Fierce Fatty Podcast
Vinny Welsby
Join Vinny Welsby (they/them), TEDx speaker, best-selling author, and certified Fierce Fatty as they teach you how to love your fat body without going on yet another ever again. 95-99% of diets fail, it’s not your fault you’ve never succeeded at losing weight! Wear the damn bikini, rock that crop top, and embrace that curvy body. Break down limiting negative self-beliefs and root out the reasons why you think your plus-size body is not ok. Episodes topics include - fatphobia, diet culture, intuitive eating, how to be confident, dating while plus-size, health at every size, overcoming stigma and shame, and taking over the world one fatty at a time!
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Mar 10, 2020 • 55min
020: Things That Confident People Do (That You Can Start Modelling)
What is it exactly that confident people do? Do they have secret superpowers that can only be replicated with witchcraft and sorcery? In this episode I'm going to share the things that confident people do on the regular that make them stay confident so that you can copy those behaviours and thoughts to increase your own self-esteem. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/020 Fat positive memes IG account: https://www.instagram.com/fatpositivememes/ The Happiness Advantage book: https://www.shawnachor.com/the-books/the-happiness-advantage/
Mar 3, 2020 • 46min
019: Things People Get Wrong about Body Positivity
Feb 25, 2020 • 50min
018: The Good Fatty vs Bad Fatty Dichotomy
Is your desire to be perceived as a "good fatty" stopping you from accepting your body? What the heck is a good fatty and bad fatty anyway? Is it bad to be a good fatty and good to be a bad fatty? I’m so confused! Find out the good answers to these good questions in this podcast episode :) Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/018 My TEDx Talk: http://fiercefatty.com/tedx Ragen Chastain's Blog: https://danceswithfat.org/blog/ Stacy Bias 12 Fatty Archetypes: http://stacybias.net/2014/06/12-good-fatty-archetypes/ My Blog Post on Good Fatty/Bad Fatty: http://fiercefatty.com/blog/how-to-be-a-good-fatty-from-your-bad-fatty-friend 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/register/5v6o1fn FOLLOW: Website: http://fiercefatty.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fierce.fatty/ Facebook: fb.me/fiercefatty Twitter: https://twitter.com/fiercefatty_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiercefatty Email: victoria@fiercefatty.com
Feb 18, 2020 • 43min
017: My Doctor Told Me To Lose Weight For My Health Condition
What if you're genuinely dieting for health reasons? You have a condition and your doctor told you that you NEED to lose weight? What's the solution? PCOS, type 2 diabetes, sore knees? Listen in to this episode to learn how to navigate complicated topics. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/017 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible!: https://events.genndi.com/channel/FFwebinar Jullie Duffy Dillon's website: https://www.juliedillonrd.com/ Rebecca Scritchfield’s website: https://www.bodykindnessbook.com/ Note For The Doctor About Not Being Weighed: Download now! Myers Briggs free test: https://www.16personalities.com FOLLOW: Website: http://fiercefatty.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fierce.fatty/ Facebook: fb.me/fiercefatty Twitter: https://twitter.com/fiercefatty_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiercefatty Email: victoria@fiercefatty.com
Feb 11, 2020 • 57min
016: If I Start Intuitive Eating Will I Put on a Ton of Weight?
A listener question is answered in this episode! Are you thinking about stopping dieting and starting with intuitive eating? Are you really nervous about putting on weight because of that fact? Then you need to check out this episode for my techniques to reframe this and some new ways to look at having a fat body. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/016 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible!: https://events.genndi.com/channel/FFwebinar F.A.T. Cutting Workbook: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/IYn97 FOLLOW: Website: http://fiercefatty.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fierce.fatty/ Facebook: fb.me/fiercefatty Twitter: https://twitter.com/fiercefatty_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiercefatty Email: victoria@fiercefatty.com
Feb 4, 2020 • 1h 6min
015: Mental Health, PTSD and EMDR
TW: Depression, suicide, trauma, sexual abuse, alcoholism, domestic violence. Struggling with mental health issues can be a common and complicated thing for those who live in marginalized bodies. In this episode I talk about my history with trauma, depression and what worked for me when everything else seemed to fail. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/015 Learn more about EMDR: https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/ Suicide helpline UK: 116 123, US: 800 273 TALK, Canada: 1-833-456-4566 FOLLOW: Website: http://fiercefatty.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fierce.fatty/ Facebook: fb.me/fiercefatty Twitter: https://twitter.com/fiercefatty_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiercefatty Email: victoria@fiercefatty.com
Jan 28, 2020 • 1h 7min
014: Why Intuitive Eating Isn't Working For You
There are 2 big reasons why people struggle with intuitive eating. If you're battling to feel confident, calm and joyful around food then you need to check out this episode to understand what could be going wrong for you and work to fix it. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/014 Intuitive Eating Breakthrough Workbook: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/4CU66 Sofie Hagen, Happy Fat book: https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780008293871/happy-fat-taking-up-space-in-a-world-that-wants-to-shrink-you/ Kai Hibbard, Losing It book: https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Fictional-Reimagining-Weight-Reality-ebook/dp/B07LGKH5P6 The New York Times Biggest Loser article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weight-loss.html FOLLOW: Website: http://fiercefatty.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fierce.fatty/ Facebook: fb.me/fiercefatty Twitter: https://twitter.com/fiercefatty_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiercefatty Email: victoria@fiercefatty.com
Jan 21, 2020 • 51min
013: Fat Fertility With Nicola Salmon
Jan 9, 2020 • 54min
012: New Year's Resolutions That Won’t Make You Feel Like a Bag of Poo
"New year, new you!" Chances are you've been hearing this phrase a lot of the last few weeks. There are loads of diet adverts around and it can be tempting to consider trying one last new magical program that will finally make you thin. But if there is a little voice that is telling you that this year is going to be different for you then tune into this episode where I am giving some resolution suggestions that will actually make you feel like a goddamn badass and not a massive failure when the magical diet doesn't work (P.S. you're not a failure, diets are). Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/012 FOLLOW: Website: http://fiercefatty.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fierce.fatty/ Facebook: fb.me/fiercefatty Twitter: https://twitter.com/fiercefatty_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiercefatty Email: victoria@fiercefatty.com
Dec 29, 2019 • 1h 10min
011: Fat Shaming Kids: How to Not Screw up the Next Generation
This episode is for people who have ever been children, it's for people who have contact with children or those who are parents or caretakers. I answer a listener question on how to help fat kids love themselves. Learn how to not massively f*ck up children in this episode and if you don't have kids you can use this information to reparent yourself as an adult. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/011 FOLLOW: Website: http://fiercefatty.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fierce.fatty/ Facebook: fb.me/fiercefatty Twitter: https://twitter.com/fiercefatty_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiercefatty Email: victoria@fiercefatty.com
