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Did you ever ask your body if it wanted to be skinny? With Melanie Richards

from Out Loud With Cindy Schwartz · host Cindy Schwartz

Most of us have spent years trying to shrink ourselves, and rarely stopped to wonder whether our bodies actually wanted that. Melanie Richards is the founder of Happy Tree yoga, and the force behind Fuck Skinny, a movement based in reclaiming joy, health, and identity from a culture obsessed with thinness. In this conversation, we talk about what disordered eating really looks like, how clean eating in the name of health and wellness can cause just as much harm, and the quiet devastation of living in a society that tells you that you are not good enough unless you meet its unrealistic beauty standards.  But mostly, we talk about what it means to finally learn to love yourself at any size.  This is a conversation for EveryBody. Literally. Please note that this is a sensitive topic in which we discuss eating disorders and the devastating potential consequences. Listener discretion is advised. Melanie's online series starting Monday, April 13: https://onlinecourses.happytreeyoga.com/spring-awakenings Melanie's website: https://happytreeyoga.com/ Melanie's facebook https://www.facebook.com/melanie.richards.10  The Anti Diet https://christyharrison.com/book-anti-diet-intuitive-eating-christy-harrison Health at every size: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_at_Every_Size  Cindy's website: www.becoached.ca 

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