Yes& Body Politics

Dating and exercise during quarantine, how do we feel about it? How do you share your photos to social media without making someone else feel bad or maybe could it be inspiring?

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WE ARE BACK! Why have we been gone? How are we managing during the pandemic? Being kind, being sick, and being empowered. These questions and more answered in our first episode of Season 4.

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Welcome to the last episode of season 3!! We cover the last of the Love Languages: Acts of Service and Recieving Gifts! Are gift people just materialistic? (No!) Is "Can I help you with anything?" The sexiest phrase in the English Language? (Maybe???). We discuss the ways these two languages are challenging and powerful.

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Today we are talking about...talking! Communication is important for every relationship, but if you or someone you love has words of affirmation as one of their primary love languages, what can you do?! How do you fight with someone whose love language is Words of Affirmation?

We hope you are being gentle with yourself and connecting with others safely during this difficult time of social distancing. Please be safe friends!

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The journey of self love sometimes requires the participation of people around us. What adds to your feelings bank instead of takes from it? For some of us, physical contact and touch is the best.How do you set and maintain boundaries with all this touching? How do you establish this in a new relationship? Is physical touch automatically sexual? If the people around us don't have the same love language, what can we do?

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All we have is time...making it count with the people you love. What's the difference between fulfilling, recharging time with a loved ones and just time spent? We are talking about the love language that is quality time with guest: David Lee & Marvin Thornton. In the time of Social Distancing, can we meet this love language?

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How much time, energy and compassion do we offer others, and how much do we keep for ourselves? If you find yourself feeling drained, how do you feed your soul and replenish all that energy? We talk about balancing service to others and service to yourself. if you ever find yourself stuck in a spiral of woulda coulda shoulda, know that you're not alone. We share our experiences with this, and the ways we are trying to be kinder to ourselves and feed our souls

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Moving our bodies, exercise, pressure, why should I do something we don't want to? This week we explore societal pressures, and how we feel about exercise. As usual Tresla and Guru Shabd have two different opinions and want to hear yours too.

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On the journey of self love, our mind is like our Sherpa or even our map. Sometimes it's helpful but other times it's not. ACK! What do you do?? We discuss the question, "When your mind feels like it's making things harder, what can you do to try and ease the process? What resources do I have in my community? How do I find them? How do I find artist/advertising for me?"

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This week we sit down and process the Oscars and talk about the representation of plus sized people...and how others talk about them (spoiler alert, it's not great) We get a little fired up and discuss the messy topic of backhanded compliments and comments on our bodies. Is there a good way to talk about another persons body? Is there a helpful way that other people can talk about fat bodies?

Follow us on Instagram: @yesandbodypolitics Producers: Tresla Friedrick, Guru Shabd Khalsa