The Body Competence Podcast
Welcome to The Body Competence Podcast where weekly interviews explore what it means to be and raise body competent humans. In each episode we'll talk about getting back in touch with the needs, wants, and desires that were suppressed by the power hierarchies of patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, colonialism, anti-fat bias, ableism, and even the families we grew up in.
Michelle and her guests will navigate topics like body positivity, body neutrality, cycle breaking, food neutrality and so much more.
This podcast is for you if you are a human or parent trying to imagine a future with body autonomy and without diet culture but aren’t quite sure where to begin.
The Body Competence Podcast
Body Positivity, Body Neutrality, Body Competence: What's the difference?
In this episode, I introduce what I think of as body competence and share part of my own body story. I talk about what it's like to be a mom in eating disorder recovery and the parenting challenges that have come up in recent months.
I also answer follower questions including:
- How/when did you meet your husband?
- What is the best thing your husband can do for you when you're having a bad day with narcolepsy?
- What do you do for exercise and how do you relax?
- How do you want to parent your daughter and what do you want her to know?
- What made you realize you wanted to go back to school?
- What was your journey like to get to where you are today?
*Since recording this episode, I learned that anti-fat bias and anti-fatness are terms that fat people prefer instead of fatphobia because it more accurately describes the prejudice that fat people face, versus the implication of fatphobia that there is a psychological disorder. Follow The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance @naafaofficial on Instagram.
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