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

I’m interviewing Christy Harrison - anti-diet registered dietitian and author of Anti-Diet - about the history of diet culture and beauty standards, the truth about long-term weight loss, how to get started with Intuitive Eating and more.  Show notes: summerinnanen.com/170 We discuss: - The history of diet culture and how fat phobia preceded the health arguments that fuel diet culture today, - The evolution of beauty standards and how they were correlated to political shifts happening in women’s liberation, - Why conversations on diet culture must be political and why divorcing diet culture is a political act, - Why Christy refers to diet culture as The Life Thief, - The “Obesity” epidemic - how to came into existence, whether there is truth to it and the real impact on the health system, - What the research really says about long-term weight loss, - How to define health, 
- The impact of weight stigma on health, - The impact of weight cycling on health, - The first steps you need to take to become a more i

I’m interviewing Chrissy King - writer, speaker, strength coach - about the intersection of racism and fitness culture, the importance of anti-racism work, how to heal your relationship with your fitness and more.  Show notes: summerinnanen.com/169 We discuss: - How Chrissy got into powerlifting and the impact this had on her relationship with her body, - How Chrissy took dieting and fitness to the extreme and later recovered to come to a place of acceptance and peace with her body, - The influence of racism on body image, - The intersection of fitness culture and racism and how so much of fitness culture is still so white-washed, - How white coaches, trainers and everyday people can do better to dismantle white supremacy and invest in anti-racism work, - Chrissy’s #thebodyliberation project and why she believes liberation is the ultimate destination beyond self-acceptance, - Specific practices to take to cultivate self-acceptance, 
- Why self-love is not all rainbows and the important steps needed to culti

I’m interviewing Lindley Ashline, Photographer and creator of Body Liberation Stock and the Body Love Box about how images and photos can be a powerful tool for healing body image. We also discuss thin privilege and more.  Show notes: summerinnanen.com/168 We discuss: - How Lindley got into photography and came up with the ideal to create Body Liberation Stock, - Why there is a need for fat photographers and people who understand how to work with fat bodies, - Why growing up without television and pop culture made it easier for Lindley to accept her body, - How fatphobia is the background noise in our culture, - How photos can be a helpful tool in the healing process, - How to use photos to heal body image, - Why the media controls and influences the power dynamics as it relates to fat bodies, - What you can do if you are afraid of being visible in photos, - Lindley’s series on thin privilege - why she started it and the impact it’s had, Plus, so much more!  Get the shownotes at summerinnanen.com/168

I’m interviewing Jennifer Hollinshead, Registered Clinical Counsellor and Founder of Peak Resilience. We talk about how to navigate feelings of uncertainty, how you can learn to surrender control and how to take care of your mental health via self-care, especially during these unprecedented times.  Show notes: summerinnanen.com/167 We discuss:  - What inspired Jennifer to become a Registered Clinical Counsellor and open Peak Resilience,
 - Why it is imperative to take a social-justice informed stance in counselling/therapy, - The challenges she faced starting her own business and the adversity she overcame as a female entrepreneur,
 - How our patriarchal, capitalist and colonialist society influences mental health,
 - How our current times of COVID-19 are influencing people's feelings of anxiety or depression,
 - Ways to take care of your mental health when consuming negative news, - What to do if you really struggle with uncertainty and letting go of control and how to learn to surrender, - How to navigate

I’m interviewing Elizabeth Hall, Certified Life Coach and Intuitive Eating Counsellor about what it means to have a spiritual practice (even if you don’t identify as spiritual) and how we can use spirituality to heal our relationship with food and our bodies. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/166 We discuss: - How she discovered Intuitive Eating after 30 years as a chronic dieter and the fears that held her back from truly embracing it, - What she wishes she had known and worked on while she was healing her relationship with food, - Why in hindsight she was doing Intuitive Eating wrong, - What it means to be spiritual and why it’s not about being religious, - How spirituality can help you heal your relationship with food and your body, - How it can help you to tune into your intuitive, change negative thoughts and learn to trust your body, - The components of a spiritual practice, specifically for people who haven’t ventured into this space, - Daily spiritual practices that can help you feel more grounded and c

I’m interviewing Virginia Sole-Smith, author of The Eating Instinct about how food should be safe and comforting first and foremost, plus we chat about how to feed kids intuitively. We chat about: - How Virginia’s first daughter suffered from a heart defect, which resulted in her not being able to eat “normally” for the first two years of her life, - What this taught Virginia about eating and our relationships with food, - What inspired her to write The Eating Instinct and what she learned from it, - How so many of us don’t feel safe or trust ourselves around food or get pleasure from it, - How feeding kids has become so complicated and how diet culture influences the way we feed our kids, - The Division of Responsibility approach from Ellen Sattyr for teaching kids to be intuitive eaters and separating diet culture from nutrition, - How the pressure on moms intersects with diet culture, - What to do if you’re confused on how to feed your child, - What to do if you’ve been influenced by dieting and are unsur

It's a special episode because I’m speaking to 4 incredible women, whom I’m willing to bet will have pieces of their story resonate with you. These are 4 of my clients who worked with me during the You, On Fire 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 Show notes: summerinnanen.com/164

It's a special episode because I’m speaking to 4 incredible women, whom I’m willing to bet will have pieces of their story resonate with you. These are 4 of my clients who worked with me during the You, On Fire 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 Show notes: summerinnanen.com/164

I’m talking about how to stop caring so much about what others think, what we can learn from fear of judgment and 7 ways to overcome it, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free bonus worksheet - "5 Ways to Navigate Social Situations When Feeling Self-Conscious" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/163 Specifically, we cover: - Why we fear judgment and how this is ingrained in us, - What these fears can teach us about ourselves, - Why understanding the source of our fear of what others are thinking is integral to healing self-worth, - 7 ways to overcome fear of judgment, Plus, so much more!  Get your free worksheet - "5 Ways to Navigate Social Situations When Feeling Self-Conscious" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/163

I’m talking about why we compare, why comparisons are one of the hardest things to overcome and 8 actions to take to help you stop comparing, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free worksheet - "6 Ways We’ve Been Conditioned to Compare" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/162 Specifically, we cover: - Why we compare and why it’s not our fault, - The main belief that drives us to compare, - Why comparisons are one of the hardest things to overcome, - 8 actions to take to stop comparisons, Plus, so much more!  Get your free worksheet - "6 Ways We’ve Been Conditioned to Compare" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/162

I’m talking about breaking the attachment to the thin ideal. Specifically, why it’s so hard to break the attachment to the thin ideal and how to identify and work through the fears that keep us hooked on the pursuit of thinness, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free worksheet - "Goodbye Diet Culture - 5 prompts to help you break up with diet culture for good" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/161 Specifically, we cover: - Why it’s so hard to break the attachment to the thin ideal,
 - Why no one should feel ashamed for wanting to lose weight,
 - Why breaking the attachment to the thin ideal is a crucial part of body acceptance work,
 - How to identify and work through the fears that keep us hooked on the thin ideal,
 - The 5 main fears that keep us hooked on the thin ideal and diet mentality, Get your free worksheet - "Goodbye Diet Culture - 5 prompts to help you break up with diet culture for good" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/161

I’m talking about what gets in the way of believing that we’re good enough, how to build self-worth and why it’s so damn important towards knowing you’re good enough as you are, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free worksheet - "10 Powerful Ways To Reinforce That You’re Good Enough" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/160 Specifically, we cover: - What gets in the way of feeling good enough,
 - How our “shoulds” feed the belief that we’re not good enough,
 - What is self-worth and why it’s so damn important for you to feel good enough,
 - The difference between confidence and self-worth,
 - How perfectionism influences our self-worth,
 - 8 components to build self-worth, Get your free worksheet - "10 Powerful Ways To Reinforce That You’re Good Enough" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/160

I’m talking about the relationship between body image and intuitive eating, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free worksheet - "Eat Like A Grown-Ass Adult - 4 prompts to inspire you to live your life without diets" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/159 Specifically, we cover: - Why body dissatisfaction drives the diet mentality,
 - Why accepting our bodies doesn’t mean giving up,
  - 5 ways that body image work will facilitate healing your relationship with food,
 - What it means to “trust yourself” around food and how to overcome that hurdle if you feel like you just can’t
 Get your free worksheet - "Eat Like A Grown-Ass Adult - 4 prompts to inspire you to live your life without diets" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/159

I’m talking about how to feel better in your body, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free worksheet with 5 actions to immediately feel better in your body in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/158 Specifically, we cover: - The body image series of podcast episodes I’m going to be doing, - Why I intertwine the words self-worth and body image, - The biggest mistake we make when trying to feel better in our body, - The one question to ask yourself when working on feeling better in your body, - 7 ways to feel better in your body mentally, - How to feel better in your body physically, Get your free worksheet with 5 actions to immediately feel better in your body in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/158

I’m interviewing Holly Whitaker author of Quit Like A Woman and founder and CEO of sobriety school Tempest, about how alcohol culture strips us of our power, the patriarchal nature of AA and her approach to becoming a non-drinker geared towards women and other marginalized groups. We chat about: -Holly’s personal story of her battle with alcohol and how that inspired her to write the book Quit Like A Woman and start the sobriety school Tempest, - How alcohol culture is embedded into female culture and the various ways this shows up in our everyday life, - Why alcohol is the new tobacco and the stats around how it is harming individuals and specifically women at an increasing rate, - How alcohol brands have co-opted feminist ideals to increase profits, - How to know if you need help with drinking, - The question we need to ask instead of “am I an alcoholic,” - Why Holly feels we need to stop using the words alcoholism and alcoholic and how these words can be stigmatizing, - The patriarchal nature of Alcoholics

I’m interviewing Steph Gaudreau, NTP, and author of The Core 4 about how diet culture impacts wellness, why Steph shifted her message to Intuitive Eating and how she experienced burnout as an entrepreneur. We chat about: - Steph’s story with how she got into health and fitness and how that evolved and adapted when she discovered Intuitive Eating, - How Steph treated paleo like a diet when she first adopted that way of eating, - How diet culture touches the wellness world and how “it became increasingly obvious that people were more confused about food than ever,” - How she started to learn more about social justice, health at every size and eating disorder recovery and how this influenced her decision to become a Certified Eating Disorder Counsellor, - Why we’re socialized to think that weight is our problem and how so many people don’t know how to think beyond that, - The impact on her audience when she moved away from “Stupid Easy Paleo,” - How Steph experienced burnout as an entrepreneur and the impact thi

I’m running solo giving you everything you need on how to handle holiday “overeating” and weight gain. We also talk about how to overcome guilt around eating and how to deal with general holiday stress. In this episode, we chat about: - The diet cycle and how mental and physical restriction lead to our concerns about “overeating,” - Why I hate the term “overeating” because it’s the language of diet culture, - How to enjoy eating without the guilt and specific things you can do to help you eat more normally, - What to do if you feel you eat without “savouring,” - How to work through stress about holiday weight gain, - How to handle feelings of holiday stress and feeling overwhelmed with social events, 
 - What to do if you’re worried about photos, Plus so much more!

I’m running solo giving you everything you need on how to handle holiday diet or body talk. We also talk about how to make boundary setting easier and how to be more resilient to diet culture. In this episode, we chat about: - Why boundaries are necessary towards supporting your mental health and self-worth, - 3 ways to deal with unsolicited comments about your food and or body or kid’s food and body, - A script you can use to request that people don’t comment on your food or your body in advance, - 5 ways to deal with food and body talk from friends/family, - Simple replies that you can use if someone makes a comment about their latest diet, - 4 ways to make boundary setting easier, 
 - How to create an emotional support kit to make you more resilient to diet culture, Plus so much more!

I’m interviewing Nicola Salmon, fat-positive and feminist fertility coach and author of Fat Positive Fertility. We talk about how to accept your body, improve your health and fertility without focusing on size and advocating for yourself with health professionals. We chat about: - Nicole’s story with fertility and how she learned to accept her body, - Advice on how to cultivate body acceptance, - How to change your beliefs about what it means to be fat, - What the evidence says about weight and fertility, - What to do if you’ve been told you must lose weight to get pregnant or resolve a health condition, - The fat positive framework Nicola recommends using to focus on fertility and health without it being about weight, - How to deal with unwanted advice and comments about your body/health - How to advocate for yourself at the doctor 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 program over the past 2-3 years 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