The Magic of Body Acceptance with Jessamyn Stanley

About this episode

Jessamyn Stanley discusses body acceptance and the impact of diet culture in a conversation with host Alan Zweig.

Jessamyn just wants Alan to be happy, but, knowing he's an Aquarius, she thinks it will be challenging. In a wide ranging conversation, they discuss how the modern health and wellness industry has been co-opted by diet culture, why being bullied as a kid helped Jessamyn handle online trolling from Donald Trump Jr., the surprising truth about why every single man loves fat women, and how Jessamyn makes yoga more accessible by encouraging students to show up exactly as they are — even if that means crying or farting in class. Jessamyn Stanley is the Founder of The Underbelly - #1 yoga app for body acceptance, self-love and accessing your inner power. We want to keep making the show for you, but we can't do it without your help. Please consider joining Tubby 3XL at https://tubby3xl.supportingcast.fm/ . Not only will you help ensure we can start working on a second season, but you'll get all episodes ad-free, exclusive special episodes, rants, and musings, access to the new Tubby subscribers forum and community, and the 1st 200 subscribers will get exclusive access to Alan's unreleased show "I'm Alan, and I'm Obese". We want to hear from you. Share your story, your thoughts on…

People in this episode

Host: Alan Zweig

Guest: Jessamyn Stanley

Topics covered

• body acceptance
• diet culture
• yoga accessibility
• self-love
• online trolling

Keywords

• body acceptance
• diet culture
• yoga
• self-love
• online trolling
• health and wellness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Underbelly, Left of Dial Media

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