S2 E9: Experts | Embracing Body Trust with Nicola Haggett

Nicola Haggett (she/her) is a body liberationist, coach, & mentor whose work focuses on supporting folks to move beyond body positivity to unlearn body shame, reconnect to their body, and intentionally practice their way towards a world where each of us has more safety, compassion, and joy in our body.   She also mentors and provides peer supervision for coaches, dietitians, & therapists who are exploring the edges of their own body acceptance.   Nicola is a professionally trained and experienced life coach, Certified Body Trust® Provider, and Open Heart Project Meditation Instructor. She is also a mid-large fat human and her lived experiences navigating the world as a fat person are an important part of what she brings to her work.    We discuss:   - The Body Trust® framework   - Her journey with reclaiming the word fat   - Body stories and how to start rewriting your own   - The impact of oppression on body acceptance   - Grieving the thin ideal and the fantasy of weight loss   - Navigating the world in a larger body while on a journey of body acceptance   - Navigating pregnancy in a larger body     Nicola sees clients online from her home in East London, where she lives with her husband, Ricky, and their two kids. You can find her at nicolahaggett.com or follow her at instagram.com/nicolahaggett