Podcasts

Nia and Embodied Social Justice

I’m so thrilled to share with you the most recent episode of the @madnesscafepodcast (with Jennifer Moorman Bolanos and Raquel Howard). In it Teresa Myers & I share our work with Nia and Embodied Social Justice. We discuss how being embodied is not only beneficial for us as individuals but how it helps us afford…

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Embracing Mindful Movement: Moving in Ways that Feel Good to You

Last week I had a rich conversation with Marie-Pier Pitre-D’Iorio, Registered Dietician and founder of The Balanced Practice (a team of health care providers who take an anti-diet and weight inclusive approach to support people in having a better relationship with food, their bodies & themselves). Marie-Pier and I discussed what it means to move mindfully and…

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Best Tips for a Healthy Body and Mind: Tea with Li

It was a special treat for me to sit down with my friend Li Koo who is Toronto based Realtor on her “Tea with Li” pod/webcast. We had a warm and candid conversation about personal autonomy and disrupting limiting and oppressive norms. It was honestly one of the best conversations I’ve had in quite some time, and…

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Arm flaps, back fat & my “family assets”

It was an extreme honour to be interviewed on Sophia Apostol’s fabulous podcast called “Fat Joy”. We celebrate what it feels like to centre happiness, authenticity and JOY instead of what our bodies look like. Here’s a taste of what we talked about.   Listen to or watch the whole interview here.

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Breaking Body Biases: Can Exercise be Harmful? Orthorexia with FitPro Jennifer Hicks

I recently had the honour of being interviewed by Christine DiFilippis of Breaking Body Biases.  Breaking Body Biases is an anti-diet and joyful movement podcast which amplifies the voices of fitness professionals, dieticians and health practitioners promoting HAES (Health At Every Size). How wonderful to talk with Christine about diet culture, privilege, choice making and…

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Jenn Drakes Arrays of Living

I was so grateful to have the opportunity to be in conversation with Jenn Drakes a couple of weeks ago on her show “Arrays of Living“. We discussed my favourite topic, Nia, and also about being kind to ourselves. At 4:12 Jenn & I discuss what Nia is At 6:50 we connect on the benefits of…

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My healing was ignited through joyful movement

Since I started teaching Nia in 2006, I have been in a process of recovery. Healing from adult onset anorexia and an exercise addiction was not easy. But it sure helped that I had the medicine called “joyful movement” through Nia. Now, almost 15 years later, I have been teaching Nia through a body/fat positivity…

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