Episode 140: With Alex Light

How do you feel about your body? Can you celebrate its wondrous function? Do you high five yourself every time you tie your shoelaces or carry a heavy thing? Do you admire your favourite bits and embrace your other bits? Are you happy with your size and shape or do you often see yourself as a …before picture "If only I were thinner, more toned, had bigger/smaller/perkier boobs?” We have run the daily gamut of diet culture for years, a happiness-threatening - hell, life-threatening - obsession with thinness and food. It’s exhausting, isn’t it? But help is at hand. Alex Light is dedicated to helping people separate reality from the air-brushed, patriarchal diet pressure that makes so many of us hate ourselves. She promotes body confidence and self-acceptance by talking about her own eating disorder struggles and pointing out the dangerous hypocrisies and downright lies in the media and fashion world surrounding women’s bodies. She co-hosts the number one podcast called Should I Delete That? and now she’s written a book, You are Not A Before Picture, and frankly we are little bit obsessed with her. We talk about all of this and more. Plus there’s a bolt-on with Abbie Miranda, the co-founder of Beija London, the sensational lingerie brand that has bravely sponsored this week’s episode.  PS: Visit www.beija.london for a look at their beautiful modern classics, from a AA up to a 36H. They also offer a free 20-minute online bra fitting if you are unsure about your size. Beija London are giving I’m Absolutely Fine listeners a 15% discount – just enter ‘themidult' at checkout… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices