82 - NYCC Exclusive: Can Cosplay Solve Your Problems? - Body Image, Disabilities, and Authenticity at New York Comic Con
Release Date: 10/16/2018
104. Kelsey Lane Davidson: Intentionality is Key
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This week on Love Your Bodd, Heather sits down with Kelsey Lane Davidson - an expert in finding a balance when it comes to fitness. Kelsey is a strength and conditioning coach that helps you get fit in the chaos that is life. She has a background in university athletics, corporate wellness and helping everyday folks getting fitter. Additionally, Kelsey is a wife, dog mom, multi-passionate entrenpeur, podcaster and actress. In this episode we talk about health and fitness as it relates to stress, hormones, and the chaos that is live. Kelsey gives us some tangible tips on being more...
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103. Heart to Heart: Lack of Body Diversity in the Disney Princesses
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It's Heather's first "Heart to Heart" Episode and this week we are talking about the lack of body diversity in Disney Princesses (and "Strong Disney Heroines"). Representation is SO important so listen as Heather discusses her own personal experience projecting "seeing herself" in Princesses that don't accuratley represent her. Here are the resources referenced throughout the episode: BECOME A LOVE YOUR BODD PATRON for exclusive content, private Discord community, and access to a member only Q&A forum: FIND LYB: Tweet: Instagram: Facebook: Find Heather...
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102. Megan Yelaney: Make Empowered Decisions | Mind, Body, and Business
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This week on Love Your Bodd, Heather welcomes her good friend and business coach, Megan Yelaney! Heather and Meg have a long history of friendship so the interview flows naturally and hits on so many incredible topics: How Megan changed Heather’s life - the ripple effect and how you never know where a connection can lead Dishing about what it was like being Beachbody coaches, how it affected us, the rebrand from Beachbody to Bodi Making empowered decisions when it comes to food and fitness Replacing one obsession with another whether its “healthy” or not Ditching the scale...
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101. Movement is Magic: Sabrina C on Creating an Inclusive Fitness Space
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This week on Love Your Bodd we have the wonderful Sabrina Castro! Sabrina was on LYB 5 years but and our philosophies of fitness and life in general have changed so much since then. In this episode, we talk about her lockdown depression and how it completely changed the way she views herself and her career, and how like a phoenix out of the ashes, she has opened up her own Pilates studio in Manhattan with size inclusive philosophies! CONTENT WARNING: We discuss depression, weight loss, and weight gain in this episode. Connect with Sabrina on instagram: Sabrina’s List of size...
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100. Just Breathe - Dionne Reed on Reducing Stress and Overwhelm and Improving your Holistic Health
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This week is our 100TH EPISODE!!!! Heather is so excited to share this HUGE milestone with you all, thank you for the support! This week on Love Your Bodd, Heather interviews Dionne Reed, a wellness entrepreneur who has a passion for helping her clients reduce stress and overwhelm by focusing on their mental and physical wellbeing through breathwork, holistic nutrition, and coaching. Together, Heather and Dionne discuss SO MUCH - including: time management around food the difference between a dietitian and a holistic nutritionist what breathwork is and how it can help you reduce...
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99. Anthea Spiteri: Healing Harmful Body Beliefs
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Where do harmful beliefs about our bodies come from? How can we work through those beliefs so that we aren't constanty berating our bodies? We answer these questions and more in my interview with Anthea Spiteri, a coach who helps women feel confident in themselves and their body from the inside out. Your body is not the problem! Anthea and I discuss where "blaming your body" might stem from and she gives you tangible tools to work through those harmful thoughts. Find Anthea: on Instagram If you'd like to join her challenge, DM "love your bodd" to either of the above listed accounts for...
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98. Miss Mai: Breaking the Cycle | Sex Work Stigma, Fatphobia, Generational Trauma & More
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This week we welcome Miss Mai (they/them) to the podcast! We talk about everything from decriminalizing sex work, to healing generational trauma, to gender dysphoria, to internalized fatphobia. It's a whirlwind and I appreciate Mai's willingness to be open and vulerable and share their experiences with you. There's so much to gain from hearing Mai's story. Find Mai: Learn more about Mai's Organization Decrim 305: __________________________________________ TRY GEEKNASIUM, SIGN UP FOR A 14- DAY FREE TRIAL: __________________________________________ BECOME A LOVE YOUR...
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97. NYCC '22 Cospositivity Panel: Fitness and Body Image in the Cosplay Community
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LIVE from New York Comic Con 2022: Join Heather and panelists Stardust Megu, Patrick Diamond, and Rachel Lauria in a discussion about fitness, body image, and self worth. The great thing about hosting this panel at different events with different panelists is that each time the discussion is different and new. It's important to talk about cultivating safe spaces, whether that be in the cosplay realm, fitness world, social media, or a combination of all. Connect with Heather and the panelists below! Stardust Megu: Patrick Diamond: Rachel Lauria: ...
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96. C2E2 '22 Cospositivity Panel: Fitness and Body Image in the Cosplay Community
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LIVE from C2E2 (Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo) Heather hosts this panel all about making cosplay and fitness work for YOU. PANELISTS: of , cosplayer and pastry chef extraordinaire! Laura J, educator and activist. Alex Rose, cosplayer and photographer known as on instagram Troy Bushido of , cosplayer and nerdy fitness professional.
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95. C2E2 2022 Cosplay Interviews
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Heather was out at C2E2 (Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo) interviewing cosplayers about why they chose their cosplays and how they feel in them. Here are some of the cosplayers interviewed in this episode: & friends & __________________________________________ TRY GEEKNASIUM, SIGN UP FOR A 14- DAY FREE TRIAL: __________________________________________ BECOME A LOVE YOUR BODD PATRON for exclusive content, private Discord community, and access to a member only Q&A forum. COMING SOON! FIND LYB: Tweet: Instagram: Facebook: Find Heather...
info_outline"Whatever your problem is, cosplay solves it." - Dylan Dozenfingers on the Cosplay and Disabilities panel.
Heather was out at New York Comic Con interviewing Cosplayers about how they feel inside their cosplays! As usual it was an incredibly rewarding and inspiring experience and we cannot wait to share the words of these cosplayers with you!
Be sure to check out the Love Your Bodd instagram account to FIND all of these cosplayers and put a VISUAL to their words.
Panel Recording: Cosplay and Disabilities: Incorporating Diversity and Accessibility into Costumes and the Pop Culture Scene:
with Nathan Gonzalez, , Shanise Lawrence, , Joseph Munisteri, , Dylan Dozenfingers Stardust Megu The Lionheart
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