Body Peace Podcast with Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson

The conversation revolves around the topic of aging and its

cultural impact, focusing on how celebrities' aging is scrutinized and its

influence on regular individuals. Hosts, Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer,

discuss the privileges and challenges of aging, emphasizing the cultural

conversation around it.

They explore societal attitudes, the impact of media, and

the pressure to conform to youth and beauty standards. Billions of dollars are

spent every year to deny, slow, or minimize the impact of aging, nearly all related

to how we look.

Culture matters too. Some societies revere elderly members, looking

to them for wisdom and guidance. In the US, we devalue aging, often making us

feel invisible.

Next, they discuss the concept of "aging well" and

challenge conventional notions by highlighting the importance of confidence,

vitality, and embracing individuality. They touch upon the influence of media

figures like Jane Fonda, Martha Stewart, and Maggie Smith in challenging

stereotypes related to aging.

The hosts also discuss the role of plastic surgery, body

autonomy, and the importance of understanding one's choices without judgment.

Grief and acceptance of physical changes are explored, with an emphasis on

cherishing memories and the wisdom gained through experiences.

What is it to be “body current”? Nina breaks down how this

impacts us now more than ever. As we all spend some part of our days looking at

ourselves on a Zoom call or a FaceTime chat, we are literally faced with

accepting how we are today, in this moment.

The conversation concludes by highlighting the significance

of learning and evolving throughout life, with a focus on building wisdom and

embracing one's authentic self amid societal expectations and changing

perceptions of beauty and aging.

As always, be kind to yourself because you are enough.

Resources:

The Miracle Club

Wiser Than Me podcast

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Hosts Jennie and Nina are talking with Rachel Zimmerman, an award-winning journalist covering health and medicine for over two decades.

Rachel is talking about her unique and up close perspective on loss and grief and trauma.

She breaks down what current research is doing to understand how collective trauma as well as intergenerational trauma impact us today, as a society and as individuals.

She also shares her very personal story of trauma around loss and grief. Her daughter’s father and her former husband committed suicide.

At the time, Zimmerman explains she wasn’t sure how her life could go on. She couldn’t see a future where any of them would ever be happy again.

Hers is a story of resilience.

What is food trauma?

Food and culture and trauma.

It’s part of life that touches us all.

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This time

will be different.

Have you’ve said that to yourself? The new year brings pressure about all the things we need to change. The pressure of fixing things, especially changes in our

bodies, can be overwhelming leading to desperate measures because this time is

has to work.

Hosts Jennie and Nina are talking about this timely topic on this inaugural episode of Body Peace Podcast. Making changes, wanting to evolve and grow is part of the

human journey. Jennie points out that change doesn’t mean becoming a different

person, and it surely doesn’t mean becoming a different size.

What are

desperate measures?

How to feel

in charge without restrictions.

What to do

instead of taking desperate measures.

What is

embodiment? What is attunement?

Nina and Jennie

explain that the relationship we have with our bodies helps us understand how

to be kind to ourselves. We’re often so hard on ourselves and say things about

our bodies (internally) that we’d never say to someone else.

How do we

shift the conversation?

Step into this place of kindness and compassion and deep caring

and respect for your body and join us on the journey.

The Body Keeps the Score (book referenced)

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Welcome to the Body Peace Podcast (formerly Herstory on a Plate).

We are so excited to bring you the Body Peace Podcast—a space for deep, compassionate, real conversations about our relationships with our bodies, food, and the world around us. What began as Herstory on a Plate has grown into something deeper.

As conversations evolved, so did our mission. Body Peace® is about stepping off the battlefield with yourself. It’s not about fixing, controlling, or striving for perfection—it’s about finding peace, reconnecting with your body, and learning to return to yourself again and again.

To learn more about this episode or to connect with Jennie and Nina, please visit: https://bodypeacepodcast.com.

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