The fat liberation podcast that holds the rage and the joy
Join host Sophia Apostol in her acclaimed, global top 2% podcast. Each episode brings you an honest conversation between Sophia and another fat person on how to flourish in an anti-fat world.
Episode 22 with Aubrey Gordon
In this rollicking conversation, Aubrey Gordon (she/her) explores her own journey with fatness, the levels that fat folks explore on their own liberation journeys, and what level she’s currently puzzling over. Oh, and there’s also some talk about her new best-selling book, her Maintenance Phase podcast, and how the heck do we find joy amidst the world of anti-fatness.
Episode 21 with Laura Farber
They met in grade 8, and have been besties ever since. Sophia and Laura Farber (she/her/hers) go back to those awkward teen years, remembering how they both felt alone in their body struggles but never talked about it. Laura shares her continuing journey with weight, body, health, and food in this very relatable episode.
Season 2, Episode 10 with Jenn Hicks
Creating spaces of safety, dignity, and belonging for all bodies is what Jenn Hicks (she/her/hers) excels at. From Nia fitness, to personal training, to the work she does within the dementia community, Jenn shares how she brings a social justice lens into her whole life. She also shares some wisdom on how we can remain connected and embodied in a world that actively tries to disconnect us, and she helps shift Sophia’s mindset to be more generous with her 78-year-old mother-in-law’s adherence to diet culture.
Jenn Hicks is a Black Belt level Nia Instructor and a member of the Nia Training Faculty, and Nia forms an important part of her body neutrality journey and supports her in living with Bipolar Disorder. As part of her DEI efforts, Jenn is proud to be training brand new Nia teachers using an Embodied Social Justice framework. Jenn is also a Certified Personal Trainer and a Size Inclusive Fitness Specialist and Health At Every Size (HAES) informed instructor and is a proud member of the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) and the HAES Community.
Season 2, Episode 9 with Alison Rampa & Erica Chiseck
Spurned on by the Maintenance Phase podcast episode about the horror of fat camps, besties Alison Rampa (she/her/hers) and Erica Chiseck (she/her/hers) decided to redesign the experience of a fat camp into an actual fat-positive camp. Trophy’s for biggest cannonballs, gourmet s’mores, midriff-baring clothing, and telling anti-diet ghost stories around the campfire are all part of the experience of inviting women and women-identifying to take up space and reclaim the camp experience at Camp Roundup.
Season 2, Episode 8 with Dr. Kerri Fullerton
A $2 bargain book on intuitive eating dropped into Dr. Kerri Fullerton’s (she/her/hers) life as she was quickly becoming disenchanted after a year and a half of attending Overeaters Anonymous. Now, her practice centers around intuitive eating support, and she’s debunking the myths you’ve heard about what intuitive eating actually is.
Dr. Kerri Fullerton ND is a HAES-friendly naturopathic doctor (2003) and certified intuitive eating counsellor (2018). She believes that everybody deserves compassionate, competent, weight-neutral care. Through her own recovery from disordered eating and body image challenges, Kerri learned that you can’t hate yourself healthy. Food interventions are NOT low-risk and restrictions are very rarely necessary for good health (yep, including sugar). Using humour and compassion, she helps her patients develop body respect, reconcile their food rules, and reclaim their lives. Her greatest passion is raising a generation that doesn’t look to their body for happiness, confidence or self-worth.
Season 2, Episode 7 with Vicky Bellman
Vicky Bellman (she/her/hers) embodies the thing that most of her clients are scared of- being fat. Her work with people across the weight spectrum calls into question all aspects of therapeutic support and how we talk about living and eating within diet culture. Also, Sophia becomes a Fat Elder.
Vicky is a therapist working in online private practice at Concentric Counselling - she's based in the UK with clients worldwide. She has particular areas of experience in trauma, and in working with disordered eating and eating disorders from a non diet, fat positive perspective. As a fat woman, many of her clients appreciate her lived experience of navigating the world in a bigger body. Joyful in her own fat identity, Vicky is passionate about supporting clients to embody this liberation, and create a more sustainable, fulfilling and affirming life. Vicky also works as a consultant with fellow therapists and healing pros who want to re-energise their practice or incorporate fat positivity into their practice.