Healthy At Any Size Melinda Parrish

Melinda goes solo in this episode to bring you up-to-speed on life with Baby Sammi, and the 28 Days to Freedom course. This is the last episode for 2018. The podcast will be back in 2019 with a new format and fresh, action-oriented content that you can apply to your own life!
 
Key Takeaways:
Your weight is going to fluctuate over time, this is normal!
 
We should all try to be the best person we can be, and living healthy is a part of that!
 
Mentioned in this Show:
28 Days to Freedom
Kara Loewentheil’s episode
My Bathtub Moment
 
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Conversations with Melinda Parrish, plus size model and body positivity influencer. Melinda has sparked the #healthyatanysize movement through her social media advocacy for women of all shapes and sizes to live a healthy, aspirational lifestyle that is not centered on weight loss. Each week, Melinda Parrish is serving up a dose of inspiration, information, and insight alongside some of the most influential voices in body positivity, health, and wellness. Melinda believes that women were not put on this earth to stand on the sidelines of their own lives, waiting to be good enough to get in the game and start living. As a society, we are wasting far too much of our time, money, and energy on becoming serial dieters, and chasing impossible standards of body perfection. This podcast offers an insightful look at the impact of diet culture on the lives of women, and offers practical, how-to approaches for women to apply to living a more healthy lifestyle. This isn't about fitting into our skinny jeans. It's about freeing ourselves up to become the women we want to be, and living at full amplitude in all aspects of our lives!

Megan Anderson, Physical Therapist and yoga instructor, works with women of all ages who are ready to take an active role in their health and healing! Megan’s practice was created out of her passion and drive to make women's health care more accessible. In her many years of clinical practice, she noticed that busy moms struggled to follow through with Physical Therapy. And it definitely was not for lack of effort! Megan believes that a healthy, happy mom makes for a healthier, happier family! So she’s committed to focusing on busy moms in her PT work. In this episode, Megan explains her work with Diastasis Recti, pelvic floor problems, and her approach to healing them. Plus, some tips for all of us to unwind and feel better right away!
Key Takeaways:
Diastasis Recti isn’t necessarily a bad thing! Separation of your abs, especially after childbirth, is totally normal.
Being a tight ass might be hurting you in more ways than one
You can take charge of your own healing!
Mentioned in this Show:
Megan’s Website
Refresh Yoga Studio
Honest Soul Yoga
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Angela Gulner is a writer, actor, and producer, as well as the creator of the series Binge, a dark comedy television series! She has taken her experience as someone in recovery from bulimia and put it into this darkly witty, heartfelt, and hilarious show! She and her team have raised the money to take their pilot and expand it into a full first season, which fans can’t wait to see. In this episode we discuss her personal history with eating disorders, how she went about turning that into a show, and what’s next for Binge (the series).
 
Key Takeaways:
It’s possible to take your suffering and turn it into amazing art!
Eating disorders (and other mental health topics) are gaining recognition and representation in the media, thanks to people like Angela!
Fixating on weight loss can consume our lives and take us out of the game in our lives, so go reclaim your time and energy for better purposes!
 
Mentioned in this Show:
Binge’s Instagram
Binge’s Website
Binge Pilot
The Blind Girl (Binge prequel)
 
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Jill Angie is a runner, author, and a running coach who is representing for the curvy-bodied athletes of the world! A self-proclaimed fat runner, Jill grew to love running when she stopped thinking about running as a means to offset calories, and started looking at it as a way to build up her confidence and strength. Running became a source of joy for Jill, even when it was difficult. That’s something we can all aspire to! In this episode, Mel and Jill talk about how Jill came to be a fat runner who loves running, Mel’s birth story, wearing a two piece even if you’re a fat woman, and how to use physical challenges as a launchpad to self love.
 
Key Takeaways:
You can be fat and still do things like marathons, triathlons, and other athletic activities
Running is not just a way to punish yourself for what you ate
Taking on physical challenges can be a launchpad to transform your thoughts and feelings for the better
 
Mentioned in this Show:
Jill’s book, Not Your Average Runner
Jill’s Instagram
Jill’s website
 
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IMG’s first Brawn Model, Zach Miko, sits down with Melinda Parrish to discuss his background, his experience as a brawn male in our society, his journey in entertainment, and his recent rise to superstar status. Zach gushes about meeting Tyra Banks IRL as a guest judge on America’s Next Top Model, his love of the new Queer Eye series, and ways that his wife nags him to take better care of himself. Zach’s paving a new way for men of size in the world and he has so much wisdom, confidence, and positivity to share with us all!
 
Key Takeaways:
Don’t shrink because you’re afraid other people won’t accept you at full amplitude
Men experience pressure to become more attractive and lose weight, just like women
You can feel like a failure even as you’re on a plane on your way to meet Tyra Banks
 
Mentioned in this Show:
Zach’s meteoric rise as IMG’s first brawn model
Zach’s podcast, “Big Things with Zack Miko”
Zach’s Instagram
 
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