What happened to weddings? The pandemic is decimating the events industry and weddings are being postponed left, right and centre. Danni of The Chachi Power Project talks to wedding photographer, Solen Collet, about how to say a royal f-you to the usual drudgery of weddings and all the pressures that come with them. Danni shares some listeners’ advice and Solen reflects on how the current pandemic restrictions could be seen in a positive light, with couples focusing on the true meaning of their wedding day without the usual stress and expectations.

It's episode 4 of Chachi Chats and this week Danni talks to journalist and fellow Scottish Body Positive Activist, Ly Kerr. Danni and Ly discuss the harmful effects of medical fatphobia in general, and the impact it has had on Ly's own body and life. Ly talks about her own body image journey, about how she deals with the continual frustration of chronic pain, and tells Danni what really pisses her off about The Body Positive Movement. They round off the episode with another good discussion about what language is safest to use around kids when talking about our bodies. This week diet culture can definitely get in the bin.

Follow Ly Kerr:

Something in the Way She Moves Blog: https://somethinginthewayshemoves.me/all-about-ly/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wee_frumpy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wee_frumpy 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weefrumpy/

And you can buy her a coffee here: https://ko-fi.com/wee_frumpy

Learn more about Danni and The Chachi Power Project: 

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Things that came up:

The 27 Club: Celebs dying at 27 (not 33): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland: https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/

Fibromyalgia Awareness: https://www.fibroawarenessuk.org/

Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25752756/

This is Going to Hurt By Adam Kay: https://www.adamkay.co.uk/

In this episode Danni talks to Emily Yates, a journalist, sex educator and accessibility consultant, about the work she does to encourage awareness around sex and disability. They despair over tossers on Tinder (#tosserfilter) and figure out ways to help remove the stigma around disabled people and their rights to express themselves sexually. Emily is cute and fierce in equal measure and hopefully this episode shines a light on where inequalities around disability feature in our culture.

Emily Yates 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyRYates  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emryates/  

Website: https://www.emilyroseyates.co.uk/  

Globe Hopper Guides: https://www.instagram.com/globehopperguides/ 

Enhance the UK:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ETUKUndressing  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/undressingdisability/ 

Website: https://enhancetheuk.org/

Helpful Links:  

Sexpression UK: https://sexpression.org.uk/  

JOLT Charity: http://www.jolttrust.org.uk/  

CSEI Carbon Wheelchair Manufacturer: http://www.cseicarbon.com/en/home/index  

Kids Books: https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/storybooks-featuring-disabled-children/  

Kids Books: https://www.waterstones.com/category/childrens-teenage/personal-and-social-issues/disability-and-special-needs  

Kids Books: https://www.braininjuryhub.co.uk/news/ten-top-books-featuring-disability

Learn more about Danni and The Chachi Power Project: 

Website: https://www.chachipowerproject.co.uk/  

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/chachi_power

In episode 2 of Chachi Chats Danni talks to Sarah Dempster, a weight inclusive nutritionist who is on a mission to improve children's attitudes to food and their own bodies. Danni and Sarah have some helpful tips for parents to help them raise intuitive eaters, and they delve into the unhelpful world of weight stigma and the impact it has on society. They touch on how food policy could be altered to reflect a more positive, inclusive language towards food and young people whilst recognising how hard parenting is these days.

Links to Explore:

Janet Tomiyama: http://www.dishlab.org/first.php

An open letter to Jamie Oliver: http://www.laurathomasphd.co.uk/blog/jamieoliver/

Your Fat Friend: Medium: https://medium.com/@thefatshadow

Your Fat Friend: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yrfatfriend/

Your Fat Friend: Twitter: https://twitter.com/yrfatfriend

Full Bloom Podcast: https://www.fullbloomproject.com/podcast

Raising Intuitive Eaters Course by London Centre of Intuitive Eating: https://londoncentreforintuitiveeating.co.uk/courses/raising-intuitive-eaters

Laura Thomas: https://www.instagram.com/laurathomasphd/

Bub Apetit: https://www.instagram.com/bub.appetit/

Lucy Aphramor: https://www.instagram.com/poetlucywellnow/

Lucy Aphramor Well Now Course: https://lucyaphramor.com/product/well-now-course-18-25-jan-1-8-15-22-28-feb-8-mar-2017/

Ellen Satter's Division of Responsibility: https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/how-to-feed/the-division-of-responsibility-in-feeding/

Follow Sarah Dempster:

Listen: Eating Words Podcast: https://anchor.fm/eatingwords

Website: https://www.sarahdempster.co.uk/

Instagram: @sarahdempster: https://www.instagram.com/sarahdempsternutrition/

Twitter: @sarahdempster: https://twitter.com/sarahdempster

Learn more about Danni and The Chachi Power Project:

Website: https://www.chachipowerproject.co.uk/

Instagram: @chachipowerproject: https://www.instagram.com/chachipowerproject/

Facebook: @chachipowerproject: https://www.facebook.com/chachipowerproject/

Twitter: @chachi_power: https://twitter.com/chachi_power

In this episode Danni and Gillian talk about the controlling messaging of diet culture and how intuitive eating can benefit you if you are a disordered eater. They play around with ways to reconnect with your body which counteract toxic external (and internalised) systems of oppression aka Fatphobia and how we should be aiming for Utopia, also known as 'a matriarchal society'. YAY!

Our fave links: 

Ragen Chastain: @ragenchastain

Morag Wilson Yoga: www.jyotiyoga.org

Laura Thomas: @laurathomasphd

London Centre for Intuitive Eating: londoncentreforintuitiveeating.co.uk

Isabel Foxen Duke: isabelfoxenduke.com

Intuitive Eating by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole: www.intuitiveeating.org

What is Diet Culture: christyharrison.com/blog/what-is-diet-culture  

Jes Baker's 'Thing's No One Will Tell Fat Girls": www.themilitantbaker.com/p/the-book-things-no-one-will-tell-fat.html 

Yogi's to follow:  

Amber Karnes: @amberkarnesofficial

Dianne Bondy: @diannebondyyogaofficial

Jessamyn Stanley: @mynameisjessamyn

Guardian Article: How Fatphobia shows up in society: Guardian article by Virgie Tovar

Blog article by Ragen Chastain: Internalised Fatphobia

Follow Gillian McCollum:

Website: www.gillianmccollum.com

Instagram: @gillianmccollum

Facebook: @intuitieeatinghealthcoach

Youtube: Gillian McCollum Youtube 

Learn more about Danni and The Chachi Power Project:

Website: www.chachipowerproject.co.uk

Instagram: @chachipowerproject

Facebook: @chachipowerproject

Twitter: @chachi_power

Chachi Chats is a podcast about bodies, life and everything that makes us human by Danni Gordon. 

Danni has run The Chachi Power Project, a project focussed on Body Positivity and self acceptance, since January 2017.

"Join me and my special guests as we discuss all aspects of body image, body confidence and the Body Positivity Movement and as we stray into the other elements that make us the wonderfully weird humans that we are: Dating and relationships, fertility, food, self care, feminism, getting things wrong and trying to be happy.

Wherever you are on the body appreciation spectrum and wherever you want to get to, hopefully this podcast can help you." 

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Launch Date: May 2020.

Learn more about Danni and The Chachi Power Project:  

Website: www.chachipowerproject.co.uk 

Instagram: @chachipowerproject

Facebook: @chachipowerproject

Twitter: @chachi_power