In this week’s episode of The Naked Broad View, Jill and I discuss the recent flap about Amy Schumer’s statement after she dissed Glamour magazine for including her in a piece they did on “Plus Size Women Who Inspire Us.” Amy’s reaction – and the ensuing media firestorm – raise some interesting questions about the […]
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 […]
Mar 14 2016
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 […]
The experts offer conflicting advice about whether or not we should talk to kids about their weight, but either way only good things come of helping kids foster a positive relationship with their bodies. Teaching kids to love and appreciate their bodies for what they can do and how beautiful they are is the best way to pass […]
Why is it still okay to shame people about being fat? Is it really just because we think they’re unhealthy? But what do we really know about someone else’s health? Listen in as Jill and Marilyn talk about the prevalence of this phenomenon and how destructive it is, not so much to the person being […]
PODCAST: “Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls” Book Review, EPISODE 5
PODCAST: What’s all the buzz about the Naked Broad View?
Whether it’s the stories we tell ourselves about who we are or the stories we tell ourselves about those around us, the inner dialogue we have plays out in our heads all day long and affects everything we believe. Listen in to the third installment of The Naked Broad View as Jill and I discuss […]
Jan 16 2016
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, […]
Jan 9 2016
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 […]
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 […]
Nov 7 2015
I may not technically still be a “big girl,” but frankly I’m pretty muscular so I’m definitely on the bigger side of average. In our skinny-obsessed world, bigger isn’t necessarily considered better, even when bigger suits our body-type. I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a “big girl” lately. In this […]
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 […]