I’m revisiting my interview with Chrystal Bougon – Owner & Resident Curvy Girl at Curvy Girl Inc and activist. We chat about feeling sexy at every size, reclaiming the word fat and the importance of sexual pleasure as self-care, plus I answer a listener question on fat oppression and eating disorder recovery. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question fat oppression and eating disorder recovery, - What loving your body means to Chrystal,  - The spark that fired her up to start Curvy Girl Lingerie, - Why she identifies as a fat woman and the importance of reclaiming that word, - The importance of asking for what you want in the bedroom and how this empowered Chrystal to be kinder and truer to herself, - The power of asking for what you want in the bedroom and life, - Your life is happening now, not 10 pounds from now – don’t put it on hold, - Why it’s a discipline to work on your inner confidence and compassion, - Why both Chrystal and I still have bad body days and how we deal with those, - Her motto “Sexy is for every body!” and how you can embody sexiness, - How she responds to people who say she is “glorifying obesity,” - The way fat people are portrayed in the media and how this perpetuates size stigma, Plus so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with my friend and colleague, Vivienne McMaster - creator of Be Your Own Beloved. We chat about how you can heal negative body image through selfies and choose compassion over critique in photos and I’ll be answering a listener question on body acceptance and aging. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question navigating body acceptance and aging, - How Vivienne used photography to heal her body image and change her negative stories, - How long it took Vivienne to start to see her body in a loving way through photography, - What it really feels like to “love your body” and why there isn’t a “self-love” party at the end of it, - Selfies are so much more than arm’s length photos, - How to start seeing your photos through a loving and compassionate lens, - What to do if you typically avoid photos or find them triggering, - How to begin to love pieces of you where you normally direct hate, - Are we really so much more than a body? - Simple ways for you to start embracing what you see in the photo and use selfies as a tool of healing on your body image journey, - How to overcome fear around taking selfies and why they are not narcissistic, Plus so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with Kelsey Miller, author of Big Girl. We chat about her journey out of disordered eating, what she learned about herself from giving up dieting and how she moved from the role of sidekick to leading lady in her life and I’ll be answering a listener question on what to do if you’re afraid of people judging your weight gain. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question what to do if you’re afraid of people judging your weight gain, - How Kelsey’s first extreme diet at the age of 11 planted the seed and kept her hooked on “the manic power of skinny” for years, - How the pattern of being in the “zone” of a new diet followed by periods of crushing shame kept her trapped in the dieting cycle for years, - The influence of Kelsey’s mom on her relationship with food and her body, - The point when Kelsey realized she was done with dieting and self-loathing and ready to choose living, - What it was like to become an intuitive eater, - The real issue that was at the heart of Kelsey’s disordered relationship with food and how this impacted the rest of her life, - How she stopped playing the sidekick and took the leading lady role in her life, - What Kelsey’s imperfect relationship with her body is like now, Plus so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with Nutritionist Chris Sandel.  We chat about on the physiology of the restrict-binge cycle, the fallacy of weight control and dieting, how to learn to trust your body again and I’ll be answering a listener question on how to find balance between eating what you want and health.  In this episode, we chat about: -  I answer a listener question how to find balance between eating what you want and health, - How Chris realized that his weight was not in his control and how that shaped his approach with working with clients, - The physiology of the restrict-binge cycle and why we really can’t control our food, - The fallacy around the amount of control we have over our weight, - Why recovery from disordered eating and chronic dieting involves more than simply “eating normally,” - Mental versus physical deprivation – knowing the difference and how to heal both - How to trust your body and what this process actually looks like, - The importance of doing the inner work to heal your relationship with food, - What is moderation and is it possible? - Are there some people who need to abstain from certain foods? Plus, so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with fat activist Ragen Chastain. We chat about size stigma, HAES, why every body deserves respect, her experiences training for an Ironman and I’ll be answering a listener question on what to do if you feel like you cannot trust your body. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question about what to do if you feel like you can’t trust your body, - How Ragen went from having an eating disorder to becoming a fat activist, - The research on dieting and weight loss and why health habits are the best way to get a healthy body, - The experience that made her to realize the oppression against fat people and how this was the catalyst for her activism, - The role of fat stigma on body image, - If you have issues with your body, it can be you and your body against that problem—not you against your body, - Why your life wouldn’t be better if you were thinner—your life would be better if you lived in a world that didn’t stigmatize fat and why changing the world is the solution, - Is it really possible to be happy, sexy and successful at any size? - The good fatty/bad fatty dichotomy – what is is and how she navigates it being a athlete and activist, - How she handles the trolls and stays determined against the negativity, - All about her experience with her Ironman training, Plus, so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with awesome anti-diet Dietician Glenys Oyston. She blows up the BS on health and weight and talks about how you can focus on health without being restrictive, plus answer a listener question on whether there is a “there” as an intuitive eater. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question about whether there is a set of “criteria” to being an intuitive eater, - How Glenys overcame her battle with restrictive eating and discovered Health At Every Size, - Why dieting is so seductive and hard to let go of, - How to overcome the ramifications of dieting – a.k.a. “Diet PTSD,” - Why looking at health through the lens of weight is B.S., - How to focus on health without being restrictive, - Her experience working as a “fat dietician” who practices HAES, Plus, so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with one of my fav coaches Keri-Anne Livingstone on radical acceptance and how to become the truest version of yourself and I’ll be answering a listener question on how to feel feelings. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question about how to feel “negative” feelings, - How Keri-Anne went through big life challenges to find joy, - Why surrendering to our struggles can help us find gifts, - What it means to Dare To Suck and how this intention can help you unlock your greatest potential, - How to implement ‘Daring To Suck’ in your life to be fearless, - How a simple mindset shift of ‘detaching yourself from the outcome’ can help you overcome self-doubt, - Why paying attention to what lights you up is the first step towards finding the fulfillment you crave, - How acknowledging and allowing all of the different parts of yourself to ‘admit their crap’ is integral to creating the emotional release needed to move forward, - How to feel worthy to make the changes you want to have in your life, Plus, so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with Isabel Foxen Duke from 2014 all about how to stop fighting food. This was truly revolutionary then! Plus, I’ll be answering a listener question on overcoming fear of weight gain. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question about what to do if you’ve accepted where your body is at, but you are scared of gaining weight, - Isabel tells her story of being a chronic dieter and finally realizing she had to let go of all judgments to heal her relationship with food, - Why judgment about a right or wrong way to eat leaves you doomed for failure, - Why when our motivation is driven by our desire to lose weight, things gets very complicated, - Thin privilege: what is it and how it holds up the body acceptance movement, - Challenging fatphobic beliefs and letting go of that need to be thinner, - Overcoming the belief that you need to be thinner to have a good relationship, - Challenging the belief that if we lose weight we can control the entire universe, - The social politics of weight discrimination, - Everything you need to know about Isabel’s free training series Stop Fighting Food  Plus, so much more!

It’s the Season 4 Finale of Fearless Rebelle Radio! I’m talking about what you can expect while I’m gone, what I’m looking forward to/terrified of and how you can work with me. Specifically: - Fearless Rebelle Radio hit 1 Million downloads – thank you!!!!!! - What’s happening with the podcast while I’m gone,  - Why I’m really excited about re-releasing old episodes,  - What maternity leave is going to be like for me, - How I’m feeling going into maternity leave,  - Various ways you can get support while I’m gone,  - I’m going to miss you!!! Plus, so much more!

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