This Is Not About Your Body

In this episode Jessi discusses the journey with weight through the lens of having Covid. We've spent the last few years in an odd world with so many body image triggers that come up around quarantine and exposure to other humans, but this focuses on the thoughts that came up while living with the virus itself.Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland

In this episode Jessi talks about their personal body image journey and the return to movement and working out in the time after submitting the manuscript. This meant spending time at Jessi's brother's home gym and the very deliberate and careful practice to reacclimate to movement and strength for the first time in a long time.Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland

In this episode Jessi talks about their personal experience with lip injections and the relationship with the Runner and Self Objectifier from the Body Image Avatars.Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland

In this episode Jessi answers a listener submitted question: "How do I adopt body neutrality while dealing with chronic pain and feelings of being held back by my body?"Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland

In this episode Jessi discusses whether or not fatphobia is an inherent element of weight loss in general. There are often folks who leave comments fiercely pushing back against the idea that advocating for weight loss can be actively fatphobic without really challenging that position. This episode seeks to explore the topic with more nuance. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of gun violence and reproductive rights.In this episode Jessi talks about the recent shootings in Buffalo and Texas as well as the current legislative push to repeal reproductive rights and how these both impinge upon bodily autonomy.Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of Gaslighting & abuse.this episode Jessi talks about the book Open by Rachel Krantz and how that relates to the concept of how you might see those who hold the power over you in these disadvantaged moments as being far more physically large or intimidating than when you're able to reflect back on that time after healing. This translates to body image as well, and how it differs from fatphobia; it's not so much that having a larger body is threatening, rather it's more the mental space it occupies.Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland

In this episode Jessi takes a break from writing the book to talk a little bit about the experience of stepping back on a scale for the first time in ages, especially after a history in the fitness industry where that action would have happened quite often. Through the pandemic and myriad other life changes, movement has been all too welcome bright spot so this episode is dedicated to the journey of stepping on that scale through the lens of Body Neutrality.Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/y4e6qUe3h7i9CmMG6 Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland

In this episode Jessi discusses how a lost tooth at a family gathering led to an introspective journey about the policy of not commenting on anyone else body/appearance.Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland

In this episode Jessi discusses Farida D, an Arab author and her writings about feminism. Her content has been taken by "male feminist" and repurposed as his own and this episode dives into that situation and the problematic issue of men leveraging "ally-ship" to take advantage of women.Farida D on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farida.d.author/Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://jessikneeland.com/products/av...Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland