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I'm so excited to kick off 2018 with a dynamic and fascinating conversation. Today's guest, Kaila Prins is a multi-passionate, creative entrepreneur whose list of skills range from burlesque performance and podcasting to copywriting and needle felting. We talked a lot about performance and all the things it helped her to reclaim and discovery after recovering from an eating disorder. We got into navigating life as a busy person with a lot of commitments, comedic relief, problematic comedy, and many many ways we can do less harm. This was a really fun one. Enjoy! About Kaila Prins: Kaila Prins is a body positive wellness coach focusing on recovery and health at every size. After recovering from anorexia, orthorexia, and exercise addiction, Kaila started her blog and a companion podcast called “Finding Our Hunger” to help others improve their relationships with their bodies and begin the journey toward body acceptance and recovery. Kaila received a health coaching certification from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She currently writes for Everyday Feminism on body image and is a member of the Everyday Feminism Speakers Bureau. She has been published, quoted, and/or profiled in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Fitness Magazine, Elle Magazine, xoJane, Psychology Today, Proud2BeMe, Greatist, Quartz, MSN.com, Healthline, Broadly, Claudia (Brazil), Klikk (Norway), and more. She currently lives in San Jose, CA and travels around the country and the world to promote body positivity and recovery. In this episode, Kaila shares: 1. Identity economics 2. Reclaiming the "gaze" as a performer 3. Asking questions of people you don't agree with
Welcome to Episode 13 Kaila Prins is a drag queen trapped in a cis-woman’s body—a performing woman who is performing “woman” under the stage name DeeDee Queen. DeeDee Queen is rewriting her story, disrupting Diet Culture, and taking down the patriarchy by taking off her clothes in body positive burlesque, pole dance, and drag performances and classes around California’s Bay Area (and beyond!). She is currently developing her first one-woman burlesque show, which combines body positivity, feminism, and cultural analysis with Broadway musicals. She currently teaches body positive burlesque classes in person in the SF Bay Area and over Skype She is also a body positive wellness coach who gives talks and workshops on body image, media literacy, behavioral economics, and was previously the host of the recovery podcast Finding Our Hunger. You can learn more about Kaila at performingwoman.com The Body Positive Fitness people to follow Kaila mentions are: Jessamyn Stanley, Roz the Diva, Louise Green, and Julie Creffield
Today on Date Yourself Radio I’ve got Body Positive Wellness Coach Kaila Prins. I recently met Kaila through a women’s podcasting networking group, and when I learned about her story, I knew I wanted her to share it with you all. Kaila describes herself as a happy kid growing up, but once she realized that boys were a thing you could kiss, have crushes on, and be crushed on, it sent her down a path of not understanding who really owned her body. What I really loved about Kaila’s story is that her journey from disordered eating goes beyond recovery. She wanted to live beyond the “strong not skinny” mentality of many women recovering from disordered eating. She went into a phase she calls discovery, which is about filling the void of obsessing over food + exercise with other things. Enter pole + burlesque dancing. Aka, dating yourself. In this episode, Kaila shares: How she didn’t know her body belonged to her How she started dating after recovering from orthorexia, anorexia, and exercise addiction How recovery wasn’t enough for Kaila to move beyond disordered eating About Kaila Kaila Prins is a body positive wellness coach, burlesque and pole dancer, and voiceover actor. After recovering from orthorexia, anorexia, and exercise addiction, she has set out to understand and overturn the reasons why we're all so darn uncomfortable in our own bodies. Using her podcast, Finding Our Hunger, as the medium and burlesque, pole dance, and drag as a message, Kaila Prins speaks radical truths about body positivity, health at every size, feminism, sexuality, and recovery...usually while covered in glitter. Grab all the shownotes at: veronicagrant.com/episode17 Join the Date Yourself Challenge: veronicagrant.com/dateyourselfchallenge
Finding Our Hunger, ice bucket challenges, bacteria soap, confidence, process and spot, importance of exercise, Thrive, cell phone usage, and stepping outside your comfort zone