Talking Out Loud with Danae Danae Mercer

Claire Falconer, a pre- and post-natal specialist, spent five years preparing her body for baby. So when two miscarriages happened in a row, she was left reeling. Her body, she felt at the time, had betrayed her. And she didn't know what to do next. So she contacted professionals. What she learned stunned her. Today Claire comes on our show to talk about loss, heartache, and eventually finding her way to her healthy baby boy. Here Claire shares everything she wishes she would h...

How do you handle someone commenting on your body? What if that person is a stranger on the internet? What if it's your mom? And what is the plus-sized modeling industry really like? Today's guest talks us through it all.Meet Denise Mercedes, the amazing model and influencer with over 1.4m followers on Instagram, and 3.5m on TikTok. Denise is the creator of the viral #stylenotsize hashtag.Denise opens up about self love, body image, and what advice she thinks you should know. For mo...

One in every two of us will be affected by cancer at some point in our lives. Today Dr. Philippa Kaye, GP and author, comes on the show to talk about cancer and body image. When Dr. Philippa was 39, she was told she had bowel cancer. It changed everything. “I spent my whole life firmly believing that knowledge is power. And then suddenly here I was, and the knowledge wasn’t helping me," she explains. "Doctors are always trained on what’s next. We’re trained to weigh up risks and ben...

Hollywood exec turned author Tara Schuster hit rock bottom, drunk dialed her therapist, and realized she had to change things in a big way. That same day, she started what would become a 600-page document on self love. Today Tara joins us to chat about her new self-healing book, Buy Yourself the F*king Lilies: and Other Rituals to Fix Your Life from Someone Who Has Been There.In this candid conversation, Tara talks about: What happens when we tear ourselves apart all the time Practi...

Jessica Ollie shares her yoga and fitness journey with over 850k people daily, and today she comes on the show to talk all things self love. Jess opens up about: relationships (and why she doesn't share them on Instagram anymore)how she's learned to stop comparing her journey to othersfinding her own voice even when other people disagreetrusting herselfbody image pressures in the yoga space feeling confident in her skinand so much more. To find out more about Jess, visit:&...

Clinical psychologist Dr. Saliha Afridi comes back on our show to talk relationships, Covid, and all the things women need to know. Dr. Afridi is founder of Lighthouse Arabia and an expert in body image.Topics discussed: - What to do when your partner tears down your body - How men struggle with body image - What happens when we internalize body shaming messages- Creating maps instead of boundaries- How the relationship with yourself impacts everything in your life- The power o...