Body shaming runs rampant in society. But what about all the nasty, negative, hateful things you say to yourself and all the things you won’t allow yourself to do because you’re embarrassed by what you see? That’s body shaming too. And today’s show ends with an invitation – stop hating your body. Today’s guest on […]
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What Body Positivity Is & Why It’s For Everyone
One of the things I get asked about often is body positivity and the body positive movement. As someone who used to hate my body & a few years ago said “eff you diet industry”, ditched the scale, started loving myself (fat & all), and found my love of plus-size modeling, I’m a huge body […]
Body Positivity And Weight Loss – Can They Go Hand In Hand?
One of the toughest things about being in the body positivity, fat acceptance, health at every size, space is that most (not all) people in this space have very strong opinions about the fact you cannot be a part of this space if you want to lose weight or do lose weight. Trust me, I’ve […]
YSS 26: Please Stop With The Fat Shaming Quarantine Memes!
Today’s guest on The Your Shining Self Podcast is none other than Tishia (Tish) Lee… that’s me if you didn’t know 😉 Yep, I’m flying solo today! Something has been bothering me for a bit now – all the fat shaming quarantine jokes (memes) – and I stood up on my soap box and ranted […]
Why a Mild Heart Attack Made Me Rethink Body Positivity
Body positivity and a heart attack… not exactly two phrases you would think go hand in hand. In my case, they do. And it’s because of the heart attack I started rethinking all this body positivity movement stuff. Now, before you go throwing stones my way… please hear me out, it’s probably not what you […]
Body Image Issues And Negative Self Talk Tried To Ruin Vacation…
I’m in my 40’s and have finally accepted (and even learned to love) my body just as it is. In fact, I’m more in love with my body than I ever have been and guess what? I’m FATTER than I have ever been. Having said that… it does not mean I still don’t have days […]