Aug 7, 2020
This podcast is all about the relationship we have with our physical bodies. It’s about Fatphobia, the body positivity movement, fat bias, demonising of the bigger body in our media, in our advertising, the social stigma of obesity. It´s about how to learn to acknowledge and challenge our own preconceived notions. Where it comes from, how its internalised and develops our own core beliefs relating to our body and how we then interact with the world.
I chat to Danni Gordon the founder of the Chachi Power Project, she’s a body-positive activist, body image and body confidence advocate & speaker based in Scotland. She is a blogger, podcast host, social media creator and generally inspiring human.
Danni and I explore and unpick how we as individuals and society have grown this quiet abhorrence towards weight gain. Danni shares how she has overcome her own body hatred and why she set out up the Chachipower project to enable and give space to those who suffer from enduring body hatred and for anyone who wishes to live beyond these thoughts feelings and behaviours. She also tries to persuade me into some naked swimming as part of my move towards body acceptance.
This subject can be a minefield as plays into profoundly unquestioned fears and socially accepted hate speech, it’s also deeply sensitive to speak aloud and verbalise the voices of the trolls that reside in our own minds. Before the episode interview, Danni gave me an exercise she uses to help others imagine what life would be like without these thoughts and feelings. This is something I found challenging and emotional. During the episode, we speak about these for the first time and I share my own personnel journey.
Danni gives us her top three things to do now to begin a better relationship with your body. We also discuss the medias obsession with the thin narrative and Adele´s recent weight loss being the latest spotlight.
This episode covers some sensitive topics please take care of yourself in listening. If you need help and advice regarding eating disorders you can reach out to a number of places here are some.
BEAT: 0808 801 0677
EATING DISORDER NI: 02890 235959
MIND: 0300 123 3393