Ep. 38 | Take Care, Take Up Space

Ep. 38 | Take Care, Take Up Space

From The Culture Of It All! by Melanie Knights

November 25, 2025 · 29 min

About this episode

This episode explores the concept of body trust and the impact of diet culture on our relationship with our bodies.

This week, we’re talking about something diet culture never wanted you to learn: body trust. Diet culture teaches us that our bodies are problems to solve. Fatphobia teaches us that distrust is our fault. And for many of us — especially those of us in larger bodies — that lack of trust is reinforced through stigma, restriction, medical bias, and years of being told we’re “too much.” The Culture Of It All! Podcast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. In “Take Care, Take Up Space” , I explore what it actually means to trust your body again — or maybe for the first time. From divesting from diet culture to navigating health anxiety, to understanding the difference between self-awareness and fear, we’re reclaiming the connection we were never taught to build. And of course: we’re taking up space while we do it. This Week I’m opening up about: * Why body trust is a neutral practice — not forced positivity * How diet culture destroys our ability to hear our own hunger, fullness, rest, and intuition * The ways fat people are pushed away from trusting their bodies * Navigating aging, body change, and the…

People in this episode

Host: Melanie Knights

Topics covered

  • body trust
  • diet culture
  • fatphobia
  • health anxiety
  • self-awareness
  • body positivity

Keywords

  • body trust
  • diet culture
  • fatphobia
  • health anxiety
  • self-awareness
  • medical bias
  • body change
  • mental space
  • emotional space
  • physical space

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