Bod Almighty

Has your kid’s eating gotten weird? Are they exercising more? Are you worried they might have issues with food or their body? Millie Thomas gets it and can help you figure out what’s going on. Millie is a certified Eating Disorder Recovery coach and Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner who battled Anorexia Nervosa for 15 years and nearly lost her life to the illness. She works with Sunshine Coast based charity endED where she has been involved in numerous projects including the establishment of Australia’s first residential eating disorders facility ‘Wandi Nerida’ and the podcast – “End Eating Disorders” by Castco media. In 2020 she also launched her private practice HealED. Check out these important discussions: · How covid has impacted eating disorders (5:50) · Why “covid kilos” and the response to weight gain over the pandemic was “an absolute nightmare” (8:00) · How our casual comments get internalised by kids (9:15) · How anxiety, feeling “out of control” and eating disorders correlate (10:30) · An amazing tip for communicating with your kiddo! (13:30) · How to tell if your child could have an eating disorder (14:30) · If you have concerns: Millie’s expert guidance for gentle enquiry (17:15) · If there is a problem: next steps (20:30) · What you can do to create a protective environment in the home (21:30) · The trouble with “out of bounds” foods (22:30) · Making comments on people’s bodies…including your own! (24:00) · Apple watches, counting steps and burning calories (27:00) · Millie’s personal experience with exercise and the key question she now asks herself before she exercises (29:00) · What is bigorexia and why you might want to keep an eye out for it? (30:00) If you liked this episode make sure to check out Season One of Bod Almighty including these guests: How to Respond When Your Child Says I’m Fat with Emma Wright How to Eat Carbs with Kate Spina Where you can find Millie: @Millietnz @Healedrecoverycoach www.healed.net.au [email protected]

So f-ing tired of the critical voice running through your head? The negative, self-loathing ticker tape? Endlessly telling you that you look like crap and therefore ARE crap? We get it! Sometimes your inner critic can be loud and relentless. Perhaps part of the answer to the internal bully is something you’ve never considered before… Award-winning writer, creator and marketer, Angela Barnett, recently discovered a new tool in her eating disorder recovery toolbox when she embarked on a project to write about the experiences of seven different people in: “Like Bodies, Like Minds” which connects body image, bodily experiences, stigma and mental health. It impacted Angela, an eating disorder survivor herself, and she wants to share it with you too. Listen up for these pearls of wisdom: - What's better than “Ten Top Tips”? (2:00) - Angela’s unique and surprising “kaupapa” (guiding principle / paradigm) for her project - Like Bodies, Like Minds - and how it might revolutionise the way you think about body image (4:00) - Sophia’s story - “My body doesn’t look out for me anymore; I have to look out for it.” (7:00) - “The beauty ideals are based on this idea that we can always change our bodies.” (10:50) - A sheepskin rug changes Ange’s mind! (13:00) - June’s story – “Being forcibly yoked to a body that isn’t yours” - Michelle’s joyous experience being fitted for clothes in India (23:30) - Glennon Doyle’s advice to Angela (27:30) - Can you like your belly? (28:30) - Can you like your chin? (30:00) If you likes this episode make sure to check out Season One of Bod Almighty including these guests: How to Care Less What Others Think of You with Kristina Bruce How to Bare Your Arms with Evie Kemp Links: Like Bodies, Like Minds: @likebodieslikeminds https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/300419396/like-bodies-like-minds-i-was-out-to-almost-everyone-i-knew-before-i-told-my-parents Angela’s website: https://angelabarnett.me Belly love podcast: Belly Love Podcast — Rachel W. Cole

Have you ever questioned why we think thin bodies are best? Where did this idea come from? And why are we so attached to it? In this episode of Bod Almighty we ask Sarah Wirth, an activist who works in the area of body studies and founded the Body Studies Project, an organisation dedicated to disrupting appearance and body-based oppression, how we got here. We get historical, philosophical and even mathematical (!) in our quest to understand why we prefer certain bods over others. Get ready for a juicy deep dive and prepare your mind to be blown! In this episode of Bod Almighty don’t miss these enlightening gems: - What maths has to do with which bodies we prefer (3:00) - How BMI was invented and why (6:00) - When BMI categories shifted overnight (8:00) - Where standardised clothing sizes came from (9:47) - Religion and weight (13:00) - Find out what Hannah means by “slutty food”! (18:00) - Where the word “diet” came from (21:00) - Sex only for procreation?! (26:00) - Exercise: creating a broader definition of health (27:30) Resources mentioned on the show: Maintenance Phase podcast episode discussing BMI (body mass index) https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/maintenance-phase-1490970/episodes/the-body-mass-index-96180461 Dr Sabrina Strings’ book, “Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia” https://www.amazon.com/Fearing-Black-Body-Racial-Origins/dp/1479886750 Virgie Tovar pod on origins of weight loss and morality https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018657877/virgie-tovar-you-have-the-right-to-remain-fat If you liked this episode don’t forget to check out Season One of Bod Almighty including these guests: Dr Lindo Bacon – How to Put Nutrition in its Place Kate Spina – How to Eat Carbs

You know it’s important to check your boobs but do you know about gynaecological cancers? Did you know that gynaecological cancers kill more people – approximately 1 New Zealander every 24 hours - than melanoma or the road toll? Don’t tune out – tune in! You could be part of world history - eliminating cervical cancer. In this episode of Bod Almighty we join Tash Crosby – founder of Talk Peach and ovarian cancer survivor -  and Nadine Riwai - Senior Portfolio Manager with the National Cervical Screening Programme and registered nurse with over 20 years health experience - in a conversation that could save your life. Take charge! Spend just thirty minutes with us to get informed! In this episode of Bod Almighty don’t miss these important discussions: - What might shock you about gynaecological cancers (2:00) - Tash’s personal story (3:00) - “I need to do something with this” – Tash’s motivation to start Talk Peach (8:00) - “Make it a whole whānau thing.” (12:00) - What stops people from getting checked (13:00) - Cervical screening playlists on Spotify – really! (14:00) - The lol chats you have “when someone is in your vagina” (17:30) - The five minute gynae check you can do at home without a doctor (18:00) - Vaccinating boys for HPV and all the cancers it can help avoid (26:00) - July 2023: Self tests for cervical cancers are coming! (27:00) - Could we eliminate cervical cancer in our lifetime? (29:00) Resources mentioned on the show: Talk Peach: https://www.talkpeach.org.nz Smear your mea campaign: https://www.facebook.com/smearyourmea/ If you liked this episode don’t forget to check out Season One of Bod Almighty including these guests: Evie Kemp – How to Bare Your Arms Monique Doy – How to Break Out of your Safe Clothes Uniform

Find yourself “bingeing” or “emotional eating”? Do you binge on things other than food? Want to know what is going on? Dr Jenn Hardy can help! Dr Jenn Hardy is a licensed psychologist with a PhD in Counselling Psychology from Penn State University. She has a private practice in Maryville Tennessee but she is like YODA with post-it notes (no joke!) on Instagram, generously sharing her wisdom about relationships, career issues, resilience, self-compassion, and whatever else is on her mind. Get ready for aha moment after aha moment with Dr Jenn! In today’s episode of Bod Almighty don’t miss these pearls of wisdom: Dr Jenn dives in to the “binge restriction cycle” (01:30) Let’s get real about New Year’s resolutions and talk about barbecue! (09:00) Is there such a thing as a “financial diet”? (14:00) What about limiting social media? (19:00) Hannah’s favourite tip! How fatigue might be impacting your binging (22:30) What is behind wanting control? (32:00) If you liked this episode don’t forget to check out Season One of Bod Almighty including these guests: Kristina Bruce – How To Care Less About What Others Think of You Emma Wright – How to Respond your Child says “I’m Fat”