“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.” ― Rumi

Today’s guest is Heather Robertson, creator of the Half Size Me blog, podcast, and community.

In this episode we discuss:

* How to do weight loss the wrong way (and how to do it the right way)

* Why we feel compelled to follow diets

* How to build healthy habits (for real)

* Why you’ll be able to buy your favorite diet books for $1 at Goodwill in a few years

And more!

CONNECT WITH HEATHER:

WEBSITE: www.halfsizeme.com

PODCAST: Half Size Me

TWITTER: @halfsizeme

Read more about Heather and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

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Give a donation!

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

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

LISTEN: UNpodcast 103: Alan Levinovitz

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Stay hungry,

@MissSkinnyGenes

You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. — Dr. Seuss

Today’s guest is holistic health advocate and doctoral candidate Gillian Mandich.

In this episode we discuss:

* What it really means to be “happy”

* How you can take ownership of your happiness

* Why we need to wear more scrunchies

And more!

CONNECT WITH GILLIAN:

WEBSITE: gillianmandich.com

TWITTER: @gillianmandich

INSTAGRAM @gillianmandich

Read more about Gillian and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have THREE 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

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

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

VISIT: The Greater Good Science Center: The Science of Happiness

PLAY: Gratitude Mad Libs

VISIT: 5 minute journal 

PLAY: Headspace App

VISIT: Danielle Laporte’s Desire Map

VISIT: findaspring.com

LISTEN: UNpodcast 031: Jennifer Tepper

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

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Stay hungry,

@MissSkinnyGenes

Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms. — Gloria Steinem

Today’s guest is the inimitable Militant Baker, Jes Baker!

In this episode we discuss:

* Why we don’t need to cut toxic sugar—we need to cut toxic people

* How looking at a diversity of bodies makes it easier to love your own

* Why wanting to feel beautiful is actually helping more people discover size acceptance

And more!

CONNECT WITH JES:

BLOG: themilitantbaker.com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/themilitantbaker

TWITTER: @militant_baker

INSTAGRAM @themilitantbaker

Read more about Jes and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have THREE 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

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

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

LISTEN: UNpodcast 103: Alan Levinovitz

VISIT: The body is not an apology

VISIT: #effyourbeautystandards

READ: Lindsay King-Miller, Bitch Magazine (see comments)

READ: Embrace by Taryn Brumfitt

READ: Fat Girl Walking by Brittany Gibbons

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

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

Stay hungry,

@MissSkinnyGenes

“What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.” – Alexander Pope

Today’s guest is Harriet Brown, writer, magazine editor, and professor of magazine journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She’s the author of several books, including “Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight–and What We Can Do About It.”

In this episode we discuss:

* Why health is more complicated than “fat is bad, thin is good”

* How shame makes us prone to more behaviors that are less health-positive

* How to start becoming truly body positive

And more!

CONNECT WITH HARRIET:

WEBSITE: harrietbrown.com

BOOK: Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight–and What We Can Do About It

Read more about Harriet and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have THREE 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

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

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

* READ: What’s Wrong with Fat? by Abigail C. Saguy

* READ: Study questions Fat & Heart Attack Disease Link

* VISIT: Fuckyeahbodypositivity on Tumblr

* VISIT: HAES Online

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

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

Stay hungry,

@MissSkinnyGenes

 

 

“Becoming acquainted with yourself is a price well worth paying for the love that will really address your needs.” —Daphne Rose Kingma

Today’s guest is an absolutely incredible relationship coach, Bryan Reeves.

In this episode we discuss:

Why there’s nothing wrong with you as you are now—and how you can start believing it

What libido really means

The three stages of love (and which one you want to move toward)

What love has to do with your body image

And so, so, so much more.

CONNECT WITH BRYAN:

WEBSITE: bryanreeves.com

FACEBOOK: Bryan Reeves Official

FREE GIFT: bryanreeves.com/my-free-gifts

Read more about Bryan and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

BY THE WAY: If you love the Finding Our Hunger podcast, you have THREE 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

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

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

READ: David Deida

LISTEN: Menudo

READ: All Sickness is Homesickness

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

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

Stay hungry,

@MissSkinnyGenes

You become what you think about. — Buddha

Today’s guest  is the doctor who coined the term “orthorexia” and author of Health Food Junkies, Dr. Steven Bratman.

In this episode we discuss:

* What orthorexia really means

* Why there’s more to being a human than the food you eat

* How you can overcome an unhealthy obsession with food quality

And more!

CONNECT WITH DR. BRATMAN:

WEBSITE: orthorexia.com

BOOK: Health Food Junkies

TWITTER: @stevenbratman

Read more about Dr. Bratman and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

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

* Become a Patreon 

* Leave an iTunes review

* Get a Finding Our Hunger Podcast Album

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

MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

READ: Yoga Journal Essay on Orthorexia

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

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

Stay hungry,

@MissSkinnyGenes