Leah talks about a consent violation she experienced during medical care last year, and also shares her insights into her own fear around exercising.
- Leah begins by sharing about her quarantine weight gain, which led her to confront a lifetime's worth of avoidance issues around exercise — and an insight into how that mirrors the effects a negative body image had on safety in her sex
- Leah shares a traumatic memory of assault at age 12 at the hands of her father.
- Built-in responses to trauma complicate our culture's idea that pushing through weight loss difficulties is just about
- Early socialization and sexualization for those who grew up in girl bodies adds further trauma and mixed messaging.
- Leah talks about an experience of violation of consent during a visit to a new Boldly, she addresses it after the visit.
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EPISODE CREDITS:
Host / Producer – Leah Carey (email)
Audio Editor – Gretchen Kilby
Administrative Support - Lara O'Connor, Maria Franco
Transcript creation – Jan Acielo
Music – Nazar Rybak
