You Sow What You Hope To Reap

Jen and Elaina

Two high school teachers discuss living in the patriarchy, life and work, mental health, personal growth and being positive role models for their students. Each season Jen & Elaina will take a deep dive into a different book, to learn, to discuss and to grow. In the first season of You Sow What You Hope To Reap, they read and discuss Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski (PhD) and Amelia Nagoski (DMA). In the second season (released May 2024), they dive into Brene Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection.

  1. MAR 2

    Chapter Four: Demoralizing Fatness

    In this episode, we read, analyze, and chat about how society inaccurately conflates morality and fatness. Kate presents some problems with this comparison and the implications for people of varying body size and shape. We reflect on some current events / issues, media representations, the role of capitalism and... the patriarchy. Ew.

    1h 31m

  2. 11/19/2025

    Chapter Three: Venus in Retrograde

    This chapter delves into some of the history about body image and digs into where and when "fatness fell out of favour". There is some historical information and modern statistics and research. Kate's candid discussion of fatphobia's roots in racism is sobering. Take a deep breath, babes. This is a tough one.

    1h 16m

  3. 10/30/2025

    Chapter Two: Shrinking Costs

    In this heavy research and scientific study chapter, Kate tackles some of the health related panics caused by fatphobia, internalized and otherwise. We share and comment on some of the studies and make observations about the systemic nature of fatphobia and the damage it does. Jen waxes poetic with her beautiful words and Elaina talks about 50 Cent (again). More importantly, to our listeners, we hope this episode helps begin (or continue) the shift in the way you perceive yourself and your body.

    46 min

  4. 10/15/2025

    Chapter One: The Straitjacket of Fatphobia

    For this episode, we reflect on the first chapter of Unshrinking - and it's a doozy. We chat about the various "arenas" where fatphobia does a lot of damage to the quality of life for people considered fat or overweight. We drop some hard truths and do some vulnerable self-reflection. Hope you can find what you need in this episode.

    58 min

  5. 09/10/2025

    Season Four Opener

    Welcome back for our fourth season of You Sow What You Hope to Reap! We are so glad you’re here. In this first episode, Jen and Elaina tackle the Introduction of Kate Manne’s Unshrinking. They share insights and discuss some of the big topics coming up in later chapters of the book. They gush about Kate’s brilliance as a writer and reflect on the journey to get to this point. They also acknowledge some of the challenges that will come with tackling a book like this. We can’t wait to start this next adventure with you so J & E

    44 min

  6. 03/19/2025

    Chapter 8: Real Self-Care is An Assertion of Power

    Here we are! The final chapter of Dr. Pooja Lakshmin's Real Self-Care. What an incredible journey this has been. In this final episode, we discuss changing our narratives to own our power. We chat privilege, growth, community and agency. We discuss, question, ponder, laugh and share. Enjoy!

    1h 16m

  7. 02/04/2025

    Chapter Seven: Real Self-Care Brings You Closer to Yourself Part One

    After a wee break - WE'RE BACK! In this episode, we tackle the first half of chapter seven. We get into core values and how they affect our decisions and goals. Just as important, Dr. Lakshmin challenges us (and the rest of her readers) to sit in our accomplishments and take the time to "digest" them. We laugh, we dig deep and we reflect. Happy listening!

    1h 11m

  8. 12/07/2024

    Chapter Six: Real Self-Care Means Treating Yourself with Compassion

    In this, sixth, chapter of Real Self-Care, Dr. Lakshmin explores setting boundaries with ourselves, Martyr Mode, framing our inner critic and the other voices and acknowledging we have a body and what it needs. While this may have been a challenging read, the subsequent conversation was enlightening and really helped to conceptualize the idea and how to be kind to oneself. We hope you enjoy!

    1h 35m
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Two high school teachers discuss living in the patriarchy, life and work, mental health, personal growth and being positive role models for their students. Each season Jen & Elaina will take a deep dive into a different book, to learn, to discuss and to grow. In the first season of You Sow What You Hope To Reap, they read and discuss Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski (PhD) and Amelia Nagoski (DMA). In the second season (released May 2024), they dive into Brene Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection.

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