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We all know the voice of the "inner critic" where nothing is ever good enough and you're on high alert about… well, most everything. The job of the critic voice (which is not YOU) is to keep you worried and afraid. Anita Johnston thinks worrying is a good use of imagination because it brings transformational change. A pioneer of the use of metaphor in helping people heal, Anita discusses how you can acknowledge your inner critic "voice" without giving her front stage permission to rule your life and all the choices you make around food, exercise, and body.
Anita shares an activity from her Light of the Moon Cafe course on "creating the inner mother." Tune in to practice this activity yourself and get several of her metaphorical lessons that have helped me over the years and embrace them as part of your Body Kindness transformation, including my all-time favorite "The Log". Plus, you'll get a story about my surprise dinner with Anita way back in the day when I was just coming out of dieting and how watching her eat a steak really helped me.
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Get to know Anita
Anita Johnston, Ph.D., is a Depth Psychologist, storyteller, and author of Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationships with Food Through Myth, Metaphor, and Storytelling, which has been published in six languages along with numerous book chapters and articles in professional journals. She has been working in the field of women's issues for over 35 years and is currently the Clinical Director of 'Ai Pono* Hawaii which has outpatient eating disorder programs in Honolulu, the Big Island of Hawaii, and a residential treatment program in Maui.
She is the co-creator of the Light of the Moon Café, an interactive e-course, women's circle, and online "workbook" for Eating in the Light of the Moon. Dr. Johnston provides individual consultations via teleconferencing and lectures around the world to professional organizations, conferences, universities, medical institutions, and the community at large. She is best known for integrating metaphor and storytelling into her training as a clinical psychologist to explain the complex issues that underlie struggles with eating, weight, and body image.
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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.
In this episode, Bernie and I finally catch up on the mind-blowing podcast episodes from "masturbation month" in May. We also discuss the stigma we faced growing up around body pleasure and we share our passion for helping our kids grow up with better sexual health as part of their overall well-being.
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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.
[Adult content & language] Dr. Sybil Lockhart is no "Masters and Johnson" - she's so much more! With OMGyes.com, Dr. Lockhart is taking men and women to the next level of pleasure with a website dedicated to the education of women's sexual pleasure with unique videos, vocabulary, and even interactive tools to practice techniques.
Sybil says when we're open up to giving ourselves pleasure (even if struggling with body image), we are more open up to all the other good things in the world. She says "any starting point is a good starting point, even if you never had an orgasm."
I had the pleasure of testing out the website and I have to say, it's very cool, very comforting, and very fun. Plus, Emma Watson has a subscription so it must be good. JK. I hope you like this episode and all the other sex-themed Body Kindness podcasts this month.
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Get to know Sybil
Sybil Lockhart studied psychology at UC Berkeley and neuroscience at Brandeis university. She has taught high school English and French, done post-doctoral research on nervous system development, authored a memoir packed with brain science, served as science writer for a biotech firm, and developed science curriculum at the Lawrence Hall of Science. She has the unique privilege of researching women's sexual pleasure and recruiting participants for the first ever research-based website on women's sexual pleasure, OMGyes.com.
Discover OMGYes
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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.
[Adult content & language] Elle Chase had a lifetime of terrible sex so you don't have to -- any more! In this lively, laughter-filled, and stimulating conversation we discuss very specifically how you can get more out of your sex life, and how you can reconcile poor body image and a poor sex life. It's not your fault, you were not broken and there are steps you can take that can make a difference, even if they seem small and insignificant.
If you get nothing else out of this conversation I want you to understand that you are not alone and that your effort to pursue more happiness and confidence can begin in the bedroom, whether you're by yourself or with a partner you care about.
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Get to know Elle
Sex educator, activist, author and speaker Elle Chase is a powerful voice and thought leader in the sexual health community with a key influencer in the body acceptance movement. A member of the American College of Sexologists and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, Chase and her inspirational words have been featured on NBC's THE TODAY SHOW, Glamour, The Daily Beast, Salon and Cosmopolitan.com and is also a respected national speaker and presenter at universities and private organizations across the country, including UCLA, USC, Emerson College, and ASSECT.
Also known by her now famous alter-ego Lady Cheeky, Chase is the creator of the award-winning feminist sensual images blog Lady Cheeky (NSFW), which was named Cosmopolitan's and Huffington Post's "#1 Porn Site for Women" and one of Salon.com's "The Best of Tumblr Porn," as well as the award-winning companion editorial site SmutForSmarties.com. Chase also serves as the Director of Education at the Los Angeles Academy of Sex Education, where she curates classes that cover the widest range of sexuality topics, including sexual health, intimacy, body image, BDSM and more, all taught by the nation's leading sex educators and serving the community at large.
Most recently, Chase penned the popular book, Curvy Girl Sex: 101 Body-Positive Positions to Empower your Sex Life available where all fine books are sold. She also edited the popular NSFW Totally Naughty Coloring Book and the NSFW Totally Curvy Coloring Book available at SheVibe.com.
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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.
When Melissa Fabello talks, sex is bound to come up. It's her job. As a sexuality scholar and body acceptance activist, Melissa sees so clearly that diet culture, body image, and sexuality intersect in ways that contribute to bodies experiencing oppression.
One example is the lack of permission to bring our body pleasure and enjoy our sexual selves. From our basic human need to experience touch as a form of connection, to getting a nice massage, to the "Big O" when we struggle with our body image we are also likely to struggle with allowing ourselves to express desires and to feel pleasure through our bodies.
This is not a chat about "here's what you need to do to have a normal sex life." In fact, Melissa offers a very interesting answer to this reader question at the end of the show.
This conversation will help you understand that girls and women aren't allowed to experience sexuality in positive ways and that impacts our body image. We discuss the "power dynamics" of subject vs object in our society and, perhaps more important, how you can have a conversation with your partner (or yourself!) in a safe, kind way that can help you grow your body confidence with your clothes on and clothes off.
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Get to know Melissa
Melissa A. Fabello is a feminist writer, sexuality scholar, and body acceptance activist whose work focuses on the intersection of sexuality and eating disorders, striving toward eliminating size stigma, and bringing a more radical lens to the mainstream body positivity conversation. She currently works as the Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media site in the world with an audience of several million. She is also a doctoral candidate in Human Sexuality Studies at Widener University, where her research focus is how women with anorexia nervosa make meaning of their experiences with sensuality.
Find Melissa online
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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.
[Adult content & language] How do we teach our daughters to respect their bodies, while still being curious about their sexuality? What do you say to a 2 or 3 year old in the bath? Would you tell a 10-year-old what the clitoris is for?
If you're squirming in your chair, so am I, but this is important issue if we really want our kids to normalize sex. Body liberation and sexual liberation go hand in hand. Find out why Peggy Orenstein, bestselling author of Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape and Cinderella Ate My Daughter, thinks we all gotta start doing a whole lot more talking to our kids and teens about what's normal with our bodies and in sex for everyone's health and well-being.
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About Peggy
Peggy Orenstein is the author of The New York Times best-sellers Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Waiting for Daisy as well as Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Kids, Love and Life in a Half-Changed World and the classic School Girls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Confidence Gap. A contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, Peggy has also written for such publications as The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Vogue, Time, and The New Yorker, and has contributed commentaries to NPR's All Things Considered and the PBS Newshour.
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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.
It's time for an update with my friend, parent, and fellow (former) chronic dieter turned body kindness advocate Bernie Salazar. In this episode we share each other's highs and lows of the last month. Bernie fills us in on his most favorite dessert he was able to find in Chicago and I let Bernie know about how I had to transform my schedule to find a little bit of peace. And you won't want to miss the end of the podcast where I give Bernie his exciting assignment for this next month. And he's inviting you to get in on the action too. (tee hee...)
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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.
Getting married? Don't let diet culture ruin your wedding experience. Writer and bride-to-be, Kelsey Miller, refuses to fall into the body shame trap and she wants to help you too. Kelsey's story in Glamour magazine about finding size 14 and higher bridal gowns showcases the ups and downs of finding your perfect dress in a larger body. In this lively conversation, Kelsey shares some of the injustices that exist in bridal culture, especially how brides in larger bodies experience systematic oppression. We discuss the parallels between diet culture and bridal culture, including the weight loss and fitness industries that profit off all of our insecurities. Plus we talk about her awesome book Big Girl and the 67% project by Refinery29.
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Get to know Kelsey
Kelsey Miller graduated from Boston University with a BS in Film & Television, and began her career in the film industry before transitioning to full-time writing. For three years, she penned the column On The Couch for SundanceNOW. She was Refinery29's first staff writer, eventually rising to the role of Senior Features Writer. There, she founded The Anti-Diet Project, one of the website's most successful franchises. She is the writer behind some of Refinery29's most popular and recognized stories on a variety of topics, as well as a creative leader in such groundbreaking initiatives as The 67% Project. She remains a senior contributor to the website, while now writing for other outlets in print and online as well. Kelsey is the author of Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting & Got A Life, published by Grand Central Publishing. In recent years, she took top honors at the Fashion Monitor Journalism Awards and was named a Body Image Hero by The Huffington Post. At the 2015 Digiday Awards, she won Publisher of the Year for Refinery29, thanks to her work with The Anti-Diet Project.
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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.
Jessamyn Stanley tried to avoid falling in love with yoga several times in her life, but the universe had another plan for her. Now Jessamyn travels the world helping to shatter stereotypes of modern yoga (a physical exercise for thin, white women with money) by making yoga accessible for all bodies, all skill levels, and elevating yoga to a practice you do even when you're not practicing.
In her new book, Every Body Yoga, Jessamyn blends personal story with a simple home practice anyone can do with minimal funds. I love how she offers asanas you can practice depending on what's going on in your life - like a series to do when you feel your emotions spiraling out of control.
Beyond the conversation that yoga is indeed for every body, we also discussed how yoga helped her grow after being bullied in high school, helped her deal with depression, and heal her relationship with food and her body. Get a few sneak peak passages from my favorite parts of the book and then go out and get her book. It's a gift to all bodies wanting to practice body kindness and experience the gentle, yet powerful impact of yoga.
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Get to know Jessamyn
Jessamyn Stanley is the author of Every Body Yoga, as well as an internationally recognized yoga teacher, award-winning Instagram star, and body-positive advocate. She has been profiled by a wide range of media, including Good Morning America, TIME, New York, Glamour, Shape, People, Essence, Lenny Letter, and many others. When she's not on the road teaching, she lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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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.
Jes Baker gives two proud middle fingers to our culture that dictates what is valuable and beautiful. Through her blog, The Militant Baker, her book, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls, speaking engagements, and social media spaces, Jes has disrupted the "thin ideal" by challenging marketing of clothes, perfume, and more showing that fat bodies get to enjoy all the things thin bodies can enjoy.
Jes calls in (not calls out) the fat phobic nature of the current body positivity movement and challenges all of us to become aware of intersectionality issues around body positivity as well as how to be an inclusive ally to the fat acceptance movement. Her 3 (not at all) easy steps: 1. Use your voice. 2. Listen 3. Improve.
We also get into a great conversation on healthism and the concept of Health at Every Size, and how knowledge doesn't always translate into practice.
We close on how connecting to our own body and building body trust is fundamental to engaging in life. I love that she calls it "a mindful healing". This podcast will help you better understand the cultural issues that drive your body image issues so you can continue your personal practice of body kindness.
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Get to know Jes
Jes Baker is a blogger, speaker, author, mental health professional, cat lover, ALL CAPS user and unabashed fat chick. She is on a mission to turn our society's concept of beauty on its oppressive head as she genuinely 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 or age. On her website The Militant Baker, she preaches the importance of body autonomy, self-love, mental health, strong coffee, and even stronger language. She also post a million outfit photos because they're fun, political and pretty!
Find Jes online
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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.
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