Flex Your Heart Radio

Y'ALL! This is the last episode of Flex Your Heart Radio! If you wonder why, you should totes listen. In this episode I talk to Molly of Gender Reveal Podcast! Molly Woodstock is a journalist and podcaster based in Portland, Oregon. They spend their work-days writing and editing for Travel Portland and Portland Monthly Magazine, and spend the rest of the time producing their brand new trans-normative podcast, Gender Reveal. Molly is queer and vegan and has a cat named after nutritional yeast.    In this episode we talk about FEELINGS. We love each other, we have poor mental health, we have survived so much and we're here to tell ya all about it.      A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all.   If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----    And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com.     ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill

First and foremost: our Reclaim and Revolt program is LIVE and tickets are available NOW! Spots are limited, it is DEFINITELY going to sell out, so sign up now!   Now for the episode:   In this episode, I am SO STOKED to be talking to Nicole Antoinette Nicole Antoinette is a writer and host of the Real Talk Radio podcast, where people come together to have honest conversations about their real lives. A recovering self-help addict and former goal-setting coach, Nicole is obsessed with helping people get to the heart of what’s true without judgement, and to exploring how we can use grit and grace to close the gap between what we say we want and what we actually do. Join the conversation at nicoleantoinette.com.   In this episode we talk about doing hard things! Specifically: Her fitness journey (knowing when to start and when to end an activity, recognizing when it's time to change paths) Real Talk Radio / self-employment / money Opening a business, watching it grow, and closing it down despite success Sobriety (the fact that Nicole does not identify as an alcoholic, didn't go through AA, and didn't hit a culturally-accepted "rock bottom" with drinking but still went through a lot to get sober and change her life in that regard.) and so much more!   A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all.   If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----    And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com.     ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, I get to talk to one of my favorite buddies, Travis! Travis started his life as a tomboy in rural Maine, blossomed into queer life in the early 00's in Boston and now enjoying being 40 and residing in Portland, Oregon. He loves hobbies and activities - especially when he can share them with other people.   Here is a list:  guitar, banjo, fiddle, quiltmaking, acting, contra dancing, square dancing, step aerobics, skateboarding, mountains and every sport one does on a mountain - snow or sun.   Last summer he thru-hiked The Long Trail in Vermont with his long-time best friend Tam.  He organizes and leads queer wilderness and backpacking trips for a living with The Venture Out Project.   Life goals include biking across the country on a tandem bike with his partner and living with queer community in the woods.   In this episode we talk all about finding solace in the outdoors, leading queer adventure trips, taking on as many hobbies as possible, and finding comfort being out and proud and living in the between spaces of gender.   A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all.   If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon    You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com.   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.    On this episode, I get to talk with Vanessa Friedman! Vanessa is a 28 year old queer feminist writer and photographer based in Portland, OR. She's fat, femme, and opinionated. Her words have been published at Nylon, SHAPE, and Autostraddle, where she is also the community editor. In 2017 she hiked 450 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail and 230 miles on the Camino de Santiago; in 2018 she plans to embark on another long hike, hopefully with 100% less toxic masculinity on trail! When she's not sharing all her feelings on the internet or walking long distances, you can find her cooking, crafting, caring for kiddos, and talking about astrology. She's a Capricorn sun, Gemini moon, Virgo rising, in case you were wondering. Follow Vanessa on twitter, instagram, and at her personal blog, vanessapamela.com. In this episode we discuss: goals, intentions and adventure, how we categorize failure, body image woes and toxic masculinity on the PCT, Carrot Quinn and the Lowest to Highest Trail, social media addiction, and so much more!   A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all.   If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon    You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com.   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.    On this episode, we have Alex Zaragoza!   Alex Zaragoza is a writer covering the intersection between culture and social issues, feminism, the border and other random stuff. She's currently an editor at We Are Mitú, the largest digital media organization serving the Latinx population, and a columnist for San Diego CityBeat. Her work has appeared in O Magazine, NPR, LA Weekly, Rolling Stone and others. Alex grew up in San Diego and Tijuana, crossing the border every day for school and work. She currently lives in Los Angeles.   In this podcast we discuss Alex's experience growing up in both Mexico and the US, what it was like to cross the border for school on a daily basis, body image and how that relates to familial relations (Specifically as it relates to her experience as a Latinx woman), pissing off white men, and so much more!   --- You can find Alex on her Instagram. ---   A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all.   If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon    You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com.   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, full time practical witch, Erin Aquarian! Erin Aquarian is a radical mystic, anti-oppression, pro-people pro-planet intuitive healer. She uses tarot and a mash up of other modalities to support people in healing and soul-truth living. Erin is an opinionated college dropout who quit her restaurant job in 2015 to be a full time witch. She is a trauma survivor, a late blooming artist, dream job maker, and a compulsive humanitarian. You can find her reading and teaching tarot in Portal-land Oregon or on the Interwebs.  In this podcast we discuss using magic to heal depression and anxiety, tapping into our creative power as a mode of wellness, what being a full time witch means, what it means to seek individual and collective liberation, and so much more!  --- You can find Erin on her website and Instagram. --- A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com.   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to powerlifter, mother, and all around bad ass, Cassie Haynes! Cassie lives in Philly with her wife, 2 yr old daughter, and 2 dogs. She has a BFA in theater from Pace University School of Performing Arts, a masters in public health from Tufts University School of Medicine, and a JD from Northeastern University School of Law. Currently she works as the Executive Director of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), the global governing body of the sport of roller derby. Cassie is also a prolific powerlifter, and she holds EIGHT PA state records across 2 weight classes. She is competing in IPF World Powerlifting Championships this November!  In this podcast we discuss: - How Cassie went from self identified "indoor kid" to champion powerlifter - Balancing motherhood with training and other responsibilities - How Cassie experiences white privilege as a black and biracial woman - Why #noexcuses is the worst hashtag ever and so much more!  --- You can find Cassie on her Instagram. --- A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com.   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to activist, musician, and social justice minded vegan entrepreneur Emiko Badillo! Emiko has been involved in ethical veganism and animal rights since 1997. As a Chicana/Japanese-American vegan living in a very white-populated Portland, OR, she works to bridge the gap between ethical veganism and other social justice movements by volunteering as a member of Social Justice Fund NW, Asians4BlackLives Portland, Portland Vegans of Color, and Better Eating International. She's dedicated to working, volunteering, and collaborating with different communities to fight against all forms of oppression against humans and non-humans. Her not-as-exciting day-job is as co-owner of Food Fight! Vegan Grocery.  In this podcast we discuss: - Veganism and how it has changed over a 20 year span - Punk rock ethics in business / not being taken seriously as a woman, brown, & punk business owner - Racism in veganism and racism in Portland   - Emiko's journey to quitting single-issue veganism and evolving into a more intersectional veganism  and so much more!  --- You can connect with the groups Emiko Discusses on Facebook via Asians for Black Lives Portland and Social Justice Fund NW . --- A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com.   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to feminist hero, Erica Smith! Erica Smith is a feminist sexuality educator and consultant based in Philadelphia. For 15 years, she has worked as a sexuality educator and advocate for young women and LGBTQ youth in the juvenile justice system. Her work also involves supporting trans and gender non conforming youth and educating other professionals on LGBTQ youth health and sexuality.  She holds a M.Ed. in Human Sexuality Studies and and a BA in Women's Studies.  She is a working class raised riot grrrl queer femme from a small town. Erica loves kettlebell training, powerlifting and being in the woods with her dog.  In this podcast we discuss: - Self identifying as a feminist since she was a small child - Erica's eating disorder struggle throughout high school and college - How she turned her eating disorder into college feminist activism, an academic project, and even a job - Boundaries and self care - Competition in strength sports  and so much more!  --- Because of her awesome boundaries, Erica keeps her social media private and doesn't have any public pages, but FYH listeners are welcome to follow her on IG @lolfemme. --- A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.    ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we have a vegan, feminist podcast roundtable with Molly of Smash Everything, Raechel and Mel of Feminist Killjoys, PHD and me- Lacy Davis! In this podcast we discuss: - Inclusivity in activism - Tips for eating for your gym goals while recovering from an eating disorder - Combatting workplace harassment and so much more!    You can find Smash Everything here and Feminist Killjoys, PHD here.  ---   A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons: Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill   

  Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to one of my personal fitness heroes, Courtney Marshall!  Courtney is a former English and Women's Studies professor turned community-accountable feminist fitness instructor and personal trainer.  Along the way she got interested in body positivity, but now she falls solidly in the fat positive camp- and she does think there's a big difference between the two. She is a member of the Body Positive Fitness Alliance and want to open a feminist fitness facility one day. She fully expects to go broke doing this work, because her goal is almost always to give it all away for free. She can't wait to tell you why!  In this podcast we discuss: - How Courtney handles people food shaming themselves or shit talking their bodies - What anti-racist, feminist fitness entails - The joy of giving her work away for free, and how free access to fitness enriches the giver just as much as the recipient and so much more!    You can find Courtney on  her Facebook or Instagram, or email her directly at courtmars@gmail.com. ---   A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons: Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill   

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Nicole J. Georges! Nicole J. Georges is a writer, illustrator, podcaster & professor from Portland, OR. Her Lambda Award winning graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, was called “engrossing, lovable, smart and ultimately poignant” by Rachel Maddow, and “disarming and haunting, hip and sweet, all at once” by Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home. “ Allô, dr Laura? was an Official Selection at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Nicole currently lives in between Portland and Los Angeles with her chomeranian best friend, Ponyo Georges. Nicole has a brand new book out, called Fetch: Fetch: How A Bad Dog Brought Me Home and in celebration she answers listener questions of all stripes.  In this podcast we discuss: - Relationships, polyamory, and big feelings - Creative projects and focus - How to make out with potential suitors - Snacks and so much more!    ---   A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons: Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill     

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Melissa Fabello! Melissa A. Fabello is a body acceptance activist, sexuality scholar, and patriarchy smasher living in Philadelphia. Currently, Melissa works as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media website in the world, and is a doctoral candidate in Widener University’s Human Sexuality Studies program, where her research focuses on how women with anorexia nervosa experience skin hunger. Her body acceptance work focuses on making peace in eating disorder recovery, striving toward eliminating size stigma, and bringing a more radical lens to the mainstream body positivity conversation.   In this podcast we discuss: - Thin privilege, and how it functions in our society - Health as just another performance of beauty - How body positivity cannot exist without feminism - How and why dieting just doesn't work (and isn't very healthy)  and so much more!   ---   You can find Melissa on Twitter and Instagram at @fyeahmfabello and subscribe to her newsletter at melissafabello.com.   --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons: Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill   

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Kulsoom Abdullah of Lifting Covered! Kulsoom Abdullah is a Pakistani-American competitive Olympic Weightlifter and was Crossfit Level I certified.  She attended the University of Central Florida and received her doctorate in electrical/computer engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.     Her website, LiftingCovered.com and Facebook page documents her experiences weightlifting in an effort to compete at U.S. national competitions.  She advocated to compete in clothing that adheres to religious codes, opening the door for women from cultures around the world to compete and move beyond preconceived notions of gender, race, and religion.  Her athletic feats and determination culminated in an invitation to deliver remarks following Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the U.S. State Department’s Eid ul Fitr reception 2011.  She represented Pakistan as the first female at the international level to compete wearing hijab at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.  She resides in Atlanta, GA and is currently taking a break from major competitions but continues to train.  She continues the cycle of empowerment by helping others and supporting relevant causes. In 2014 she was one of four women in The Pakistan Four short documentary - redefining what it means to be a Pakistani Muslim female, one of the recipients of the Georgia Influential Muslim Award and spoke on a panel at the Religion Newswriters Association.  In 2015, she was also presented in a 2015 calendar of female South Asian American role models, “Saris to Suits Empowered”, and she is on Team Shirzanan  (Persian for "female heroes") as a spokesperson and role model.  The team recently participated at RAGBRAI 2015 (The Register’s Annual Bike Ride Across Iowa) to celebrate our Right to Ride. Currently, she works for ADP as a data scientist.    In this podcast we discuss: - What it's like to go into the male dominated space of weightlifting and take up space as a woman - Effective ways to lobby monolithic governing bodies - Why she felt it was so important for those who want to weightlift competitively without the standard singlet uniform - How she modifies her lifting to continue training during Ramadan - Busting through stereotypes  and so much more!   ---   You can find Kulsoom on her website and Facebook Page, on twitter, and on Instagram.    --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons: Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Jes Baker of The Militant Baker!  Jes Baker is a Tucson blogger and author who is on a mission to turn our society's concept of beauty on its oppressive head as she knows for a FACT that every person in this world is worthy of respect and feeling valued regardless of their size, shape, shade, sex, ability, gender, age or health records. Jes’s blog covers a mixture of subjects ranging from the delightful to the uncomfortable. These topics include but are not limited to: notes on the hazardous journey of body acceptance, how to take boudoir photos, rape culture, reasons why you should get a million kittens, equality, feminism rants, why you don't have to be everyone's best friend, and general empowerment. Mostly, Jes just wants The Militant Baker to be a place in the blogosphere that offers fresh and colorful perspective on what is presented as normal to those immersed in our gender bent, body loathing society. She believes in the importance of body autonomy, ALL CAPS, self-love, mental health, strong coffee, and even stronger language.  In this podcast we discuss: - Making the shit you're passionate about your full time job - How the internet is inherently dehumanizing - Dealing with haters and trolls of all kinds - Removing ourselves from the concept of self love to seek total body liberation   and so much more!   ---   You can find Jes on her website The Militant Baker,  on her Facebook, on her Instagram, and her twitter.   --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons: Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! Body Positivity, Fat Liberation, Trolls, Self Employment, Self love 

   Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Kaig Lightner of Portland Community Football Club! Kaig holds a USSF National ‘C’ Coaching License. He has been coaching and working with youth for over 16 years.  In 2005 Kaig moved to Portland where he was the Head Coach of a U12 girls team and Co-Coach of a U15 girls team at Eastside United FC (now Eastside Timbers). During his time at ESUFC he also ran the speed and agility clinics and was the director of the U6-U8 Developmental League.  He left ESUFC in 2007 and returned to coaching recreational teams for Laurelhurst Soccer Club.  It was also during this time that Kaig decided to begin the process of transitioning from living as female to living as male.  This was a challenging and also incredibly rewarding process for him.  In 2007 he also co-founded Transactive, a non-profit that serves transgender children, youth and their families.  In May of 2017 Kaig came out as trans to the youth he coaches, and the story went viral. His kids reacted with curiosity, kindness, respect...and most of all just wanted to know how old he was. Watch the video here. In this podcast we discuss: - Sport as a tool of communiction, connection, and healing. - The importance of providing access to sport (specifically soccer!) despite income level.  - What it's like to grapple with gender identity, both as a child and as an adult. - Coming out as trans: from friends, to parents, to your job, and to the world.    and so much more!   ---   You can find Kaig on Facebook and at Portland Community Football Club.  --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons: Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! gender, transitioning, coming out, trans, F2M, trans man, soccer, accessibility 

  Trigger warning for this ep! Raechel and I have some real talk about our eating disorders! Feel free to skip this ep if that's not going to work for you and your recovery.

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode we talk to cartoonist, radio maven, and productivity expert, Jessica Abel! Jessica Abel is the author of Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You're Drowning in Your Daily Life , the graphic novel La Perdida (winner of the the 2002 “Best New Series” Harvey Award), Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars, as well as two collections of stories from her omnibus comic book Artbabe, and the graphic documentary (and podcast), Out on the Wire, about how the best radio producers in the world use story to keep us listening. Abel and her husband, the cartoonist Matt Madden, were series editors for The Best American Comics from 2007 to 2013. Together they’ve authored two textbooks about making comics, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics. Her latest comics series, Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars, debuted in November 2016. Abel recently returned from a four-year residency at the Maison des Auteurs in Angoulême, France to take up the chair of the Illustration Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She lives with her family in Philadelphia.   In this podcast we discuss: - Working your creative practice into your busy life, no matter what! - Procrastination and anxiety, and how the two are intertwined - The importance of having one solitary big goal  - Saying no to things that don't help you say yes to your larger purpose and so much more!  --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  and now....  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.    ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Before we start!   Hey! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    and now....   Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Gloria Lucas of Nalgona Positivity Pride!  Gloria is a Xicana womxn and the person behind Nalgona Positivity Pride. Straight from the Inland Empire, the DIY punk community in Riverside taught her to organize and activate. Since the age of 18 she has helped form Ladyfest IE, IE Riot Grrrls, and Women of Color for Decolonization. In 2014, she founded Nalgona Positivity Pride, after years of dealing with the violent lack of women of color representation in the eating disorder awareness community. Like the chingona womxn of color that came before, she creates spaces for marginalized folks to support each other and heal from the trauma of colonialism, eurocentric beauty ideals and disordered eating in communities of color. Gloria’s work has been featured at the Huffington Post, MiTú , Bitch Magazine, and The Body is not an Apology. Her most recent project is Sage & Spoon, an online support group for indigenous people and people of color with eating problems. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner and their cats, Pepita and Mister Orange. In this podcast we discuss:   - Historical trauma and colonialism, and the effects they have on eating disorders - The lack of diversity representation in the body positivity movement - Punk and eating disorders - Healing vs. recovery - How to have a self-care filled home based healing practice  --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me! You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! body positivity, WOC, racism, sexism, colonialism, punk, body trust, feminist  

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to sexually liberated woman, Ev'yan Whitney! Ev’Yan Whitney is a writer, sensualist, and sexuality doula. She helps facilitate, educate, and hold space for women and femmes who are seeking to come into the full expression of their erotic selves. She's also the host of the Sexually Liberated Woman podcast, which is an ongoing sex-positive dialogue that highlights, celebrates, and encourages sexual liberation in all its forms.   When Ev'yan is not writing or working on her podcast, she’s helping women step out of sexual shame and into their erotic power via one-on-one coaching and intimacy counseling. You can find more about her work at sexloveliberation.com and see her brazenly celebrating her sexuality on Instagram at @evyan.whitney. In this podcast we discuss: - Unlearning ancestral trauma in order to tap into our sexual selves - How non-monogamy helped Ev'yan to discover her true queer nature - Reconnecting with our bodies in times of depression and anxiety - Sexy selfies as a practice of taking up space!  --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! body positivity, queer, sex, wellness, health, orgasm, sensuality, depression, anxiety  

Before we start!   Hey! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    and now....   Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Caitlin Constantine of Fit and Feminist! Caitlin is an editor for The Penny Hoarder (a personal finance site aimed at millennials) and an endurance athlete who lives in the St. Petersburg area of Florida. She started running about ten years ago, and took up triathlon a few years after that. She blogs at Fit and Feminist and serves as a captain with the team sponsored by Coeur Sports, which is a woman-owned company that makes triathlon and cycling gear for women. In her spare time she volunteers as a guardian ad litem in the area's child welfare system and does activism related to reproductive justice and rights. In this podcast we discuss: - Transitioning from clumsy kid to ironwoman triathelete and ultramarathoner - Low income accessibility in fitness - The importance of social health and building community - Lifting weights to gain strength after domestic violence - How to climb your way out of low points in sport and in life.    --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me! You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! body positivity, triathalon, ultramarathon, run, bike, swim, health, wellness, body trust, weightlifting, fitness, feminist, fitness       

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to feminist art powerhouse,Sarah Faith Gottesdiener! Sarah is a queer artist, designer, writer, and intuitive Tarot Reader living in Los Angeles, CA. Sarah's various businesses strive to empower other women, queers, and femmes in different ways. She creates feminist gear and affordable art under the moniker Modern Women. For the past two years she has been the creator of the cult classic "Many Moon Workbook" - which explore various ways to work with the different phases of the Moon. She also teaches workshops and classes on metaphysical and spiritual subjects.  When not working, Sarah enjoys hanging with her elderly pit bull Phaedra and her sweetie, hanging out with her awesome inspiring friends, reading, and going out into nature.    To learn more about Sarah's spiritual work, classes, or to book a reading with her, go to visualmagic.info In this podcast we discuss: - making money while remaining critical of capitalism - the point where feminism meets business - what self-care looks like when you have serious hustle - how to develop enough self-compassion and self-esteem to make your dreams happen - and what to do when the haters come a'knockin.  --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me! You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! body positivity, art, feminism, design, business, hustle, health, wellness, body trust, intuition, self-care 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Alex Lannon of Fat Chance Coaching!  Let me tell you about Alex: Alex wants to live in a world where moving and nourishing your body has nothing to do with morality. As a Health at Every Size Personal Trainer and Health Coach, she focuses on dynamic movement and functional fitness. She is buff, she is stoked, she is a leader in thought around fat liberation.  When Alex is not powerlifting, you can find her performing with her queer electro pop band GAYmous or cooking delicious vegan meals. As a long time activist and counselor, Alex is especially excited to work with lgbtqia+ clients, fat folks, vegans, punks, survivors, those in eating disorder recovery and anyone who feels alienated by the mainstream health and fitness movements. Find out how to get pumped and feel pumped at fatchancecoaching@gmail.com and follow her Instagram. In this podcast we discuss:   - body positivity and how the movement has changed and been co-opted. - why we stopped dieting for good. - what body positive means to US vs. what it actually means in larger circles. - how "healthy" can be a damaging barometer of worth   and so much more!   ----   A statement on our name change:   I made a mistake when I decided to called my podcast Femmes to the Front. Although I still think it is a super catchy name, a version of it (Femme to the Front- so basically the same thing) is already in use. Activist Sofia Feroz coined the term and hashtag for a project that centers the stories of Fat Femmes, Disabled Femmes and Femmes of Color and I believe it is super important to keep that intention clear (and credit clearly traceable to the phrase's originator). So often Fat Femmes, Femmes of Color, and Disabled Femmes are left out of the dominant femme narrative. Femme(s) to the Front, as a hashtag and as a movement, needs to kept as an exclusive platform for these brilliant femmes that are so often ignored. This is not to say that Sofia claims "ownership" of the words (she doesn't!). It is to say that she has used these words to organize spaces and events with the focus on fat femmes, femmes of colors, disabled femmes (etc.) and while she doesn't own it, she does appreciate the credit and the opportunity to continue the focus on marginalized femmes. The name change is also not to say that my podcast (now titled Flex Your Heart Radio) will not also look to highlight Fat Femmes, Disabled Femmes and Femmes of Color. Of course I am here to offer a platform to those femmes! But let’s be honest- it is inappropriate for a white, thin, able bodied person (me) to produce work with a strong following, thus inadvertently taking credit for the phrase. Y’all I should have googled more, researched harder. If a cool hashtag is floating around, chances are it DOES have a source. I learned a lesson, and now I’m telling y’all so you don’t make the same mistake. Taking a moment of deeper excavation could have made it so this snafu didn’t happen. Thank you for reading and understanding, and a deep bow of respect to those who gave me a heads up about the name and to Sofia for her work. --- A very special thank you to our newest 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me! You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! body positivity, fat liberation, health, wellness, body trust, fitness, feminism, eating disorder recovery, intuition, risk, self-care  

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to resident sexperts, Oliver and Stacey. We discuss: - Lesbian bed death - How to handle being queer in a straight passing relationship - Vaginal dryness - Breaking out of vanilla sex patterns - Female ejaculation - Reclaiming the bedroom as a fat person - Talking to kids about sex   and more!    You can find Stacey's sexual assault advocacy group, No to Rape Culture here. You can contact Oliver by emailing oliveradamvictoria@gmail.com    ---- If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me! You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! sex, health, wellness, orgasm, fat positive, body positive, body trust, magic, punk, fitness, feminism, eating disorder recovery, intuition, risk, self-care      

Welcome to Femmes to the Front! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life. On this episode, we talk to Jenny Bruso of the body positive outdoor culture account Unlikely Hikers! Jenny Bruso is a fat, queer, writer and former indoor kid who’s been involved with body-positive activism for more than fifteen years. In 2012, an accidental hike revealed a new life trajectory of healing, self-care and adventure in the outdoors. Through her blog and the Instagram community, @UnlikelyHikers, she exposes and transforms preconceived notions of what an “outdoorsperson” looks like and puts a spotlight on diversity, inclusion and visibility in outdoors culture. She lives and adventures in Portland, Oregon. In this hour we discuss:   - How mental health can be healed with nature - Finding queer community in the outdoors - Exercising as a way to love your body instead of fixing it - Punk and feminism - Writing and so much more.  You can find Jenny on the Unlikely Hikers Instagram and on her website. ---- And now for me! You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Keywords! hiking, nature, body trust, magic, punk, fitness, feminism, eating disorder recovery, intuition, risk, self-care, anxiety, depression

Welcome to Femmes to the Front! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk and crushing it at life. On this episode, we will talk to Aja Vines! Aja is an incredibly enthusiastic inspiration, and in this hour we discuss: - Dieting vs. eating disorders, and how thin the line can get - Intuitive eating - Body positivity, and how to internalize external BoPo messaging - Meditation and other forms of self-care - Taking gigantic risks and big life transitions - Trusting yourself even when shit hits the fan You can find Aja on her personal Instagram or her food Instagram! ---- And now for me! You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Keywords! fitness, feminism, eating disorder recovery, intuition, magic, risk, vegan, self-care, trust

Welcome to Femmes to the Front! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk and crushing it at life. During this hour, we will talk to Amy Kuretsky! Amy K. is a SUPER bad-ass boss lady and in this hour we discussed: -Growing up punk and vegan and discovering that the lifestyle aided in chronic illness (no shade to being punk or vegan, obviously- this is just Amy's story!) - Powerlifting, and training for powerlifting competitions - Self care, especially for entrepreneurs - Acupuncture for Crohn's disease and other digestive ailments - Pairing self-employed hustle with concentrated self-care You can find Amy on her website and on Instagram. You can also listen to her podcast, Health fuels hustle! ---- And now for me! You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon   You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Keywords! fitness, feminism, punk, entrepreneurship, powerlifting, body positive, acupuncture