The Body Story Podcast

In this episode, Tiffany speaks with her good friend Bonnie about her journey through pregnancy after two miscarriages. Because this episode was recorded in February and released in July, there is a pregnancy update at the end you'll want to stick around for. Tiffany also shares a special announcement about Little Cuties. We need your help.

CONTENT: This episode contains discussions including menstruation, sex, fertility challenges, miscarriage, mention of abortion, grief, depression, and mention of marijuana. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Ella Bellefaire. Ella is an Intuitive Soulful Life Coach, Empath, Spiritual/Energy Teacher, and Chronic Illness Mentor whose purpose found her after she was diagnosed about 15 years ago with Chronic Neurological Lyme Disease and Acute mercury poisoning. Upon realizing & experiencing first hand a lack of support & validation for chronic illnesses—that are often invisible—she has made it her mission to assist in the healing & empowerment of those who are chronically ill.

CONTENT: explicit language, chronic illness, lyme disease and mercury poisoning, unintentional weight loss, near-death experiences, invisible illness, spiritual themes, depression, and anxiety

The Body Story Podcast is turning one! In honor of this milestone, Tiffany gives an update on the changes the show has undergone and babbles her way through a conversation with herself. Thank you for being a part of this amazing journey. Here's to another year of ending body shame!

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In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Misha Montoya. Misha is a lifelong student; a disability activist; the mother of a radiant ten-year-old son; a para-athlete, including adaptive rock-climbing, four-track skiing, mountain biking, and kayaking; a spiritual practitioner and a world-travelled lover of truth. Misha talks about her spinal cord injury, living in a disabled body, and what social expectations are placed on you when you have a visible disability.

CONTENT: details of a spinal cord injury, paraplegia, exploiting disabled bodies, ableism. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Emily Rae Calvin. Emily is a lifelong feminist and career activist who spends her paid time advocating for survivors of domestic and sexual violence within the legal system. She spends her "free" time sewing, writing, dancing, or volunteering with the National Women's Liberation, a grassroots feminist organization fighting against white supremacy, male supremacy, and capitalism. Most recently, Emily founded the Happy Belly Project, a body/fat-positive Instagram account focused on the beauty, importance, and acceptance of our bodies with a focus on the belly as the root of that acceptance.

CONTENT: disordered eating, anorexia, recounts of fatphobia, sudden loss of a loved one, trauma, mention of domestic abuse, unintentional weight loss due to grief, Christianity and sexuality, and sex.

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In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Marilyn Sorensen. Marilyn has been giving women permission to be the best authorities of their own body for more than 20 years. She teaches women how to increase their vitality, wellbeing, and self actualization by having daily, toe-curling vaginal and cervical orgasms that last for hours. She is a global citizen and currently lives in Kenya with her boys and Maasai Warrior.

CONTENT: This episode contains discussions including explicit language, mention of segregation, recounts of fat shaming, infidelity, weight loss, female genital mutilation, vaginal health, orgasm, and masturbation.

In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Kari Raquel, the host of the Soulful of it Podcast and co-founder of the mindfulness community, Affirmation Destination. She lives in Portland, Oregon, and believes in the development of authentic positivity through mindfulness practices that work in alignment with the law of attraction. Her guiding affirmation is, "I lift others up as I, myself, rise." We discuss female pattern baldness and hair toppers: what they are, and how wearing one has affected Kari's self confidence and expression. 

CONTENT: This episode contains discussions including explicit language, microaggressions, alopecia and female pattern baldness, and bowel movements. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Clarissa aka @clarissatalks. Clarissa became a body-positive advocate and plus-size influencer on Instagram through her journey to discovering her own love within herself. She is also a filmmaker who wants to break barriers in the film industry and start her own production company that is inclusive for plus size women to tell their stories. We discuss how having a knee injury led her to pursue treatment for an eating disorder and weight loss surgery.

CONTENT: medically recommended weight loss, weight loss surgery, binge eating disorder, recounts of body shaming. 

In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Lila Jones aka Mermaid Lila, a Marine Biologist, professional mermaid, creator and program coordinator for the National Association of Underwater Instructors mermaid program, and Owner of Mermaid Dream Retreats. We discuss what it's like to be a mermaid, Lila's spiritual experiences that led her to pursue her current path, and how mermaiding has helped her heal from past traumas.

CONTENT: explicit language, emotional eating, diet culture, workplace harassment, PTSD, anxiety, depression and mention of suicidal thoughts, spiritual themes, and narcissistic abuse. 

In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Zach Shubert, an artist living and working in Florida. Their work focuses on topics of gender, sexuality, and identity. Zach's primary art medium is printmaking, though their studio practice is very diverse. We discuss their alter-ego, Maeve Devi, a female boudoir model expressing physical vulnerability on social media.

CONTENT: explicit language, recounts of transphobia, sexual harassment on the internet, themes of masculinity and femininity, and the gender binary.