Hearing Our Own Voice is an anti-diet, weight inclusive podcast that centers Black stories and experiences. I have conversations with Black health and wellness professionals and fat activists who have taken a weight-inclusive approach to their work. My goal is to uncover the lies and myths that get sold to us, but more importantly I want us to explore how we can filter out the cultural noise and begin to hear our own voice .
Hearing Our Own Voice
Claim This Podcastby Melissa Toler
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Podcast Overview
Hearing Our Own Voice is an anti-diet, weight inclusive podcast that centers Black stories and experiences. I have conversations with Black health and wellness professionals and fat activists who have taken a weight-inclusive approach to their work. My goal is to uncover the lies and myths that get sold to us, but more importantly I want us to explore how we can filter out the cultural noise and begin to hear our own voice .
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9/27/2020
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Recent Episodes
December 9, 2020
Episode 6 Black, Fat Joy is a Form of Resistance with Amanda Gilliam
<p class="p1">Amanda Gilliam is a super heavyweight masters weightlifter and the creator of Big Girl Barbell, a fat positive, body positive community for athletes and strength sports<strong>.</strong></p> <p class="p1">In this episode, Amanda and I discuss the connection between fat phobia and anti-Black racism. She also talks about how she learned to reject the harmful messages sold to us in traditional health and wellness spaces, and why she considers herself to be fat positive. </p>
November 16, 2020
Episode 5 The Radical Idea of Nutrition Services for Everyone with Veronica Garnett, MS, RD
<p>Veronica Garnett is a Health at Every Size®, fat positive, and culinary registered dietitian with over 17 years of experience in the food and nutrition field. For most of her career, Veronica has worked with marginalized and vulnerable populations, particularly Black & Latinx & LGBTQIA+ folks living with food insecurity, substance abuse and mental health issues, as well as chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, and eating disorders. Currently, in her virtual private practice and consulting business, she supports plus-sized/larger-bodied/fat folks in developing a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. She also supports professionals in providing multiculturally competent, weight-inclusive, and social justice-informed care.</p> <p>In this episode, Veronica talks about her personal and professional experiences with food, weight, and body image. She shares how she was able to unlearn the things she learned in her training as a dietitian and what fuels the amazing work she does now in her private practice and consulting business. </p> <p>You can find more about her at veronicagarnett.com.</p>
November 1, 2020
Bonus Episode: Reflecting on the anti-diet, weight-inclusive approach
<p>In this bonus episode, Melissa reflects on the conversations with the first 3 guests: Dr. Joy Cox, Courtney Marshall, and Ayana Habtemariam. There were 3 major themes that stood out: the importance of curating the media we consume; the care and compassion in an anti-diet, weight-inclusive approach; and the power we have to make significant changes in our individual lives and communities.</p>
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