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And World PeaceSarah Stevens: The Meaning of True Embodiment, Building Sanctuary Studios, & Culty, Problematic GymsMaggie sits down with Sarah Stevens to discuss the meaning of true embodiment, sobriety, building a movement studio, and culty gyms.
Sarah Stevens is a former healthcare executive turned writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. After leaving her career in corporate healthcare in 2016, she founded The Beautifull Project - a storytelling collective that has reached tens of thousands of women across the globe with its powerful message about learning to take up space.
Today, Sarah helps other people tell their story through Branded by Sarah Stevens, a small business offering a full suite of marketing services. She also...2024-01-291h 16
Shameless Leadership711: Sarah Stevens: How to Talk to Your Kids About Bodies and FatnessSarah Stevens is a former healthcare executive turned writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. After leaving her career in corporate healthcare in 2016, she founded The Beautifull Project - a storytelling collective that has reached tens of thousands of women across the globe with its powerful message about learning to take up space. Today, Sarah helps other people tell their stories through Branded, by Sarah Stevens, a small business offering a full suite of marketing services. She also serves as the Community Impact Officer at The Project of The Quad Cities, a nonprofit that serves people living with HIV and the LGBTQ+...2022-12-1449 min
The Beautifull ProjectWhen Death Opens a Door: The Lauren StoryThis is it, folks! The last and final episode of the last and final season of The Beautifull Project podcast.
And to honor the beautiful end of this beautiful work, we've chosen to talk about death, about the ways in which the end of a thing can give meaning to its life. We talk about our bodies and why it matters so much that we spend the days we have just learning to live in them. We make as much room for the mystery of the ending as we did for the beauty of our beginnings. And...2022-10-2046 minThe Beautifull ProjectS4: Ep. 3 Taking on Trauma: The Annika StoryWe can't have a season about coming back to our bodies without having a little talk about trauma, can we? Absolutely not!
While trauma seems to be a trending topic these days, the truth is that we're only beginning to understand the impact of trauma on our bodies. But while we may not know everything there is to know, we know enough to start taking on our trauma and carving out a path back to ourselves, directly through the experiences we've survived.
Listen in as Annika O'Melia LCSW, LISW offers her clinical wisdom and a...2022-10-0746 minThe Beautifull ProjectS4: Ep. 2 Finding Food Freedom: The Michelle StoryIf there's one place where diet culture runs deep, it's definitely in our relationship with food. From counting points to tracking macros, there is no shortage of suggestions out there that will continually remind us that we can't possibly be trusted to know how to nourish ourselves.
But Michelle Russell has a different idea. As a certified Intuitive Eating Registered Dietitian, Michelle knows that food doesn't have to be this way. She knows that it IS possible to learn how to trust ourselves WITH ourselves. She knows that food freedom is well within our reach, and she...2022-09-3047 minThe Beautifull ProjectS.4: Ep.1 Movement is Medicine: The Kali StoryThis episode is a how-to for healing your relationship with moving your body.
Kali Eastin, owner of the Kalioke Movement Lounge, brings a bit of her own story to the mic, but also grounds this whole conversation in solid science about what it means for us to move our bodies. She provides a path back to ourselves, using movement to get there, and ditching diet culture along the way.
If you want to believe movement is meant for you, too, then this is the conversation to get you going.
And if you want m...2022-09-2243 minThe Beautifull ProjectBonus Ep. 8: : Marylee: sweet potatoes and confidenceTeri and Marylee talk about diet culture and body image from a white and a Black perspective.
2021-11-1543 minThe Beautifull ProjectThe Beautifull Project: Ch ch ch changesHosts Sarah Stevens and Teri Voyna discuss a new look at The Beautifull Project 2021-10-1332 minThe Beautifull ProjectBonus Ep. 7: The Beautifull Project: Ch ch ch changesHosts Sarah Stevens and Teri Voyna discuss changes to the podcast
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Shameless LeadershipSarah Stevens: How to Take Up Space and Love Yourself in the ProcessIn 2016, Sarah left a successful, decade-long career in corporate healthcare in favor of work that better aligned with her passion and purpose. After serving for two years as a freelance consultant to small businesses and start-up nonprofits, Sarah founded The Beautifull Project - a storytelling collective that invites women back to their bodies and into a world where they belong with substance and with strength.Sarah is a gifted storyteller with a skill for using her own experience as a woman navigating the world in a fat body to invite her audience to encounter the parts of...2021-08-1144 minThe Beautifull ProjectBonus Ep. 6: Burn the Motherf*cker Down: Teri’s Story"If I'd been in a car accident and had a bone sticking out of my leg, would I get to the ER and have them refuse to fix my broken leg because I'm fat? Would they wait until I lost weight to pursue treatment? No. Of course not. This isn't different, but I still can't get what I need."
Teri was one of our favorite storytellers in Season One, and she's back to talk about all things medicine and marginalized bodies by sharing her own story of seeking care while living in a fat body. T...2021-03-2156 min
The Beautifull ProjectBonus Ep. 5: To Let it Go: Adriane’s StoryAdriane is a survivor of human trafficking and shares her story in this episode. She tells her truth from beginning to end, and is hoping this act of courage will allow her to let go of the past and step into the power of her present life.
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The Beautifull ProjectBonus Ep. 4: Seeing Me: Delia’s Story"I thought I lived a life where people saw me, and they don't.
Because I didn't even see myself.
And by "saw me," I mean people saw me as a black woman. I didn't see myself as a black woman. I thought I did. But I didn't."
Delia is a woman, a wife, a mother, and a force of a human being. In this episode, she shares her own reckoning with race, and its impact in her life. As she assesses a "world on fire," she offers the audience a way f...2021-01-2439 min
Anxious AFSeason 3 Ep. 4 - BeautiFULL AFIn this episode, Sarah tells a story about her experience with her previous therapist and the journey of breaking away. Then, she chats with writer, public speaker, and creator of The Beautifull Project, Sarah Stevens. We discuss what inspired her to create a blog/podcast on women and their bodies, her TED talk, and our relationships to food and diet culture.If you want to learn more about The Beautifull Project, go to https://www.thebeautifullproject.com/. Follow The Beautiful Project on Instagram: @thebeautifullproject Watch Sarah's TED Talk: https://youtu.be/Y12HpNKvobESubscribe to this show wherever you get podcasts...2020-12-2249 min
The Institute for Person-Centered Care PodcastAll Bodies Are Good BodiesIn this episode of the IPCC Podcast, guest host Sarah Stevens helps us navigate issues surrounding, health, weight, and nutrition in society and healthcare today. Sarah is a podcaster and the founder of "The Beautifull Project," a storytelling collective that invites women back to their bodies and into a world where they belong with substance and with strength.Sarah and her guests discuss how BMI hinders both patients and providers, why science is shifting away from individual-based approaches to fight excess body weight to a community-based approach, and the challenges providers face to become more person-centered when...2020-05-0725 min
The Beautifull ProjectBonus Ep. 3: I Just Want to Go Back: A Spilling Story"I just want to go back. To a time when we don't have fear. When we're not so sheltered from each other, from the external relationships with each other. I just want to go back.
Welcome to the first interview of The Spilling Stories, a special series dedicated to abandoning the idea that we need to hold it all together and showcasing the grit it takes to allow ourselves to spill over.
These are stories of resilience, of ordinary women who are willing to let their grief take up space, so that it can serve...2020-04-1032 min
The Beautifull ProjectBonus Ep. 2: Pushing Off the Bottom: A Spilling Story"It doesn't do me any good to try to struggle to the surface until I've touched the bottom. If you don't let yourself go to the bottom where you can actually find your feet, it's hard to know which way is up.
So, part of it for me is allowing myself the full sink, allowing myself to fall apart."
Welcome to the first interview of The Spilling Stories, a special series dedicated to abandoning the idea that we need to hold it all together and showcasing the grit it takes to allow ourselves to spill...2020-03-2731 min
The Beautifull ProjectBonus Ep 1: Spilling Over: A Mini Among the Madness"Maybe I don't need to hold it all together. Maybe I really need to just let myself spill over."
The Beautifull Project podcast is interrupting its regularly scheduled programming for a series of special episodes aimed directly at what it means to take up space in a world flipped upside down.
In this first special episode, Sarah unpacks her own reaction, explains some of the silence on The Project's platform, and shares a small shift that is working for her as she moves through her own fear and anxiety. She also throws in a little...2020-03-2020 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 3: Ep. 4: The Gray Matters: An Interview with Haley DeGreve"A lot of our conversations are filled with smile emojis, but at the end of the day it's leaving us empty. Just because we're more doesn't mean we're more connected... we need community."
In episode 4, we sat down with Haley DeGreve, college senior, marketing and communications major, and co-founder of The Gray Matters.
The Gray Matters is a mental health campaign that seeks to initiate conversation around the gray area between mental health awareness and stigma. The goal is to spread a message of hope, solidarity, and compassion. This movement is making waves on Haley's...2020-03-0739 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 3: Ep. 3: Use Your Voice: An Interview with Brandy Donaldson"I don't really now how this big, black lesbian got accepted into so many circles, but it happened for me. Since they let me in the door, I'm going to always have something to say."
In this episode, we welcome Brandy Donaldson - author, speaker, and activist - to the microphone.
Brandy began her journey into social advocacy and activism shortly after moving to Illinois. Her volunteerism has included Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley, the Rock Island County NAACP, The African American Leadership Society (Quad Cities), Dress for Success, Young Professionals of t...2020-02-2147 min
The Queer Family PodcastPoppin’ Out Kids and Praying RosariesSarah's life took a dramatic turn when her husband left her because he was gay. That's where her journey began. She figured out how to support her 3 kids, realized she was a lesbian, and learned to love her body exactly as it is. https://www.thebeautifullproject.com/ Email: ovariestalk@gmail.com Twitter: @dumbrobin @jamay16 @ovariestalk Insta: @ovaries_talk FB:If These Ovaries Could Talk Medium https://medium.com/@Robin633 Edited by Steph at EditAudio press: Brett Henne. ITOCT song Songfich
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-queer-family-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://red...2020-02-1753 minThe Queer Family PodcastPoppin’ Out Kids and Praying RosariesSarah's life took a dramatic turn when her husband left her because he was gay. That's where her journey began. She figured out how to support her 3 kids, realized she was a lesbian, and learned to love her body exactly as it is. https://www.thebeautifullproject.com/ Email: ovariestalk@gmail.com Twitter: @dumbrobin @jamay16 @ovariestalk Insta: @ovaries_talk FB:If These Ovaries Could Talk Medium https://medium.com/@Robin633 Edited by Steph at EditAudio press: Brett Henne. ITOCT song Songfich
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-queer-family-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://red...2020-02-1753 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 3: Ep. 2: Give Yourself Permission: An Interview with Gaye Shannon Burnett"It doesn't matter who tells you that you can't have access. You go and you see... 'Can I get in here?'. And maybe not today, but tomorrow you can try again. I think it's important for women to give themselves permission."
Welcome to Episode 2 of Season Three: The Mamas and the Makers. In this episode, we sat down with Gaye Shannon Burnett.
Gaye has been active in the local community with art and drama programs for young people for over 20 years. She is an artist with studio space at Bucktown Center for the Arts. S...2020-02-0747 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 3: Ep. 1: One Shameless Mama: An Interview with Sara DeanWelcome to Season Three: The Mamas and the Makers! In this first episode, we welcome Sara Dean, the original Shameless Mom, to the mic for an incredible conversation about what it takes to make something you love.
Sara is the creator and host of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast, a top rated podcast with over 2 million downloads. Her biggest passion is helping women own their space. After enduring her own identity crisis following the birth of her son, Sara took her background in psychology/health/ wellness and rebuilt her identity, one step at a time. Sara motivates an...2020-01-2553 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 15: Just Keep Going: The Sarah Interview+Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault+
"When the truth gets stuck in us, it crowds out the space that could be used for love and connection. Telling the story is a way to get the truth outside of me."
In this final episode of the Season of Survivors, Sarah sits down with her wife, Becky... not to interview her, but to BE interviewed by her, and to share a part of her own survival story she has not shared before. Sarah tells the story of her own sexual assault, a story she had buried from conscious thought f...2019-09-2935 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 14: Meant to Be Told: The Katie Interview+ Trigger Warning: Miscarriage +
In this episode, we sat down with Katie, a survivor of miscarriage. Katie unpacks her story delicately, the way you unpack some little treasure you've stored away for safekeeping. And in many ways, that's what Katie had done with this memory up until this point. She had kept the memory of "Baby T" alive inside of her, and wanted to share that memory with all of you. She hones in on the importance of slowing down with grief and not rushing the process. She also speaks to the idea that she felt she needed...2019-09-2932 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 13: Whole Again: The Rachel Interview+Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault, Spiritualized Trauma +
"And then one day, I sat up in bed, and said, 'I'm whole again.'"
In this episode, we sat down with Rachel, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and later, a survivor of an abusive marriage. Rachel grew up in a deeply religious context, and when her abuse was disclosed, she was silenced and told to believe that what happened to her was her fault. This belief took root in her, informing her decisions through much of her adult life, and ultimately landing her in an abusive marriage...2019-09-2858 min
Shameless LeadershipSarah Stevens: The Beautifull Project: The Truth About Fatness and Thin AlliesAfter leaving a career in corporate healthcare in 2016, Sarah set out to find work that better aligned with her passion and purpose. As co-owner of Black Pearl Coaching and Consulting, she served as a consultant to small businesses and nonprofits. Through this work, she accepted a position as the inaugural Executive Director with Lead(h)er, a nonprofit that connects women with mentors to fuel career and community engagement - a position she still holds to this day. In 2018, Sarah launched The Beautifull Project, an entrepreneurial effort that combined her past professional experience with her commitment to pursuing purposeful...2019-08-2852 min
Catching Your BreathExploring Grief: You Heal When You're HeardIn episode two of our four episode series on grief, guest host Brandon Carleton sits down with Sarah Stevens from the Beautifull Project to examine the power of making and holding space for people to grieve. Also, have you ever felt like you can't describe how you're feeling? Brandon offers a practical tip to help us develop our ability to put names to our emotions. You can connect with Brandon at: meaningfulagain.com Connect with Sarah & the Beautifull Project here: thebeautifullproject.com We will be discussing each episode in the Catching Your Breath community on Face...2019-08-2030 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 12: Hold Out for Hope: The Liv Interview + Trigger Warning: Eating Disorders, Miscarriage +
"I believe in the power of community, in surrounding yourself with people who can believe things for you that you can’t believe for yourself when you’re in pain. And I’m a big believer in hope. Hold on to hope. Hold on to hope that you will come out of this stronger.”
In this episode, we sat down with Liv, a survivor of an eating disorder, multiple miscarriages and the grief of holding on to a dream she didn't know would ever be possible. Liv is raw and vulnerabl...2019-07-1845 min
HP Podcast Backlog 1Body Image with Sarah StevensThis week I had the honor of connecting with Sarah Stevens founder of The Beautifull Project, which invites women to challenge the notion that they must shrink in order to fit, and supports them as they learn to use their voice and take up space. In this super powerful conversation we talk about what it means as leaders to step FULLY into our calling and accept ourselves from the inside out. Topics: What is body trust? How do we balance growth and acceptance? How can we show up FULLY and not shrink back? 2019-07-0828 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 11: My Pain Does Not Define Me: The Joni Interview++ Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence ++
In this episode, we sat down with Joni, a survivor of domestic violence who is committed to understanding the patterns from her past in order to find healing in her present. She is a gifted storyteller who expertly weaves the details of her lived experience into a story line that is recognizable to anyone who has suffered and survived a toxic relationship.
Joni has done the work to move through her past and offers the audience the hope that comes from healing. She is brave and articulate and full of passion a...2019-06-271h 15
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 10: Finding Her Deepest Joy: The Amanda InterviewIn this episode, we sat down with Amanda. Amanda is a survivor of birth trauma, a very real experience for many women who have given birth. Challenging the idea that the only "successful" birth story is the one that goes perfectly according to plan, Amanda shares what it was like to walk through an experience that didn't follow the arc she expected. She opens up about how the impact of the trauma didn't surface immediately, but when it did, it began to distort her understanding of the birth process as a whole - an important point for women to...2019-06-1354 min
The Beautifull ProjectComing Full Circle: Your InvitationIn this episode, Sarah sat down with Nicole and Kate, the team who helps her make the Project possible. Together they unpacked the profound impact this virtual community has had on them individually, and gave a little behind-the-scenes peek into what is coming next at The Beautifull Project. Stick around for the end.. there is an invitation included for each and every one of YOU!
For more information, visit www.thebeautifullproject.com/events2019-05-3000 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 9: The Power to Heal: The Jackie Interview +Trigger Warning: Sexual violence, domestic abuse, PTSD, depression, chronic pain, miscarriage+
In this episode, we sit down with Jackie - a woman who has survived serial trauma, beginning with a violent sexual assault during high school. The content of Jackie's story makes it one of the most intense of the entire season, but as the storyteller, Jackie does the most incredible job giving access to painful parts of her past without transferring her pain on to the listener. She is resolute in her determination to heal, and her resilience is a testament to the strength of the h...2019-05-0257 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 8: Your Brain is Bad Ass: A Little Healing with NicoleWe've spent a year and a half bringing you the voices of women who demonstrate strength and resilience. We have invited you to open yourself in the same way. But until this podcast, we never offered you any tools to help you put yourself back together after we invite you to let yourself fall apart.
Today's pod is the first of many full of tips and tricks from our very own beauty, Nicole. Nicole is one of the people who helps us create at The Beautifull Project. She is also a trained therapist, an artist, a...2019-04-1839 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 7: Know Your Worth: The Kira Interview +Trigger Warning: Sexual abuse +
"I had finally dug up some self worth and I was ready to throw it around a little."
In this episode, we welcome Kira to the mic to tell her story. Kira shares her story about the sexual abuse she endured at the hands of a trusted teacher during her adolescence, a story that is difficult to hear, but so very important to take in.
But at the core of Kira's story, the listener will discover that Kira's story is also about her desire to belong, to feel seen, t...2019-04-0436 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 6: Purpose from Pain: The Kit Interview+Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence+
In this episode, we welcome Dr. Kit Ford, Founder of Argrow's House of Healing and sexual violence survivor. Dr. Kit is a force for good in her community, and exudes a sense of purpose about her life in the most beautiful way. Dr. Kit's traumatic experiences do not define her, but have instead shaped her in a way that makes her able to lend hope and healing to other women. She shares her healing journey on the pod and provides inspiration and direction for other women who are surviving in their o...2019-03-2144 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 5: Hold Out for the Kindness: The Sarah InterviewThere is nothing more inspiring than a woman who challenges the expectations set in front of her and this woman… she has all the inspiration we need to remember what we are made of when our life requires resilience. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby, Sarah has lived and moved in a disabled body for her entire life. In this interview, she shares what it was like to navigate her adolescence, the ways she allowed the pain to take her to some dark places, and the hope she found when she began to find a way to hold ou...2019-03-0739 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 4: Whole and Wholehearted: The Stephanie Interview+Trigger Warning+ Eating Disorder, Depression
In this episode, we welcomed Stephanie to the mic. Stephanie is a survivor of an eating disorder and an advocate for other survivors. She has spent most of her life looking for healing… not just for the eating disorder, but to find a deeper understanding of herself, of all of the things that seemed to ail her. In this interview, she talks about belonging, about the ways she searched for healing outside of her, and about how much power she’s found having arrived at a place that gives her permi...2019-02-2151 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 3: Grit and Grace: The Maggie Interview"What matters most is how we walk through the fire." - Charles Bukowski
+ Trigger Warning+ Sexual assault, PTSD
In this episode, we welcomed Maggie to the mic to tell her survival story. Maggie is a semi-retired pageant girl and a two-time survivor of sexual assault. She transformed her pain into purpose by founding Trauma Queens, a nonprofit dedicated to helping other survivors of sexual assault - a bad ass, Beautifull move for sure.
But do you know what else Maggie is? She is tired. She is recovering from a major loss last year...2019-02-0757 min
The Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep. 2: Beauty from Terror: The Laura Interview"There is beauty in terror. No feeling is final. Just keep going."
+Tigger warning: Sexual assault, suicidal ideations, chronic pain, breast cancer +
The episode kicks off the Survivor Series with a powerful interview with Laura, a survivor of sexual assault, 6 years of unimaginable chronic pain, and breast cancer. Laura is a force, but a gentle force - she offers the audience a new perspective on suffering, one that turns the listener toward hope. She has words of wisdom for transforming pain into purpose, a transformation she has allowed herself to undergo as a re...2019-01-2552 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 2: Ep: 1: Welcome to the Season of SurvivorsPrepare to be filled, friends... Season Two is HERE! In this episode, Sarah spends just a few minutes prepping you for what you can expect from Beauti: The Interviews during this Season of Survivors. She talks trigger warnings, trauma, and big ass triumphs in this short intro.
2019-01-2308 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 16: The Mikhayla InterviewSurprise! A bonus episode with Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw, Miss Iowa 2018. Mikhayla opened up about growing up in a body that she felt she needed to hide, about her decision to believe that she had more to offer the world than her body, about her commitment to helping other women know the same thing. Find out more about Mikhayla and her platform - How About Hope - at her website. www.mikhaylahughesshaw.com. Enjoy this special episode and be sure to subscribe to the podcast before the January 24th release of season two - the Season of Survivors.
2018-12-2243 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 15: The Sarah InterviewIn this episode, the Founder of the Beautifull Project tells her body story. She shares her earliest memories about being a little kid in a fat body, about a lifetime of disordered eating and body dysmorphia, about finding freedom in a chorus of courage that refuses to shrink in order to fit. This episode is the final episode in Season One: Taking Up Space, and she discusses the plans for Season Two: The Season of Survivors. You don't want to miss this one.
2018-09-3040 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 15: The Ann InterviewIn this episode, we sat down with Ann, a woman who struggled to find her truth, but now speaks with a voice so clear and articulate that it's hard to hear anything but wisdom in her story. We made space in this interview for her story of living in a thin body. She laid out some great structure for the connection between weight and health, making way for a new understanding... one that is defined by the way our body FUNCTIONS as opposed to the way our bodies appear. We also talked about roller derby and burlesque and how...2018-09-221h 02The Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 14: The Jessica Interview- Round 2She's baaaack! Jessica joins us again, a happy, healthy, postpartum mama with some good stuff to share about the birth of her second child, about releasing herself from parent guilt, about beginning to accept the limits of her control.
2018-09-0935 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 13: The Nicole InterviewIn this episode, we make space for Nicole, an entrepreneur, an artist, a light to the people who are privileged enough to be near her. She helps us understand her experience as a child caught between her feuding parents. She sheds some light on the way access to food influences our relationship with food. She wants all of us to understand that fat is something she has, not something she is. This woman, and her words, are a gift.
2018-08-1956 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 12: The Teri InterviewIn this episode, we sit down with Teri, a woman who weaves truth and humor together into a story that invites the audience to lean in. She survived an abusive childhood, an experience that she’s allowed to galvanize her into a force that unapologetically takes up space in the world.
2018-08-0547 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 11: The Kim InterviewIn this episode, Kim talks about her own body story, one marked by her experience as an adopted child in a family with whom she shared no physical characteristics. Kim talks about searching for her people for the ones to whom she could belong and she ultimately channeled this sense of disconnection in a way that propelled her to discover the healing power of touch. As a massage therapist and body worker, Kim offers compassionate touch to her clients, accessing their healing by way of her own.
2018-07-2958 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 10: The Tiffany InterviewTrigger Warning: In this episode, Tiffany talks about surviving sexual assault and other forms of violence. She also references suicidal ideations and other substantial impacts of trauma. If any of these topics could be harmful to you, please exercise caution if you choose to listen.
2018-06-2454 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 9:The Jenna InterviewIn this episode, we talk with Jenna. Jenna is a woman with a story about awakening. She gently weaves her narrative through a childhood marked a body that was too much, around an adolescence tightly wrapped up by insecurity, and then directly toward a place of healing and transformation. She talks about starving and binging and obsession over every ounce of food that passed her lips. She unpacks her belief that the size of her body was directly proportionate to the amount of love she was worthy of receiving. She details the events that led to her healing with...2018-06-0352 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 8: The Ashley InterviewIn this episode, we interview Ashley, a mama, a wife, and a woman who has spent a lifetime trying to compensate for feeling like she was taking up too much space in the world. She tenderly shared a story from her childhood about understanding that she just didn’t fit, and went on to reveal the ways that she has worked to develop a personality that distracts people from the size of her body. We talked about people pleasing and the inevitable loss of self that we discover when we are constantly hustling for acceptance. We talked about raising da...2018-05-181h 01The Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 7: The Mom InterviewIn this episode, Sarah sits down with her mom to understand how generations of body stories help to shape our own body story. Her mama opens up about being a "chubby" kid, an adolescent who would do anything to be thin, and a woman who is working toward finding joy. Truth telling at it's finest and a true gift on Mother's Day.
2018-05-1351 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 6: The Jessica InterviewIn this episode, Jessica dives deep into the cultural narrative surrounding the pregnant body, the endless expectations placed on a pregnant woman, and the need for a new dialogue around what it means to be in a body that can grow another body.
2018-04-2648 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 5: The Delia InterviewIn this episode, we interview Delia, a woman who has demonstrated seemingly endless supplies of resilience throughout her life. Delia grew up with a white mom and a black dad in the 80’s. She lost her dad when she was in 4th grade, and had to discover a way to navigate a world of always feeling like she was in between. She was in between a black identity and a white identity, in between belonging to either world completely. She talks about finding a way to belong in her peer group as one of only three people of color in...2018-04-1954 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 4: The Courtney InterviewIn part four, Courtney Courtney dives deep into a conversation about the crippling impact of expectations. From our families, from our culture, from our communities. She tells a few incredible stories about the lengths she’s gone to in order to change her body. And most importantly, she demonstrates a ton of wisdom when she opens about what it means to just stop. Stop pleasing, stop performing, stop delivering on everyone’s expectations. Just stop.
2018-04-0924 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 3: The Rumaisa InterviewThis is the third part of a four part series with the models from The Beautifull Project. In this episode, Rumaisa talks about the intersection of culture, religion, and belonging. She opens about the vulnerability required to stand in your own truth in spite of what everyone might think about you. To find out more about The Beautifull Project, go to www.thebeautifullproject.com
2018-03-2617 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 2: The Danielle InterviewThe Danielle Interview by Beauti: The Interviews
2018-03-1519 minThe Beautifull ProjectS 1: Ep. 1: The Amber InterviewThis is the first of a four part interview with the models for The Beautifull Project. They share their body stories and expose all of the ways that they've attempted to shrink in order to fit. Find out more about The Beautifull Project at www.thebeautifullproject.com
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