Fierce Fatty Podcast

I held the belief that I was fat because there was something "wrong with my brain" for a long time. Weight is a manifestation of trauma on the body, isn't it? If I had my life together then I'd be thin, right? I talk about how those beliefs are so prevalent in the self-help and online business world. Plus I answer questions on how to tell people to stop talking about weight and diet culture without alienating them (or losing them as your customer!). Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/100 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org I’m a Life Coach, You’re a Life Coach: The Rise of an Unregulated Industry: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/06/life-coaching-brooke-castillo-unregulated-industry Boundary Boss: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/BB

What’s with all these formerly fat celebs losing weight and seemingly throwing their fat fans under the bus? Is it true that Rebel Wilson used fatness as a way to capitalize off fat bodies? Are we allowed to be mad and sad if they are no longer fat? Let’s talk about it! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/099 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org Fat Fab Feminist: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdLilmIza4/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdtEu5pNeD/ Fat Tats on TikTok:​​https://www.tiktok.com/@fat_tats/video/7012964667987381510? lang=en&is_copy_url=0&is_from_webapp=v1&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=7014169928077542917 Rebel talking 2016 article: https://globalnews.ca/news/2801731/rebel-wilson-says-she-gained-weight-to-get-famous/

Is being anti-diet is a fringe theory based on one study from the 50’s? Does questioning bad science mean that you also question vaccine science? Is it ok to be hesitant? Are anti-diet proponents conspiracy theorists? The answers to these questions are in today’s show! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/098 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org Edadhd_therapist: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUBhS6jpIQR/

How the heck should you react if your spouse confesses your body is a turn off? Luckily (lol) I have experienced this very thing and if you're in the same boat, I got some advice for ya! Also we are talking about plus size dating, leaving vegetarianism, and weight science, it's a jam packed episode! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/097 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org WHY I WAS HAPPY WHEN MY BOYFRIEND TOLD ME HE WASN’T ATTRACTED TO ME: http://fiercefatty.com/blog/why-i-was-happy-when-my-boyfriend-told-me-he-wasnt-attracted-to-me MY PARTNER TOLD ME I WAS NO LONGER ATTRACTIVE: http://fiercefatty.com/blog/my-partner-told-me-i-was-no-longer-attractive How Can You Ignore The Correlation Between Weight And Health?: https://danceswithfat.org/2021/09/14/how-can-you-ignore-the-correlation-between-weight-and-health/

Should I date that guy who is a self-described fat feeder? What to do when my food police voice won't leave me alone? How to respond to my friend who says that being an intuitive eater and fat positive will "catch up with me"? Today it's listener questions and I am answering these juicy ones! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/096 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org Is It OK to Have a Fetish?: https://greatist.com/happiness/it-ok-havefetish#1 My fat fetish is ruining any chance I have of finding happiness with another and I don't know what to do...: https://www.reddit.com/r/Advice/comments/diduxh/my_fat_fetish_is_ruining_any_chance_i_have_of/

A lack of confidence in your body can really disrupt your life - taking action to avoid that pain and avoiding other things due to fear or feeling deeply uncomfortable. In this episode, I will share the 5 steps to move away from those unwanted feelings and experiences so that you can do more important things with your life like watching Netflix and scratching your bumhole. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/095

Today we are looking at the Warsaw Ghetto Hunger Study, the Children of HungerWinter and the Minnesota Starvation Experiment to answer the question what does hunger do to our mental and physical wellbeing? Massive trigger warning: mention of calories, types of food, starvation, eating disorders, self-harm, murder, the holocaust and death. Although most are brief mentions and not going into details. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/094 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org The psychology of hunger By Dr. David Baker and Natacha Keramidas: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/10/hunger The Starvation Study That Changed The World: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/minnesota-starvation-experiment Physiology of weight regain: Lessons from the classic Minnesota Starvation Experiment on human body composition regulation https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.13189 The Secret Starvation Study Conducted by Jewish Doctors at Warsaw Ghetto: https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-secret-starvation-study-conducted-by-jewish-doctors-at-warsaw-ghetto-1.7965422 The Hunger Disease Study in the Warsaw Ghetto: https://www.urologichistory.museum/collections/the-scope-of-urology-newsletter/issue-2-summer-2020/hunger-disease-study This is what hunger does: https://thecorrespondent.com/5379/this-is-what-hunger-does/358445802-e6acda55

JuSt lOvE YoUr bOdY!!! This advice ain't helpful for those who live with a chronic condition or are disabled who can feel their body has let them down. Put on top of that dealing with fatphobia and an ableist world...what's a fatty gotta do? Just think about the good things and bury the frustration, shame and sadness? Surely there has to be a better way! Also some nonbinary updates in this episode so TW if you don't want to hear about gender dysphoria. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/093 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org Abelism 101: https://www.accessliving.org/newsroom/blog/ableism-101/ HAES Healthsheets: https://haeshealthsheets.com/type-2-diabetes/

TW: Extreme medical fatphobia. Have you seen this new torture device that they have created to go on fat people's teeth to clamp them shut? Looks like a ton of fun, lemme tell ya! Also, a diet drug has been approved by the FDA, this must be good news...right? Let's chat about these new medical interventions. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/092

Today I am talking about all of the ways hating your body and having low self esteem affects our lives. Including the everyday ways our behaviour is different from having low confidence to higher confidence and why being worried about other people’s opinions sabotages our happiness. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/091