Embodiment: The Podcast

Join me and Hannah aka @lunchmeatprincess. She is a Digital Collage Artist who uses her larger body as part of her art, often with the intent of causing arousal. We discuss: Hannah’s experience of puberty and the feelings it brought. Her discovery of feminism and feminist art  The process in terms of starting to use her own body in her art. The concept of ‘fat fetish’. Hannah’s relationship with her own body and sexuality and how she brings it into her art. She also gives advice to other people in larger bodies who want to express themselves more sexually.   

Join me and the absolutely wonderful Dee (aka @bad_fatty) for a really insightful conversation about her ED recovery journey. We discuss her history of disordered eating, her experience of ED recovery as a black woman at a higher weight, her struggles to access treatment and so much more. Quick TW: we very briefly mention calories at 17:28 and 18:45 and name some clothing sizes at 7:50 till 8:15 so please avoid if you feel you will be triggered 💜 

We’re back!   It’s been a few months but we will be back with a new episode to be released every last Friday of the month.    For this episode, I am chatting to Katherine Kimber. She is a Private Online Dietician, Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor and runs an amazing company called Nude Nutrition.   We chat about her journey with her own body image as well as her experience of studying dietetics. We also go into really interesting detail about the definition of ‘health’ and how food is only really a tiny piece of the pie!    If you want to find her she is @nudenutritionrd 

Join me and Dr Eva for a discussion about her experience of Body Dysmorphic Disorder, as well as her revcovery journey.     This is my second interview on this topic since discovering what a multifaceted and nuanced disorder it is.    I hope that this conversations will be helpful if you currently suffering with BDD but also a quick trigger warning that there is a mention of suicide at about 6 minutes in so please skip ahead of you feel you will be upset by this.    You can find Dr Eva via her facecebook page - Recovery From BDD    Email - eva@recoveryfrombdd.com   She also has a support group held over Skype on the second and fourth Thursday of every month - details are listed on the BDD Foundation website - https://bddfoundation.org   Listeners can contact her via her email if they would like to join the support group.   Also check out her brilliant article on her recovery from BDD - https://bdd.iocdf.org/about-bdd/how-i-recovered-from-bdd/   If you want to find us, we’re @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com    Enjoy!

Welcome to episode 15 and my conversation with Dr Ieuan Cranswick.   Dr Ieuan is a Sports Therapist and Senior Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Therapy.  He is also involved in lots of research centred around body image, injury psychology, masculinity, steroids and muscle dysphoria  We discuss male body image and how conditions such as muscle dysmorphia can affect the lives and mental health of those that suffer. He also shares his personal journey with regards to his own body image  If you want to find him on the socials he is @icsportstherapy  If you want to find us, we’re @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!

Join myself and Kim (aka Kim On Skin) for a discussion about Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Kim spoke to me about her struggles with compulsive skin picking, how she manages her self-image and her recovery journey. She also shared some really interesting insight on the potential problems with the term 'cured', as well as self-diagnosis and whether a formal diagnosis is necessary for recovery.  If you want to find her on the socials, she’s @kimonskin If you want to find us, we’re @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!

I zoom met with the wonderful Meg Fozzard for chats about her experience of disordered eating, recovery and the complexities of life as a person with a disability following a cardiac arrest. If you would like to follow her on the socials (which you should because her content is both hilarious and informative), her handle is @megrozfozz for Twitter and Instagram. If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!

Join me and the absolutely hilarious Len (AKA Len Blanco) for a chat about body image, gender expression, and gender performance.   If you want to find them on Instagram and twitter then they are @king_len_blanco   If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com    Enjoy!

Join me and Becca King; a Dietician who specialises in helping those with ADHD heal from disordered eating.  We discuss Becca's own experience of having ADHD and recovering from disordered eating, as well as how she works with her own clients. We also discuss how ADHD can often lead to a binge/restrict cycle. Becca shares some of the ways you can try and break away from this and practise self-care, especially when executive functioning feels really overwhelming.  You can find her on instagram @adhd.nutritionist  If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!

Join me and the awesome Charlie Josephine for a discussion about gender, sexuality, body image and eating disorder recovery. They were a pleasure to interview and had so many thoughtful and insightful things to say about how we relate to our bodies, especially in terms of our relationship with sex and pleasure.  Charlie is a performer and playwright. Their work includes the radio play, ‘Massive’, ‘Bitch Boxer, ‘Flies’ and a brand new play called ‘Birds & Bees’ which is available for schools as a digital package and explores sex education. Below is a link to their website: https://charliejosephine.com/ If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!  

Join Natasha and myself for chats about her experience as a black, female actor in larger body. We cover lots of really interesting and important ground such as how the medical industry often deal with people in larger bodies, how her relationship with food changed during lockdown and much more. Also, she's just generally brilliant and so much fun to talk to :) Check her out on insta @mcsquiggley If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!  

Join me as I chat to Glynnis who is a yoga teacher and all round lovely human. During this episode, we discuss her own body image journey and how yoga impacted this in a really positive way, as well as her experience as a black yoga teacher in a predominantly white industry here in the West.  You can find her on instagram @wearebirds of paradise and she also has her own podcast @hywpodcast which is a wellness show interviewing ordinary humans with extraordinary stories. If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!

Join me and the wonderful James Downs. He is a Yoga and Barre Teacher, Eating Disorder and Mental Health Activist and Lived Experience Designer at Mind Charity. We speak about his experience with eating disorders, as well as OCD, and how he manages these difficulties through Yoga and connecting with others.   You can find James on: instagram: @jamesldowns twitter: @jamesldown If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!   

Gemma joins me to talk about her experience of having Hypothalamic Amenorrhea and how she healed her relationship with exercise.  If you would like to find her on the socials, she is @freedomfittherapy If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!  

Peyton speaks to me about her experience transitioning from male to female and how it affected her body image. We discuss the different cultural expectations when it comes to bodies, gender and identity, the nature of gender dysphoria and so much more If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!  

Jess previously suffered from an eating disorder and shares her amazing experience of the healing process with me. Check her out on insta @jessiegeeez If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!  

For this episode I am joined by Michaela aka @cardifforniagurl. She is a plus-size influencer and content creator. Together we discuss weight stigma, fat positivity, thin privilege and life as a larger model in a world fuelled by diet culture. If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!   

Welcome to Embodiment: The Podcast where we explore body image, eating disorders, the nature of diet culture, how it affects us and so much more. Each month I will be interviewing a different person about their body image journey.  This week I am joined by Daniel who came in to talk to me about his battle with bulimia.  If you would like to find him on the socials, he is @danieljmagson If you want to find us, we’re on instagram @embodiment.project or you can email us at embodimentthepodcast@gmail.com  Enjoy!