Hearing Our Own Voice
Hearing Our Own Voice is an anti-diet, weight inclusive podcast that centers Black stories and experiences. I have conversations with Black health and wellness professionals and fat activists who have taken a weight-inclusive approach to their work. My goal is to uncover the lies and myths that get sold to us, but more importantly I want us to explore how we can filter out the cultural noise and begin to hear our own voice .
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2020
Episode 6 Black, Fat Joy is a Form of Resistance with Amanda Gilliam
Amanda Gilliam is a super heavyweight masters weightlifter and the creator of Big Girl Barbell, a fat positive, body positive community for athletes and strength sports.
In this episode, Amanda and I…
Episode 5 The Radical Idea of Nutrition Services for Everyone with Veronica Garnett, MS, RD
Veronica Garnett is a Health at Every Size®, fat positive, and culinary registered dietitian with over 17 years of experience in the food and nutrition field. For most of her career, Veronica has wor…
Bonus Episode: Reflecting on the anti-diet, weight-inclusive approach
In this bonus episode, Melissa reflects on the conversations with the first 3 guests: Dr. Joy Cox, Courtney Marshall, and Ayana Habtemariam. There were 3 major themes that stood out: the importance o…
Episode 4 The Pursuit of THIN: More Harm Than Good? with Ayana Habtemariam, MSW, RDN
Ayana Habtemariam MSW, RD, LDN, is a nutrition therapist, certified Intuitive Eating counselor, and macro social worker based in Arlington, Va. She is the owner of Truly Real Nutrition, LLC, a privat…
Episode 3 Fit is NOT a Body Type with Courtney Marshall
Courtney is an English instructor and Associate Dean of Advising at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. She's been teaching exercise classes since 2015 and creates affirming fitness spaces that c…
Episode 2 Fat Girls in Black Bodies with Joy Cox
Dr. Joy Cox is a body justice advocate who uses her skill set in research and leadership to foster social change through the promotion of fat acceptance, diversity and inclusion. With 37 years living…
Episode 1 Welcome to Hearing Our Own Voice
Hearing Our Own Voice is a podcast hosted by Melissa Toler, a writer, speaker, and former health and wellness coach. Melissa speaks to Black health and wellness professionals about their weight-inclu…