I recently read that we are more afraid of uncertainty than we are of death. In other words, feeling out of control and not knowing exactly what is going to happen to us is the scariest thing to sit with. … Read More
Why it Takes so Long to Change Negative Thoughts
Last week I was on a coaching call with the badass babes in You, On Fire and one of the participants asked, “Do we have to be intentional with challenging our old thoughts?” My answer was, “yes… we do need … Read More
Diet Culture is The Soul Sucker™ That Feeds on Women
OK, bear with me… Lately, I’ve been thinking about diet culture as a soul sucker and a mansplaining monster. When I had that vision in my head, I immediately thought of Ghostbusters (“I’m the gatekeeper, are you the keymaster?” Classic). It … Read More
Diet Culture Tames Us
Last week I was bullied – I’ll spare you the details. I signed up for this kind of thing when I decided to do this work in an online setting – pushing back against the status quo and speaking up … Read More
FRR 77: Body Positivity as a Social Justice Issue – With Virgie Tovar
In this episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio, I chat with Virgie Tovar – Author, Speaker and Activist – on the roots of diet culture, the relationship between weight-loss culture and social oppressions, the role of internalized sexism as it relates … Read More