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“Recovery is all about using our power to change our beliefs that are based on faulty data.” – Kevin McCormack

Today’s guest is Amy Olson, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist with the International Association of Eating Disorders and professionals.

In this episode we discuss:

* The power of pole dancing in recovery

* Why we need pole mamas

* Myth and eating disorders: What we can learn from Persephone

* An important study on pole dance and eating disorders

And more!

CONNECT WITH AMY:

WEBSITE: http://fulllifeconsulting.com

STUDY: http://www.badkitty.com/news/pole-dancing-and-eating-disorders/

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* Start a FREE trial with audible.com

* Shop amazon.com (just click on the link and buy whatever you want!)

Thank you for listening – we appreciate you SO much <3.

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

VISIT: Anita Johnson here and here

Join the conversation at findingourhunger.com/bookclub.

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Keep dancing,

@PerformingWoman

 

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.  – David Brinkley

Today’s guest is Magnoliah Black, a queer, fat, black performance artist, writer, Bay Area burlesque dancer, motivational speaker and eater of food in public.

In this episode we discuss:

* Why you need to live your life as if it were phenomenal

* How performance can be a tool to humanize your identity for others

* How to create space for people with marginalized identities

* How kink, embodiment, and no fucks given led to a one girl revolution

And more!

CONNECT WITH MAGNOLIAH:

FACEBOOK: Magnoliah Black

FACEBOOK: Irene McCalpherin

BLOG: The ungrateful fat bitch

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have FIVE great ways to support us:

* Become a Patreon

* Leave an iTunes review

* Listen to the 1st 100 episodes by getting a Finding Our Hunger Podcast Album

* Start a FREE trial with audible.com

* Shop amazon.com (just click the link and buy whatever you want!)

Thank you for listening – we appreciate you SO much <3.

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

WATCH: Gypsy

VISIT: Kitty von Quim

VISIT: Rubenesque Burlesque Troupe

WATCH: Juicy D’Lite Fat Camp number

WATCH: Jet Noir

VISIT: Burlycon

VISIT: Burlesque and Why

VISIT: Ellion Ness (age), Vagina Jekins (sex worker), Dottie Lux (eating disorders), Alexa Von Kickinface (boobs and safety), Lay Si Luna (being latina, but also non-binary)

SEE: Wonder Woman burlesque – Dee Dee Queen

Join the conversation at findingourhunger.com/bookclub.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Keep dancing,

@PerformingWoman

 

“To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.” – Simone de Beauvoir

Today’s guest is fashion designer and stylist Saundra Saulnier.

In this episode we discuss:

* Why Saundra loves style but hates fashion

* What does your costume say about you?

* Why you need to stop using clothes as things

And more!

CONNECT WITH SAUNDRA:

WEBSITE: saundrasaulnier.com

WEBSITE: styleshift.us

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have FIVE great ways to support us:

* Become a Patreon

* Leave an iTunes review

* Listen to the 1st 100 episodes by getting a Finding Our Hunger Podcast Album

* Start a free trial with audible.com

* Shop amazon.com (just click the link and buy whatever you want!)

Thank you for listening – we appreciate you SO much <3.

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

VISIT: #rockthecroptop

Join the conversation at findingourhunger.com/bookclub.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Keep dancing,

@PerformingWoman

 

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. – Peter T. Mcintyre

Today’s guest is Chris Sandel, a nutritionist who runs his own company called 7 Health and the host of Real Health Radio.

NOTE: We discuss health food, weight loss and calories in this episode.  Please note that there are potential triggers in the first 20 minutes of the interview.

In this episode we discuss:

* Why most dieters believe more restriction is the answer to their problems

* Why it’s terrifying to reject the idea that thinness is a goal – and why it’s imperative we reject it

* How to get food to just be food again

* What is the difference between weight and health, and why does it matter?

And more!

CONNECT WITH CHRIS:

WEBSITE: seven-health.com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/7Health

PODCAST: Real Health Radio

 

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have FIVE great ways to support us:

* Become a Patreon

* Leave an iTunes review

* Listen to the 1st 100 episodes by getting a Finding Our Hunger Podcast Album

* Start a FREE trial with audible.com

* Shop amazon.com (just click the link and buy whatever you want!)

Thank you for listening – we appreciate you SO much <3.

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

READ: The Healthiest Weight Might Actually Be Overweight, Massive Study Finds

READ: Minnesota Starvation Experiment

LISTEN: UNpodcast 107: Harriet Brown

READ: Go With Your Gut

WATCH: John Oliver on Scientific Studies

PLAY: Gratitude Mad Libs

READ: Brene Brown

READ: Health at Every Size

READ: The Obesity Myth

READ: Intuitive Eating

Join the conversation at findingourhunger.com/bookclub.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Keep dancing,

@PerformingWoman

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.  Aloud.” – Coco Chanel

In this episode we discuss:

* How having biracial children led to work in women’s “empowerment”

* Why you cannot buy empowerment

* Why even people who don’t have businesses are selling themselves as a brand

* How diet marketing creates oppression

And more!

CONNECT WITH KELLY:

WEBSITE: kellydiels.com

BOOK: The Female Lifestyle Empowerment Brand

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/kellydielswriter

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have FIVE great ways to support us:

* Become a Patreon

* Leave an iTunes review

* Listen to the 1st 100 episodes by getting a Finding Our Hunger Podcast Album

* Start a FREE trial with audible.com

* Shop amazon.com (just click the link and buy whatever you want!)

Thank you for listening – we appreciate you SO much <3.

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

READ: How Empowerment Became Something for Women to Buy

READ: We Were Feminists Once

READ: Understanding Patriarchy

Join the conversation at findingourhunger.com/bookclub.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Keep dancing,

@PerformingWoman

 

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them will illumination and forgiveness.  Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” – August Wilson

Today’s guest is Erin Brown, an author, speaker and activist whose work focuses on women and autonomy, positive body image, authentic narrative, cultural rebellion, and radical self-care.

In this episode we discuss:

* How did we learn to hate ourselves?

* Why your self-worth can’t be dependent on only one variable, like size

* How to let toxic people go so you can love yourself

* Why confidence is a muscle that must be trained (and how to train it)

And more!

CONNECT WITH ERIN:

WEBSITE: iamerinbrown.com

BOOK: Letters to Lola

SNAPCHAT: @iamerinbrown

TWITTER: @iamerinbrown

INSTAGRAM: @iamerinbrown

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/iamerinbrown

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have FIVE great ways to support us:

* Become a Patreon

* Leave an iTunes review

* Listen to the 1st 100 episodes by getting a Finding Our Hunger Podcast Album

* Start a FREE trial with audible.com

* Shop amazon.com (just click the link and buy whatever you want!)

Thank you for listening – we appreciate you SO much <3.

Join the conversation at findingourhunger.com/bookclub.

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or  Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Keep dancing,

@PerformingWoman

 

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” – Gautama Buddha

Today’s guest is Melissa Toler, a writer, speaker and body image coach.

In this episode we discuss:

* Why it feels like you have to “effort” to exist as a woman

* Why happens when your body image is not compatible with real life

* Why feminism took away everything I believed in (and why that’s a GOOD thing)

* Why you can’t “green smoothie” your way through body image issues and recovery

And more!

CONNECT WITH MELISSA:

WEBSITE: melissatoler.com

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MelissaDToler

INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/melissadtoler

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MelissaDToler

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have FIVE great ways to support us:

* Become a Patreon

* Leave an iTunes review

* Listen to the 1st 100 episodes by getting a Finding Our Hunger Podcast Album

* Start with a FREE trial with audible.com

* Shop amazon.com (just click the link and buy whatever you want!)

Thank you for listening – we appreciate you SO much <3.

Join the conversation at findingourhunger.com/bookclub.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Keep dancing,

@PerformingWoman

 

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others.  Unfold your own myth.” – Rumi

This week’s guest is Tausha Ostrander, producer of this year’s Dangerous Curves Plus Size Pole Dance competition.

In this episode we discuss:

* Everything you want to know about plus size pole dance and Dangerous Curves

* Why the world doesn’t end when you show skin as a plus size dancer

* Why we need to move past “beauty” as a way to measure worth

* Reappropriating the male gaze and celebrating ourselves with pole dance

Have a question for me to answer on the podcast?  Email me at [email protected] or ask through findingourhunger.com/ask!

CONNECT WITH TAUSHA:

FACEBOOK/APPLICATION: facebook.com/DCCompetition

INSTAGRAM: @taushaostrander

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have FIVE great ways to support us:

* Become a Patreon

* Leave an iTunes review

* Listen to the 1st 100 episodes by getting a Finding Our Hunger Podcast Album\

* Start a FREE trial with audible.com

* Shop amazon.com (just click the link and buy whatever you want!)

Thank you for listening – we appreciate you SO much <3.

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

LISTEN: UNpodcast 111: UNcurvy (Roz the Diva)

SEE: Dangerous Curves at International Pole Convention

READ: Here’s How Fatphobia Is Being Marketed to You – And Why So Many of Us Buy Into It

Join the conversation at findingourhunger.com/bookclub.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Keep dancing,

@PerformingWoman

 

“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.” – Bruce Barton

This week’s guest is frequent podcast guest and all around no-diet badass, Isabel Foxen Duke.

In this episode we discuss:

* Why your definition of binge eating is wrong (and hurting you)

* Why body positivity alone doesn’t always help you stop emotionally eating

* How to make healthful choices and pursue your value of health without getting obsessive

* How to get comfortable with rejection (and why that’s important)

And more!

Have a question for me to answer on the podcast? Email me at [email protected] or ask through findingourhunger.com/ask

CONNECT WITH ISABEL:

WEBSITE: isabelfoxenduke.com

PROGRAM: Stop Fighting Food

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have FIVE great ways to support us:

* Become a Patreon

* Leave an iTunes review

* Listen to the 1st 100 episodes by getting a Finding Our Hunger Podcast Album

* Start a FREE trial with audible.com

* Shop amazon.com (just click the link and buy whatever you want!)

Thank you for listening – we appreciate you SO much! <3

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

WATCH: Why do you want to be friends with assholes?

Join the conversation at findingourhunger.com/bookclub.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Keep dancing,

@PerformingWoman