The PUSH Podcast Season 1 Episode 8: Fat Phobia, Racism and Diet Culture

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10/21/20 • 38 min

We recently ruffled a few feathers with an Instagram post on how diet culture is rooted in racism. In this episode we dive in on how fat phobia and diet culture are directly linked to racism, how the pursuit of thinness doesn’t necessarily lead to health and ways to be open to self examination without getting defensive.

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The PUSH Podcast Season 1 Episode 7: How Your Body Affects Your Belief in Yourself

Think of a time that your body did something that you wanted it to do.

Now, think of a time that your body didn’t do something that you wanted it to do.

How did you feel about yourself during each those times? Chances are when your body is or isn’t able to do the things that you want it to do that you feel differently about the person that you are.

In this episode we talk about the variety of ways that your body can about affect your self belief in ways like strength training, pregnancy, postpartum, injury, weight, body size, aging and more.

Listen in to learn how you can begin to love yourself and your body as it is right here, right now.

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The PUSH Podcast Season 1 Episode 9: Mental Health, Racism, Fitness & How It All Ties Together

(Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss the events surrounding the death of Walter Wallace, Jr. who was shot and killed on October 26, 2020 by police officers in response to a call from his family for help regarding his mental health. )

According to the CDC mental health disorders are among the most common health conditions in the United States. If that’s true, then why is it so hard to talk about our own mental health struggles sometimes? Why do we feel shame surrounding feelings of depression and anxiety? Why are Black people and other people of color treated differently through the lenses of mental health?

And why the heck don’t we just stick to fitness?

Listen to this episode to hear more.