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Is our conception of modern Fitness really just a colonizers long game plan for everyone to look like an old British white man from the 1800s? It might be. Move over Goop an old timey British man already cornered the market. Join me for one of my favorite conversations yet. Do I say that about everyone? They’re all so great, but this book was everything I’m interested in, and more, which means, I hope it’s everything that you’re interested in. We touch on so many topics. We’re definitely going to have Conor back on. How did we only briefly touch on yoga’s rough lineage?.. because it would have been a three hour podcast if we had!

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Listen to the episode, decolonize your body, and find your own personal reasons to work out! All this and more on today’s episode.

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Today I’m speaking with author and self described public intellectual (now my new career goal) Sophie Lewis about her book Enemy Feminisms which is out now in paperback BUT ALSO she has a NEW book of essays which just came out called Femmephilia - which you can order here.

This is an absolutely riveting conversation for anyone out there who calls themselves a Feminist. Get ready to lose your monocle and let go of some of your feminist icons. Sophie is ripping the band-aid off so much of glossed over Feminist history, our perception of how liberated women came to be, and introduces us to some truly incredible characters; replete with costume changes, perpetual monocles and irreconcilable droves of ‘savages’ who carry them about. It’s a fascinating ride through our history of leaning in, out and all over the place. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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Welcome to the latest episode of Busy Body, if you are not already, please take a moment to become a paid subscriber. It’s only $7/mo which is less than a bougie cappuccino! Instead of a caffeine buzz help support this podcast, the writing that I do here, and the small team that makes it all happen.

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I'm so thrilled to share this episode with returning guest Susanna Crossman! If you missed our first conversation on her incredible memoir, Home is Where We Start, listen to it here. Since then, I've visited Susanna and her family in Brittany, become fast friends, and I'm delighted to share her newest book, a work of fiction, The Orange Notebooks. This is a powerful conversation on processing grief, love, and making space for these huge experiences in a world that has long since abandoned the communal rituals that used to contain them. Life does leave it’s mark on us, The Orange Notebooks beautifully describes this and leaves us battered but better for it.

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Sometimes it feels like menopause and peri-menopause have gone from being shameful, or even unknown words to ‘the reason for every issue you have’. Sprained ankle? peri-menopause! Terrified by our current political climate? That’s just ‘menopause brain!’ Dr. Huber and I discuss hormones, body fat changes, and the very real and natural discombobulation (and fear!) we experience living in our body as it ages as well as her gentle-but-strongly-suggested nutritional guidelines to support our bodies as they continue to evolve.

You can find Jenn Huber’s work here

Buy her book, Eat to Thrive During Menopause, here

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I first heard Sarah Potter as a guest on the podcast Scared All the Time, the absolutely only time you'll catch me listening to two white men talking! I was struck by how easily and accessibly she discussed all manner of what is typically described as 'woo woo'. As someone who believes in what we can’t see as much as what we can, I reached out to have her on Busy Body to discuss the aspects of our lives that are the least explainable. This was a really fun episode (that ends with a live tarot reading!) and Sarah Potter is a true light. Her book, Sober Magic, is out now and she's also doing lots of live events in the NYC area. Don't miss her!

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I'm thrilled to have Lauren Fleshman on the pod today (wooo!) Lauren Fleshman is one of the most highly decorated professional runners in the US. She is also an award winning author. Her book, Good For A Girl, was a life changer for me. I had the supreme joy of joining one of her WILDER retreats this fall in the French Alps (!) where she led us as we ran, wrote and surpassed ourselves every day. Today we talk about running, women in sports and the multitude of pressures that come with athletics. I learned so much just in this convo! I hope you do too.

You can also find my writing on these subjects and much more at After Class on Substack 

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The latest episode of Busy Body Podcast featuring conversation with Journalist and co-Author of the book Food Intelligence, Julia Belluz is out now. It’s a super informative conversation and a really great book. (order here)

Busy Body is now on Patreon! If you’ve been a long time listener, please consider supporting the pod! Your support will help me be able to put more episodes out more regularly. If just twenty people joined the 2nd tier we’d have an extra episode a month covered!

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If you are more of a here-for-the-pod person, on Patreon, we’re offering an ad-free video tier, a gift-in-the-mail tier and an UNFILTERED tier where members get access to bonus content conversations as well as mini segments from me on topical subjects and my (strong) opinion on them - if that tier takes off, I can open the private chat option so we can all chat with each other!

You can also find my writing on these subjects and much more at After Class on Substack 

Thank you for listening! I’m hoping this move will help me better understand and get to know my listeners and better understand and get to know my Substack readers! These communities are growing and are distinct - I so appreciate you and hope you’ll join me wherever is best for you!

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I've been following Julia Belluz's writing for awhile and when I heard she was putting out a book co-authored with Kevin Hall PhD I literally pre-ordered it twice (accidentally but still!).  Food Intelligence did not disappoint! We cover a lot in this conversation from 'food environments' to the unrelegated world of supplements, and of course the discourse around 'obesity', fat bodies and health. It's a great conversation and I also hope to have Kevin Hall on soon so stay tuned!

Before I get to the latest episode of Busy Body - News! I’m teaching my signature workshop: Fascia Release™ VIRTUALLY this Saturday Nov 22nd - you can join FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD - just in time to de-stress you before the holiday season officially begins!

If you’ve never engaged with my physical fitness work Enjoy this Free 15 minute preview - you need a foam roller to fully enjoy ❤️

Fascia Release™ is a guided self-massage workshop created by me! from many many and ongoing years of study on structural anatomy and how our bodies work so that we may feel better in them. Fascia Release™ decreases chronic tension, pain and gently re-aligns joints and tissue to give you more ease, mobility, pain and injury relief and prevention! I hope you can join me this weekend.

If you can’t attend live you get 7 days recording access with sign up or join the membership and get full archive access to all past workshops PLUS mini Fascia Release™ modules focused on shoulders, low back, even TMJ and jaw relief, for when you need targeted release on your own time!

Now to podcast time! I really loved this conversation - Enjoy ❤️

On this episode of Busy Body I got to dive deep on issues that are close to my heart with Writer, Speaker, Activist, Chrissy King. We discuss the commercialization of Body Positivity, the power and importance of Joy in relation to healing body image and even touch on recent celebrity weight-loss stories. We manage to go deep and laugh a lot throughout this conversation, which I think is a testament to us both! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.Purchase Chrissy’s book HEREFind her courses HEREConnect with her on social media HERESubscribe to her fantastic Substack The Body Liberation Collective HEREPlease take a moment to like, share, comment or rate and review this podcast wherever you are listening to it! Doing any of those things help more people to find this pod!

Today I talk with Allison Yamamoto, sports nutritionist and founder of Koa Foundations Program about REDS - Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport which you may have never heard of but might already have! REDS is common in athletes but can easily happen to the average hobby runner and over worked fitness enthusiast. REDS has come up as part of many conversations here on Busy Body and I’m so glad to devote an entire episode to this important topic!Allison was kind enough to extend a free stress relief resource to Busy Body listeners HERETo connect with Allison find her on IG HEREOr apply for her REDS Foundation program HERE

I also own a virtual fitness and wellness studio that is about to be 15 years old. Please check out my offerings…

For more info from my virtual fitness and wellness studio, Brooklyn Strength click ⬇️

I teach beginner strength and stability via The Self Paced Series as well as several restorative classes and workshops including Anti-Anxiety Cardio and Fascia Release™ all of which are designed to gently shift our bodies into balance without the ableist, fat shaming ‘sweat is fat crying’ mentality that infects so much of mainstream fitness.

Want to deep dive with me on YOUR unique issues? Get the accountability that private coaching creates? Join me for virtual one-to-one sessions, we’ll move together, relieving your pain, or talking about your needs and goals.

If you liked this conversation please rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts AND heart comment or share on this substack post! It helps spread the word and get this podcast and these wonderful conversations heard and seen.

Music by Rob Byrne, performed by the Wild Yaks.Podcast produced by Brad at Trains Sound Studio.Illustrations by me

So pleased to have Coach Rachel on again to talk about running, the patience it takes to create a consistent running practice and the difference between being obsessed with metrics versus learning to trust our own bodies and journey. Very much the ethos of our Coaching Program, Virtual Run Club - now on Early Bird Sale till Oct 6th - We start Running October 13th!

Trusting our body comes with time and experience. In this episode we hear about the ten year journey that took Rachel from someone intimidated by marathons to logging so many she’s lost count. We share insights and some pretty astounding experiences from our recent running adventures. Rachel just came in 2nd overall and 1st in her age group (in her early 40’s 🔥) in her longest yet Ultra Race and I just came back from 5 days hiking and running the French Alps with the Wilder Running Retreat. Pretty epic! And pretty exhausting (for me at least)!

Spoiler alert age is not a barrier in stamina sports! I hope you’ll find this conversation as inspiring as I did! (I definitely went running right after recording - pretty irresistible after hearing Rachel’s journey!)

If you are not already a paid subscriber please consider it! These episodes cost $ to produce and A LOT of time to create. In addition the essays I write usually take me up to 2 weeks to write, edit etc… that’s a lot of work and I believe people should be paid for their work ( especially women 🔥) a monthly subscription is only $7 and it means so much to have your support. Thank you ❤️

Virtual Run Club is an inclusive running club, all levels and abilities are welcome.

If you’re looking for support, structure, and help with consistency, this group is for you! Virtual Run Club is on Early Bird sale NOW - full info HERE

Enjoy a few reader favorites here:

Eat All The Cookies

7 Decades of Self Denial

Is it Anti-Feminist to Want to Lose Weight?

I also own a virtual fitness and wellness studio that is about to be 15 years old. Please check out my offerings…

For more info from my virtual fitness and wellness studio, Brooklyn Strength click ⬇️

I teach beginner strength and stability via The Self Paced Series as well as several restorative classes and workshops including Anti-Anxiety Cardio and Fascia Release™ all of which are designed to gently shift our bodies into balance without the ableist, fat shaming ‘sweat is fat crying’ mentality that infects so much of mainstream fitness.

Want to deep dive with me on YOUR unique issues? Get the accountability that private coaching creates? Join me for virtual one-to-one sessions, we’ll move together, relieving your pain, or talking about your needs and goals.

If you liked this conversation please rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts AND heart comment or share on this substack post! It helps spread the word and get this podcast and these wonderful conversations heard and seen.

Music by Rob Byrne, performed by the Wild Yaks.Podcast produced by Brad at Trains Sound Studio.Illustrations by me