What happens when you stop trying to take up less space?

Melanie Richards — founder of Happy Tree and creator of the F*CK Skinny movement — shares an honest, personal conversation about body image, diet culture and self-acceptance. Searchable terms: body image, diet culture, eating disorder recovery, anti-diet, self-worth.

This episode moves through Melanie's own story, the loss of her sister to an eating disorder, and the movement she built so that other women might find support and acceptance sooner.

It's for any woman who's tired of trying to be smaller and wants a different, kinder way to live in her body.

In this episode:

• How diet culture becomes "the water we swim in"
• The loss that became a calling
• What the F*CK Skinny movement really means — culture, not people
• Why thinness is never a measure of health
• Coming back to your body with kindness

This episode includes an honest discussion of eating disorders and the loss of a loved one. If you're struggling, support is available through the National Alliance for Eating Disorders helpline.

Full episode and more at nataliekakon.comGuest: Melanie Richards, founder of Happy Tree and creator of the F*CK Skinny movement