Episode 12: Black Lives Matter and Body Acceptance

How I'm navigating #blacklivesmatter in the same way I healed my relationship with food and my body

Like me, you may be wondering how to make Black Lives Matter not just a social justice initiative, but something to live and breathe.

Processing the shock and anger since George Floyd's murder has been paralyzing. I reflected back to HOW I shifted and healed my own relationship with food and my body to guide me as I step forward. I share this with you, not to tell you what to do or how to feel, but instead, as one way to navigate racial injustice for yourself. 

On this podcast, I mentioned two books that I’m listening to: 

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Episode 13: Emily Calvin on Nourishing Ourselves and Having Happy Bellies

Emily Calvin, life long feminist and activist, once bought into the belief that “nothing tastes as good as thin feels”. She has since liberated herself from diet culture by paying attention to her body and allowing it be nourished with more food and plenty of love. 

Emily is the founder of Happy Belly Project, a fat and body positive Instagram account focused on the beauty, importance and acceptance of our bodies with the focus on the belly as the root of acceptance.

She stumbled up on the name when she started to witness happy bellies around her and realized that happy bellies are proud, nourished, filled and accepted. Thanks to the Happy Belly Project, Emily is now embracing her own belly with kindness and compassion.  

On the podcast, Emily also shares her passion for advocating and supporting survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Her clarity around her work came from her own personal experience and continues to be fueled by the injustices she witnesses and how violence has the ability to devastate and destroy lives. 

Follow Emily @happybellyproject

And, share your belly there! Like I did! 

If you or someone you know needs support and assistance as a survivor of domestic violence, look here

https://www.thehotline.org/

And call 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE). 

Legal services are available to domestic violence survivors in each state. In New Hampshire, you can find more information here. https://www.nhla.org/content/victimsservices-15

Episode 11: Amanda Strojny, RYT on How Embracing Uncertainty Transformed her Relationship with Her Body and Opened Doors to Global Travel and A Thriving Coaching Practice

Amanda Strojny, RYT shares her journey from struggle with obsessive exercising to the ultimate freedom of creating a brand new life on her own terms. The spiritual connection she found in her yoga practice was a pivotal part of her healing. She’s been surrendering and courageously letting go old patterns ever since. 

Listen in as Amanda shares how she understood the risk of leaving the comforts and security of a corporate career, yet moved through uncertainty and created a thriving coaching practice as a Financial Coach to yoga teachers, healers and spiritual creatives. Amanda has been on some worldwide traveling adventures and shares how she learned so much about herself, what happens when she embraces the unknown and the magic that comes from knowing the exact right people will meet her on her path. 

Amanda shares plenty of wisdom around her own transformation, including giving yourself permission to slow down, taking one day at a time, opening your heart and asking for help. She also shares her own passion for helping women claim their own value and create an abundant money mindset. 

This was a beautiful conversation, check it out for yourself. 

Learn more about Amanda and her coaching at www.amandastrojny.com

Check out Amanda’s next Spiritual Money Mindset Workshop! 

Connect with her socially: 

https://www.instagram.com/astrojny/

https://www.facebook.com/amanda.strojny 

https://www.facebook.com/AmandaKStrojny/