Intuitive Eating is hard. Or at least when I first got into body acceptance, I found it really hard. Maybe that was just me. Anyway, when I picked up The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner, I was struck by how easy her approach is. She is a master at breaking down bigger concepts and her idea of health encompasses so much for than just what and how to eat.

My guest for this book is Justine Demello and it is such a good discussion. We do a great overview of the book and we get into so many wonderful aspects of what makes this a great book for all stages of the body acceptance journey:

• Justine’s body positive journey

• The relatability of The F*ck It Diet

• How a perfect diet does not mean a perfect life

• How marketing is not science, but we buy into it like it is

• The importance of rest

• If The F*ck It Diet is an alternative or a compliment to Intuitive Eating?

• How we are humans trying not to be human

• The part belief plays in the processes of your body

• Limiting beliefs or what if your weight is just your weight

• What does it mean to have purpose?

• Goal setting without weight loss

• The meaning of numbers

• The baby steps to changing your beliefs

NPR article about the 10,000 steps guideline

Intuitive Eating Book

Unf*ck Your Brain Podcast

Justine’s Website

Justine’s FB

Justine’s Instagram

My website

Kaitlin Anderle is making waves with her must follow instagram account that talks all about her experience with weight loss surgery. Our discussion really opened my eyes and I hope it is as enlightening for you. During this chat her and I explore:

• Kaitlin’s body liberation journey

• Kaitlin’s weight loss surgery experience

• A comparison between Kaitlin and Plum’s experiences with weight loss surgery

• Do we need people in our lives like Verena in order to grow?

• Fitting into the fat acceptance movement

• The hypocrisy of our culture in terms of disordered “health” behaviours

• The power and destruction of praise from others

• What it means to be feminine and fat

• Black and white thinking in eating disorders

• Dating in a larger body

• Looking at pictures of women in larger bodies on social media

• The theme in the book surrounding being both visible and invisible at the same time

Kaitlin’s Instagram

My website

I was so fired up after this conversation! Carissa and I dug deep into Lindy West’s Shrill and talked about all things hard. Some of our conversation revolved around:

• Carissa’s self-love journey

• Internet trolls and how to handle them

• Whether or not we should give internet trolls leeway

• The importance of creating boundaries

• Curating your social media feed

• The harmful effects of thinly veiled fatphobia

• How fat people accommodate others and how they themselves are not accommodated

• The chair analogy

• The definition of health

• Our favorite and most frustrating parts of this book

Carissa has an Instagram presence and because of that, this conversation is really relevant and lively. What I loved about this book (and about Carissa) was that it is all about the activism. It asks the question, “what are you fighting for?”. Being an activist is rewarding and heartbreaking. Lindy West gives us both sides of the coin in this amazing book and this conversation is not-to-be missed.

JK Rowling FB Post

Carissa on Instagram

My website

This episode was so much fun! I chatted with Shannon Smith, a boudoir photographer about the book Body Image Remix by Summer Innanen. Some of the highlights of our conversations include:

Shannon’s Website www.shannonsmithphotography.com

Shannon’s January Workshop https://artistshannonsmith.com/private-events-1

Shannon’s FB group

Instagram and FB pages

Health at Every Size book link

Self Compassion Ted Talk by Dr. Kristin Neff

Link to my website

Link to my Amazon affiliate link

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