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May 23 2016

PODCAST: “Eating in front of others” Naked Broad View, EPISODE 20

by Marilyn McKenna

Admit it, you’ve done this before. You’re on a date and you order the salad (dressing on the side, please) because you think it’s more ladylike and therefore more acceptable.  As women, we internalize so many messages that society levies against us. One of those messages is that a big appetite is unfeminine and therefore unattractive.  […]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Body Image, Feminism, Naked Broad View, Podcast

May 19 2016

Why it makes me so uncomfortable when someone says “WOW! You look great!”

by Marilyn McKenna

I don’t know if I’m any more conscious of what I look like than any other woman, but maybe because I was obese up until 9 years ago (I used to weigh 265 lbs. and had a Body Mass Index of 43, which is clinically morbidly obese, and I now weigh 145 lbs. with a […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Weight Loss Tagged With: Body Image, Compliments, Physical Appearance, Unwanted Attention

Apr 4 2016

PODCAST: “Living Authentically” (yeah, we know) Naked Broad View, EPISODE 13

by Marilyn McKenna

Yes, “living authentically” may be a cliché these days, but we know someone who does it in the most hardcore, badass way that we just had to have her on our show.  In this episode of The Naked Broad View, Jill and I talk to Stephanie Earling, a certified personal trainer, yoga instructor, and tattooed […]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Authentic Living, Authenticity, Body Image, Body Positive, New Orleans, Personal Training, Podcast, Stephanie Earling, Yoga

Mar 14 2016

PODCAST: “Yoga and Body Image Healing” Naked Broad View interview with Elisa Jordan, EPISODE 10

by Marilyn McKenna

Jill and I sit down to talk with yoga instructor, eating psychology coach and former opera singer (Wha??? Yep!) Elisa Jordan. Elisa has been up and down the scale, and up and down the body image and self-worth roller coaster. In this episode of the Naked Broad View she shares how she came to find […]

Filed Under: Fitness, Podcasts Tagged With: Body Image, Body Positive, Body Wisdom, Elisa Jordan, Embodiment, Interview, Mind Body Connection, Naked Broad View, Podcast, Yoga

Feb 8 2016

PODCAST: “Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls” Book Review, EPISODE 5

by Marilyn McKenna

PODCAST: “Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls” Book Review, EPISODE 5

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Body Image, Body Positive, Feminism, Jes Baker, Podcast, The Beauty Myth, Thing No One Will Tell Fat Girls

Feb 3 2016

PODCAST: What’s all the buzz about the Naked Broad View?

by Marilyn McKenna

PODCAST: What’s all the buzz about the Naked Broad View?

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Body Image, Body Positive, Dieting, Feminism, Jill Fagan, Kardashians, Naked Broad View, Podcast, Pop Culture, Relationships, Sex

Jan 18 2016

PODCAST: Naked Broad View EPISODE 2

by Marilyn McKenna

PODCAST: Naked Broad View EPISODE 2

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Body Image, Brittany Gibbons, Fat Girl Walking, Jill Fagan, Naked Broad View, Podcast, Positive Body Image, Positive Parenting

Jan 16 2016

The Naked Broad View

by Marilyn McKenna

Drumroll please….. TA DA!!! My friends, I’d like to introduce you to the Naked Broad View podcast! Naked Broad View is a new podcast I’ve been working on with my friend Jill Fagan. In this podcast, Jill and I will be talking about body image issues, relationships, feminism, food, and much more! As you’ll hear, […]

Filed Under: Newsletters Tagged With: Body Image, Body Positive, Feminism, Naked Broad View, Podcast, Relationships

Jan 9 2016

Eeny, meeny, miney … go!

by Marilyn McKenna

A couple of my closest friends started Whole30 this week. I just ran into another friend who told me she ordered the 21-Day Fix system to lose weight. And every seat’s taken in my favorite spinning class. Seems everybody’s renewed a commitment to healthy living recently! In many ways it doesn’t even matter what program […]

Filed Under: Newsletters Tagged With: 21-Day Fix, Body Image, Body Positive, Newsletter, Spinning, Whole30

Jan 7 2016

Love the One (Body) You’re With

by Marilyn McKenna

Am I limited to just one body part that drives me bonkers? We all have them; some of us have more than one. Maybe you tell yourself: Ugh, my bust is too big (or too small). My arms flap in the breeze. I hate the way my muffin top smooshes out over the top of […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: BMI, Body Image, Dr Ann Kearney-Cooke, Negative Self Talk, Positive Body Image

Dec 2 2015

Podcast: Fat = Bad, Thin = Good (and other Bullsh*t)

by Marilyn McKenna

I thought I had my body image issues licked after having lost 120 lbs., but then I realized something that shook me to my core. At that moment it occurred to me that I’d just transferred my sense of okay-ness from “I’m bad because fat = bad” to “I’m good because thin = good”. But shouldn’t we be striving […]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weight Loss Tagged With: Body Image, Body Positive, Brittany Gibbons, Fat = Bad, Thin = Good, Whitney Thore

Nov 3 2015

My big, fat, fabulous struggle with body image

by Marilyn McKenna

It was about six weeks ago something occurred to me that really shook me to my core. I’m a little embarrassed to say that I hadn’t thought of it before. I’ll get to what triggered this epiphany in a sec, but the thought I had was just this: my body image hasn’t really changed since […]

Filed Under: Healthy Families, Style + Substance, Weight Loss Tagged With: Body Image, Body Positive, Body Positivity, Body Shame, Brittany Gibbons, Fabulous Life, Fat, Fat Girl Walking, My Big, No Body Shame, Obesity, Whitney Thore

Mar 17 2015

The pornification of fitness

by Marilyn McKenna

You needn’t go any farther than the magazine racks at the grocery store or social media to know that nowadays fitness advice looks like erotica. I find this trend disturbing on so many levels, and I’m certainly not the only one who’s noticed. Recently, Huffington Post carried a piece written by magazine mogul and fitness model, Tosca […]

Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: Body Image, Pornification, Pornification of Fitness

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