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87 | 5 Things I’ve Been Working on Recently

Release Date: 05/27/2020

103 | How to Re-Enter in a Supportive and Aligned Way

Small Steps

After over a year of living a very different way, things around us are changing again, mostly for the better. And, as more folks get vaccinated and things open back up, returning to whatever our new lives are could feel scary or anxiety-inducing. This episode invites you to check in with how you want to re-enter the post-vaccine life in a way that’s supportive and aligned for you and what you want and need.

102 | Healing your Multiracial Inner Child with Farzana Nayani

Small Steps

Being a mixed race can bring with it a wide range of experiences, cultures and microaggressions, all that can start at a young age. As mixed race people grow up, looking back and processing and working through the experiences when we were children can be incredibly healing and formative to our identities. Farzana Nayani talks about why it’s important to look at this and how mixed race people can start to give some love and attention to our inner mixed kid.

101 | Finding and Going at your Own Pace

Small Steps

Moving towards living your own definition of health and wellness can be a lot easier to do when you’re going at your own pace. So often, our societies push us to move faster and faster to keep up with the never ending newness in this interconnected world, and that may not actually work for everyone. This episode talks about how you can find, go at, and honor the pace that works best for you.

100 | Disordered Eating Recovery as a Person of Color with Kimmie Singh

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Working through disordered eating and eating disorders can be a lot to navigate and potentially adding navigating racial microaggressions can be even more overwhelming. There are many layers and nuances to working through your relationship with food as a person of color that may be missing from the majority of the conversation. In this episode, I talk with Kimmie Singh about those layers and nuances of this and how folks of color can find connection with their food and bodies.

99 | How Diet Culture Effs with Our Relationship with Food

Small Steps

Diet culture can cast a wide and sticky net in someone’s life and push them to live a word hyperfocused on getting thin at whatever cost. This episode dives deep into how “good” and “bad” foods and the food lists diet culture thrives on are harmful, especially for people of color who have rich food cultures.

98 | Moving Towards Sex Positivity with Jayda Shuavarnnasri

Small Steps

Sex positivity has become something that’s gotten a lot more attention in the past few years, but what does it mean, especially for folks of color? I invited sex positive Asian auntie Jayda Shuavarnnasri on the show to talk about this with me and unpack the things we all didn’t learn about sexuality, our bodies and how our sensuality is our birthright.

97 | Seeing and Letting Go of What You’re Carrying

Small Steps

Whether we realize it or not, we’re all carrying ideas, beliefs, and ways we live our lives based on our identities, experiences, how we were raised, and more. While some of these things can be helpful or fine, others can be out of alignment with who we truly are and take up too much mental and emotional energy. As the past year has led to a lot of folks reflecting on what hasn’t been working in society, let’s get curious on what we’re carrying and what we can let go of in order to live a more align

96 | What’s Next for the Podcast and More

Small Steps

The Small Steps Podcast is back! Listen in to see what’s changing in the podcast, my nutrition business and where you can hear the most up to date information about the changes ahead.

95 | Redefining your Health, Wellness and Life with Shohreh Davoodi

Small Steps

We all have moments where we feel it’s time for a change. Whether you can fully see things are out of alignment for you based on your values or you just know that something’s not working anymore. It can be scary (and totally normal!) to figure out where to go next, especially when it’s moving away from things you’ve done or believed for years. In this episode, I talk with Shohreh Davoodi about her evolution in her life, career and views on health and how she redefined her life as she evolved and shi

94 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Sharing and Taking Action

Small Steps

Learning about social justice and understanding the systems of oppression that affect us is extremely important. And it’s just as important to take action on what you’ve learned or in light of what you’ve learned to bring about changing the systems to create something new. This episode covers how to figure out where to share what you’re learning and how to take action on what you’re learning. This is part five of five in a social-justice focused series.

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A more personal episode, I’m sharing 5 things I’ve been thinking about and working on during this time. I also share small steps that I’ve taken and am taking as I work through them.

Small Steps in the Show:

Internalized Capitalism/Rest/How to Show Up at this Time

Recognizing how much of a thing that was that i work with, how big and old of a pattern it is for me
Reminding myself in the moment and not in the moment that my worth isn’t tied in what i make or produce
Telling myself that it was okay to rest and that's also liberatory
Recognizing what tired feels like in my body and how overworking has manifested itself in my body
checking in with myself and how i'm feeling physically and emotionally and NOT stuffing that down
Finding things that are fun to do that are just for me (knitting, reading fiction, watching shows)
Working on my social media boundaries that might fuel the internalized capitalism
Constantly reminding myself that i’m a whole ass person who has to also take care of themselves
I always am worth taking care of myself
Reminding myself of what’s true for me and my life (h/t Dr Tee)
Reminding myself that what i do in enough, i’m not doing this work alone
Reminding myself that rest is important for me and to continue to the do the work longer term
Just because i’m not able to show up full force now doesn’t mean i can’t and won’t later
Having kindness and compassion for myself

Clothing and Fatphobic Thoughts

Wearing the “bigger” clothes and just doing what I need to do
Allowing myself to dress how I felt that day
Remembering that these voices were internalized things, that no one is saying this to me right now
Getting curious about that voice and knowing it wasn’t really mine
Reminding myself that my appearance isn’t the most important thing about me
Extending kindness and compassion to myself as voices came up

Comfort Foods

Listening to what I really wanted to eat and trusting that
Noticing when those judgy thoughts came up and getting curious about where those came from
Remembering that I have other choices to make with other meals if any weird feelings came up
Stating what I needed when my body did have reactions
Taking action when my body did have reactions (adding in supportive foods, taking it easier on other things, adding in more water and rest, recognizing stress is a big factor as well)
Checking in with myself and what i need
Separating my body size and my worth
Understanding, realizing and accepting that being a larger body size isn’t a bad thing