The Culture Of It All
Your anti-diet sidekick and go-to resource as we explore what it really means to ditch diet culture whilst living life in a larger body. Your host, Melanie Knights will be sharing stories, busting diet culture myths, and breaking through the bullshit of the $72 billion diet industry.
Discussing topics such as anti-fatness, body liberation, body positivity, media representation, and intuitive eating. We will create a foundation for bodily autonomy, and take actionable steps to advocate for, and honour our own needs so that we can take up space, challenge weight stigma, and live a more confident, comfortable and joyful fat life!
The Culture Of It All
Summer Series: 5 Practical Summer Self-Care Tips for Larger Bodies
In this episode, I’m sharing five practical summer self-care tips for folks in larger bodies. We’ll be exploring the definitions of self care, and what self care practices can mean for folks in larger bodies. We’ll also discuss the barriers that marginalised bodies face in accessing self-care and the need for allies to challenge these barriers.
Key Takeaways
- Exploring self care through the lens of diet culture
- Challenging the status quo
- Creating simple self care practice
- How to stick with your self care practice
- Ways in which self care can lead to burn out
- Creating a self care menu, and journal prompts
Journal Prompts:
What do I need?
What are your core values, and how can these influence your self care practise?
Am I sacrificing my own needs on behalf of others? If yes, explore
What does success mean to me?
Do I expect too much of myself?
Are these even my expectations?
What am I most passionate about?
When was the last time I felt inspired?
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