Fearless Rebelle Radio With Summer Innanen - Body Image, Body Positivity, Self-help, Feminism

I’m chatting with Louise Green, author of Big Fit Girl. We chat about what is so problematic about the fitness industry and how you can change your relationship to fitness and movement so that it becomes something positive in your life. In this episode, we chat about: - How Louise went from chronic dieter to athlete who embraces her size and is out to show the world that all bodies can realize athletic potential, - How to change your relationship to fitness and movement so that it’s no longer about the weight,  - Her advice to someone who wants to start moving their body, but doesn’t enjoy anything,  - Do you need to make fitness goals? Why some people can benefit from them, while others cannot, - What to do if you don’t achieve your goals or you feel defeated, - How to break away from all or nothing thinking when it comes to moving your body, - How to work through fear of failure if it’s holding you back from doing things you dream of, - How to make fitness more enjoyable and approachable for your unique sit

I’m chatting with Dr. Jillian Murphy, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine about Nutritionism and how our current understanding of health actually gets in the way of being healthy. In this episode, we chat about: - What Nutritionism is and how it disrupts people’s relationship to health and their body, - How we can be more critical with the messages we receive about health,  - The real causes of binging,  - How to undo the beliefs you’ve learned about health and nutrition that are disrupting your relationship with food,  - The importance of using pleasure to guide decisions for your health, - What it means to cultivate “Authentic Health” and how to do that, - How to teach your kids to be intuitive eaters and protect them from weight stigma, Plus, so much more! 

In this episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio, Sarah Vance, my co-host for The Reclaim Retreat, and I share the mic. We blow up the 3 most common body positivity myths that need to die and tell you everything you need to know about The Reclaim Retreat. In this episode, we chat about: - Everything you need to know about The Reclaim Retreat: who it’s for, what you’ll learn, why it’s the best thing ever! - The 3 biggest body positive myths that need to die,  - What it really means to “love your body” and the different facets of self-love,  - Why you don’t need to “like the way you look” to cultivate a sense of self-worth, - The importance of acceptance and welcoming in all of the different parts of ourselves (including the parts we do not like),  - Why we both love using values in our work to help people develop a better understanding of who they are and what’s important to them, - Why being body positive doesn’t mean that you’re all good all the time, - The importance of feeling all emotions, - We blow up the bigge

I’m chatting with Dawn Serra, sex educator, speaker and writer. We chat all about sex, desirability and pleasure, including the influence of diet culture on our sexual empowerment, the myths of desirability and how to connect with pleasure. We chat about: - The most harmful narrative we learn about pleasure that influences our relationship with sex (and all things pleasure-based), - The influence of diet culture on sexual empowerment and pleasure,  - The myths of desirability and how they shape our relationship with sex and pleasure,  - How to improve your intimacy with a partner or future partner when you feel insecure in your body, - What to do if you don’t feel “attractive,” - Specific steps to take to discover what gives you pleasure, desire and arousal and why this supports a healthy body image, And more!

I am interviewing Megan Jayne Crabbe, otherwise known as @bodyposipanda and author of Body Positive Power. We chat about:  - Megan’s recovery from an eating disorder and diet culture and why her “goal weight” never made her happy, - How social media was a catalyst to her recovery and what it was like to go from being an observer to an inspiration,  - The things that helped Megan the most in her recovery,  - The most important thing she took away from all the research she did on beauty standards and the evolution of the ideal body, - How anger can be a useful emotion to aid in recovery from dieting,  - Can dieting be body positive? - How she discovered her identity outside of her body and obsession with weight loss, - The tactics that helped her learn to embrace and appreciate her tummy, - What she is doing when she’s “just being Megan,” - Her brilliant response to “body positivity is glorifying obesity”, - The history of female hunger and how liberating it is to be unashamed of our appetites, Plus, so much mo

I give you 50+ reasons to divorce diet culture.This time of year can be the most tempting time of year to diet. We’re bombarded with ads for weight loss, calls to join nutrition challenges and all that “new year, new you” BS. I know how hard it is to straddle a desire for body acceptance and a desire to weigh less. I know how easy it is to be tempted to dip your toe back into dieting (and yes, programs being sold to you as “lifestyle” changes are still diets), so I wanted to give you 50 reasons to pull your toe out of the diet culture swamp, leap to the other side and commit to accepting your body and breaking free of the diet culture cage.  I also talk about why diet culture is a Soul Sucker and what to expect from Season 4. 

In the season finale of FRR, I’m chatting with Cynara Geissler, writer, editor, book publicist and badass fat acceptance advocate.  We chat about fat acceptance and how to deal with everyday fatphobia and existing in diet culture. Including: - How Cynara discovered fat acceptance and how it changed her life,  - The best strategy that helped her to embrace her body and realize you could live without dieting,  - The importance of reclaiming the word fat,  - How to exist in a world that is preoccupied with dieting and smaller bodies when you’re no longer participating, - Comebacks for dealing with everyday fatphobic remarks and conversation, - Cynara’s Toddler-Grandma style, Plus, so much more! 

I’m chatting with Dr. Steve Prentice, author of Wrecked. We talk about why we are so obsessed with health as a culture, how our culture’s obsession with health is making us unhealthy and what you can do about it. In this episode, we chat about: - How Steve’s “weight loss story” led him to understand how our “healthy” behaviours are actually hurting our health,  - Why our culture is so obsessed with “clean eating” and “optimizing health,” - How dieting/”health” impacts the stress hormones in our body and the negative implications associated with it,  - Why health has gone from something that helps us to fulfill our purpose to something that is our purpose, - Why it’s so hard to let go of intentional weight loss and the belief that maybe if you just try again it will work, - What you can do to heal and start to manage stress in order to improve health, Plus, so much more! 

It's a special episode because I’m speaking to 5 incredible women, whom I’m willing to bet will have pieces of their story resonate with you. These are 5 of my clients who worked with me during the You, On Fire (formerly RYB) program and they are here to show you that it is possible to go from obsessing over food and hating your body, to no longer fretting about your reflection and having so much more confidence in who you are outside of how you look. These women go on to be role models to their kids, they have more time so they volunteer or become advocates for social justice, they ask for a raise and a promotion at work, they speak up to their medical professional about HAES or they pursue a new calling. And in all of these little ways, they start to leave a different kind of mark on this world and change the culture. To enroll in You, On Fire go to summerinnanen.com/youonfire

I am interviewing Zakiya Gayle, who helps bring women’s inner fire back to life, about how we’ve been conditioned to manipulate ourselves in way that caters to the male gaze and how to break free of that to honor our individuality and what she calls your "dragon fire." Specifically: - Why the way we feel about ourselves is malleable and how we have the power to change it to embody self-love,  - How we’re trained to see beauty and femininity through the male gaze and how this detaches us from our individuality,  - How the pitch of our voice can be used to re-shape our inner dialogue and narrative, - How to change the negative feedback loop of self-doubt to channel your inner fire,  - What you can do to become more embodied with your inner power, - Why it’s not narcissistic or selfish to think that you are amazing and how others benefit, Plus, so much more! 

I’m chatting with Dr. Kristin Neff, author of Self-Compassion. We talk about what it means to give ourselves compassion, how to differentiate between self-compassion and self-indulgence and tactics you can use in moments of need. Specifically: - What it means to be compassionate towards ourselves and the three steps to implement compassionate self-talk,  - Why it’s so much easier to offer other people compassion than ourselves and how to change that,  - How to honor and give space to negative feelings in order to cultivate more peace of mind,  - The relationship between self-care and self-compassion and what to do if you feel guilty taking time for yourself, - How to differentiate between self-indulgence and self-compassion, - Tools you can use in the moment, especially when you feel you’ve hit rock bottom, to offer compassion to yourself, Plus, so much more! 

To celebrate the 100th episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio, I’ve crowd-sourced your best lessons on fat acceptance, body positivity, life without dieting, health at every size, self-worth and more. The idea to crowd-source lessons from you came from Ellen Orr, who helps to manage my Facebook community and I ran with it because I think we are eachother’s greatest teachers and you have been some of my best teachers. The work we’re doing here is radical and not exactly mainstream, so the best way for us to learn and grow is to share what we know with eachother. I’m always so blown away by the brilliant, thoughtful and compassionate words of support and advice that are given in my Facebook community. And I’m so excited to share your words with the world here. We cover your best lessons on fat acceptance, body positivity, diet culture, life without diets, health at every size, our worth, age positivity, self-care, motherhood, feminism and words of encouragement for you.

I’m chatting with Tracy Brown, somatic nutritional therapist, about how to “trust your body.” We talk about what it means to trust your body and how to become more attuned in order to feel safe in your body and have a better relationship with food. In this episode, we chat about: - How Tracy uses somatic therapy in her coaching and why this is so impactful for her client’s relationship with food,  - What it means to be an attuned eater and apply attunement to various aspects of your life,  - How to decode your desires to be smaller and urges to diet to figure out the real meaning behind them,  - What it means to trust your body and how long it can take for someone to rebuild trust, - The importance of using your intellectual mind, heart and gut to heal, - How to get connected with your body and feelings when you’re a Type-A personality or intellectual thinker, - How to appreciate and trust your body when you have chronic illness, Plus, so much more! 

I'm talking to Amy E. Smith, certified confidence coach and founder of TheJoyJunkie.com.She talks about the relationship between self-worth and people pleasing, how to let go of people pleasing tendencies and start being more intentional about your desires and needs. We chat about: - The relationship between being able to navigate relationships and your self-worth,  - Why “owning your voice” have everything to do with self-worth, - The ways in which people pleasing prevents us from cultivating self-worth, - The two ways we subtly send that message that everyone else’s needs are more important than our own, - Why “negative” emotions will not disappear with more self-help and how you can start embracing them to feel more whole, - How to let go of what other people think and trying to control the outcome of every situation, - Two ways to operate from a place of grace and kindness when setting boundaries or standing your ground, And more!

In this episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio I’m catching up with Laurel, one of the amazing women who went through the Rock Your Body program last year. Laurel is here to tell her story about how she went from being “health and exercise obsessed” to feeling free in her life and body. She tells the truth about how this doesn't happen overnight and what tools helped her the most. 

I’m talking about the difference between body esteem and self-worth, why fat is not a feeling, what we can learn from our bad body days and 5 questions to help you work through moments of body shame. I'm talking about: - The difference between self-esteem and self-worth, - Why having body confidence and body-esteem only addresses a small piece of our self-worth, - The importance of self-compassion as it relates to our self-worth and body image, - Why self-worth and body image are interconnected, - Why fat is not a feeling and how to tap into your real emotions, - What our bad body days are telling us and how to decode your moments of body shame, - 5 questions you can ask yourself to work through moments of body shame.

I’m chatting with Victoria Welsby, Confidence and Body Love Coach from BAM POW LIFE, about why we are so scared of fat, what you can do to change your internal bias and what to do if you’re afraid your partner will leave you if you gain weight. We talk about: - Victoria’s story of being homeless, experiencing abuse and low self-esteem and how her adversity made her more resilient and helped her become an awesome fat activist,  - We explore why society is so afraid of fat and what Victoria learned when she did a social experiment asking people their thoughts on fat bodies, - What the good fatty/bad fatty dichotomy is and why our culture is so obsessed with health, - How to challenge and change the internalized fatphobia and help others to see their biases, - What Victoria did when her partner told her that he would find her more attractive if she was thinner, - What to do if you’re in a relationship where you are afraid your partner will leave you if you gain weight, - Whether it’s possible to change your part

I’m chatting with Kelly Diels, Feminist Marking Consultant, about the Female Lifestyle Empowerment Brand (FLEB). We’re talking about how empowerment is being misused and co-opted in the online world, how this upholds patriarchal systems, why self-care is a collective issue and what you can watch out for as a consumer to advocate for yourself and demand better. Specifically, the ways in which Kelly noticed how “empowerment” and social triggers were being used to market services and how this was misaligned with true empowerment. What the Female Lifestyle Empowerment Brand (FLEB) is and how to watch out for it. The ways in which FLEB uphold patriarchal systems and maintain authority over other women. How to become a more astute consumer and the specific tactics to watch out for. Why we need collective social change and personal success strategies to overcome our obstacles and have more successful self-improvement models. How women are conditioned to be “brands” (objects for consumption) and the ways this perpetu

I’m chatting with Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LCSW-C, about the difference between eating disorders and disordered eating, how weight-stigma creates issues within eating disorder recovery and healthcare and our thoughts on ED before and after pics. We talk about: The difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating. Whether or not eating disorders would exist in the absence of diet culture. How weight stigma creates problems in eating disorder recovery and the healthcare system. How to improve eating disorder recovery rates at an institutional level. What you can do for yourself to find better healthcare and support if you feel like you are being discriminated against. What to do at the doctor when they request that you get weighed. Our perspectives on eating disorder before and after pictures – are they problematic or helpful? Plus, so much more! 

I’m chatting with Mara Glatzel, MSW – intuitive guide and energy healer – about how to advocate for yourself, stop being chained to your to-do list and realize you are enough exactly as you are, regardless of your productivity and imperfections. In this episode, we chat about: How to recognize your needs and advocate for yourself, even when you don’t feel like you’re worth it. How to overcome the fear and hesitation that accompanies receiving and advocating for ourselves. How to identify and set boundaries for yourself. The importance of rest, why rest does not mean sleeping and how to create a more restful existence for yourself. Why being productive won’t make you more worthy and how to step away from your to-do list. How mothering has changed Mara and helped her become more aligned to her purpose, plus so much more.