizes. Anna is a she-ro of mine because she saw a problem and addressed it. BOOM! Curvy Yoga was born!

Tune in to hear us discuss the powers of movement that has nothing to do with weight loss. We chat about the value of creating spaces where weight loss talk is off the table -- even if people really are hoping to change their bodies.

Finally, we discuss why connection is essential to help us get to know ourselves and our patterns that can help reduce judgments and shame. After listening to this show, you'll understand how the right fit yoga classes and experiences can absolutely open you up to reframing how movement fits into your life, the reasons why you move, and how you can show up for your body with compassion.

Join me for a month of FREE e-mail based coaching toward connection to your body through yoga. Learn more at www.BodyKindnessBook.com/BKyoga

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About Anna

Anna Guest-Jelley is the founder of Curvy Yoga, an online yoga studio and teacher training center that helps people of all shapes and sizes find true acceptance and freedom, both on and off the mat.

Anna is the author of Curvy Yoga: Love Yourself & Your Body a Little More Each Day (Sterling) and the co-editor of Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery & Loving Your Body (Llewellyn). Anna and Curvy Yoga have been featured online and in print at The New York Times, The Washington Post, US News & World Report, Yoga International, Yoga Journal, and many more.

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Follow Anna

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Her book, Curvy Yoga

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You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062

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The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness "simple and true". Publisher's Weekly says it's "a rousing guide to better health." http://bit.ly/2k228t9

Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V

Did you enjoy the podcast? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail [email protected] to get in touch.

Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

I catch up with my friend and former "winner" of The Biggest Loser, Bernie Salazar, after a bit of a summer break on our chats. (For new listeners, Bernie and I are chatting about how we're doing at our own Body Kindness practice for mutual support and accountability, usually once a month.)

In this episode, you'll hear us talk about the "juggle struggle" of parenting and the cultural differences I noticed after a trip to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, a.k.a. The home of the "happiest people in the world."

You'll also find out what's been bugging Bernie about his health and well-being and how I'm making a Body Kindness choice that feels like failure, but I'm not letting it get me down!

Plus, Bernie dishes on his mixed emotions about the cancellation of The Biggest Loser and while I feel anything BUT sad about the chopping block, I empathize with him.

Finally, I announce a September "spiral up" challenge celebrating National Yoga Month. I'm using it to reconnect to the mind and body image benefits I have received from yoga and I hope it inspires you to open up to the benefits of yoga that honestly have little to do with "body sculpting" and everything to do with breath, awareness, and compassion.

Join us on social, our September podcasts, and right to your inbox! Share your yoga love #BKyoga

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The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness "simple and true". Publisher's Weekly says it's "a rousing guide to better health." http://bit.ly/2k228t9

Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V

Did you enjoy the podcast? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail [email protected] to get in touch.

Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

In this episode I talk with fellow HAES dietitian Glenys Oyston and body image coach Sarah Vance about the confusing and difficult space between "non dieting" and "healthy eating". There's a process to changing to a non-dieter, which includes letting go of food rules, and then working with your individual food preferences as you build intuitive eating skills and learn how to "feel your feels".

We go many different places in this conversation from the "Unicorn Drink Craze" that showed us how sugar phobic our culture really is today and how emotional eating can be informative and even helpful in life, especially while you're overcoming dieting and working on coping with negative emotions in ways other than food.

Overall, we complain that dieting has ruined the idea of healthy eating because it labels individual foods as good or bad vs one's overall pattern of eating, which literally can include all foods. We agree that "healthy eating" is highly individual and should not be tied to weight.

We close out our chat about weight stigma and the fact that we wouldn't be so obsessed with "healthy eating" and dieting if we didn't have fat phobia. Plus we reaffirm that giving up on dieting is not giving up on health (total MYTH!) and in fact giving up on dieting is one of the most important things you can do for mental health.

About Glenys Glenys Oyston is a registered dietitian and eating coach who dares women to stop dieting and start living. As someone who struggled with her weight and feeling out-of-control around food for years, she knows exactly what others are going through and how to get them to food freedom. She coaches people in person in her Los Angeles office, online or by phone through one-on-one and group coaching programs.

Website | The Dare to Not Diet Society - Facebook Group | Facebook | Twitter | Dietitians Unplugged podcast

About Sarah

Sarah Vance is a body image & self-worth coach, host of the Reclaiming You Podcast, and creator of the life changing Breaking Boundaries Program. She specializes in helping women all over the world let go of diet dogma, body hate, perfection, and all or nothing thinking so they can live their damn lives feeling worthy, confident, loved, free, and enough in whatever body they have.

Website | Instagram | Facebook

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You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062

Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT

The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness "simple and true". Publisher's Weekly says it's "a rousing guide to better health." http://bit.ly/2k228t9

Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V

Did you enjoy the podcast? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail [email protected] to get in touch.

Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.