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How To Breathe So You Don't Look Fat

How To Breathe So You Don't Look Fat

By Anna Mansell

A podcast created by author Anna Mansell, titled after a lesson she was taught at 8 yrs old. Here, she searches for body neutrality through conversations with everyday people about their relationships to body, food, and self.
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#HTBSYDLF - Episode 7, Nicola Montfort, aka The Soprano

How To Breathe So You Don't Look FatDec 07, 2020

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S3, Ep 6 - Emma Pullin
Dec 10, 202101:01:12
S3, Ep5 - Lorna Harris
Dec 03, 202158:28
S3, Ep 5 - Sarah Mills

S3, Ep 5 - Sarah Mills

Today’s guest is Sarah Mills, a disabled writer, performer, stand-up, content creator and passionate campaigner around invisible disability. You can see her web series, The Chemo Chat Show featuring comics like Phil Wang and Dara Obriain, here on twitter. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_DXNUSK07QN9nPa6K0aPug

We talked about what a colon cancer diagnosis does to your relationship to self, the advice from a doctor when she approached them about how to lose weight for health, the difficulty around talking about wanting to be slimmer or lose weight, and the stoma she calls Gillian McKeith.

You can find her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @sazzymills Deffo check out her series of recreated iconic pictures.

Whilst this is all free content that we love to create, if you’re able to support us, please do consider buying us a coffee, https://ko-fi.com/howtobreathesoyoudontlookfat

If you have any comments following today's episode, please do give me a shout on Instagram or Twitter, or drop me an email at howtobreathepodcast@gmail.com

Nov 26, 202150:08
S3, Ep4 - Kate Passmore
Nov 19, 202155:35
S3, Ep 3 - Rowan Coleman
Nov 12, 202151:00
S3, Ep 2 - Clare Lawrence Simms

S3, Ep 2 - Clare Lawrence Simms

This week's guest is Clare, a 54 year old bundle of fizzing energy, who shares with us her experience of body image and the menopause, the things she learned from her mum and how she rejected those ideals, and how much she loves people and the power of community, shared through her project, The Community Scarf, which you can see on Instagram.

You can follow Clare on Twitter or  instagram

And the book Clare mentioned, The Body is Not an Apology, is available at your local independent bookshop, or here.

Whilst this is all free content that we love to create, if you like what we do and feel you're able to support us, please do consider buying us a coffee...  https://ko-fi.com/howtobreathesoyoudontlookfat

If you have any thoughts following this conversation, please do give me a shout on Instagram or Twitter, or drop me an email at howtobreathepodcast@gmail.com

Nov 05, 202153:34
S3, Ep1 - Sofia Nazar Chadwick
Oct 29, 202101:09:54
S2, Ep 8 - Eden Elgeti
Mar 22, 202144:12
S2, Ep 7 - Mel and Gabbi Osborne

S2, Ep 7 - Mel and Gabbi Osborne

Today, I’m so grateful to be able to bring you two guests: mother and daughter Mel and Gabbi Osborne.

We’ve talked a lot on the podcast about the things we hear from our mothers, and how that has sometimes shaped our feelings about our own body’s. In today’s chat, we explore Mel’s relationship to her body and how hard she worked to not spread that to her daughter Gabbi, and the subsequent soul searching she did when Gabbi was diagnosed with Anorexia. We talk about Gabbi’s ongoing recovery. And we discuss the challenge around how much autonomy and privacy we should be giving our children when it comes to what they’re seeing on social media. We didn’t solve that one, so if you have any hot tips, do share!

I’m super grateful to both Mel and Gabbi for sharing their story so honestly, and we wish Gabbi continued wellness.

(Podcast references we made were with iWeigh, and How to Fail by Elizabeth Day. Elizabeth Day's book is called Failosophy, not Failology!!)

Mar 15, 202101:01:15
S2, E6 - Fiona Houston

S2, E6 - Fiona Houston

Fiona Houston, also known on Instagram as Fat_Black_Pregnant, describes herself as Fat, Black, late 30s mum to a lockdown baby. Her instagram page is all about building a space for women like her. We talked about the responsibility she feels towards other people, because of her race and size, the fear she inherited from health workers during her pregnancy, and apologising for ruining people's photos, just by being in them! 

If you have any thoughts following the episode, you can email us at howtobreathepodcast@gmail.com


 

Mar 08, 202101:13:40
S2, Ep 6 - Connor Spratt

S2, Ep 6 - Connor Spratt

Connor Spratt is a 22 year old, living in Edinburgh, working in mental health. I came across his account via the wonder of iWeigh and his ability and strength to talk about what it's like as a young male with an eating disorder, really struck a chord. I've been looking forward to chatting to him about his own experiences, and all that he's learned during his recovering. We talk about his feelings of invalidation and emasculation in relation to his eating disorder, the challenge that men have talking about their feelings, and navigating the tricky waters of activism when in an ongoing journey of recovery. 

If you are a young man, if you know a young man, and even if neither of those things are true, it really is a conversation worth hearing and I'm grateful to @recoveryconnor for taking time to chat to me. 

If you have any thoughts following today's episode, you can email us here. Or find us on Instagram and Twitter.

Mar 01, 202153:19
S2, Ep4 - Allie Carr

S2, Ep4 - Allie Carr

‘At a certain age, a woman must choose between her face and her body!’ Allie's Mum.

This week’s guest is Allie Carr. An artist, living in Sheffield, working at the University of Huddersfield.

Her PHD is called Viewing Pleasure and Being A Showgirl - How Do I Look? Her work explores the slippery multi-faceted performance of femininity, the contradictions in physical bodily display and the divergent techniques of hiding in playing sight - being the dazzling spectacle in the spotlight.

We talk about the role her mum played in validating her; dressing in a way that reflects how she thinks and feels, whilst making the most of the bits she likes best about her body; who has the right to decide if her body is okay, and we shared mutual pain at the progression of our ageing faces

You can find out more about Allie's work via her website:  alisonjcarr.net or follow her on twitter or instagram @alliejcarr and @modernshowgirl

Feb 22, 202101:01:46
Season 2, Episode 3 - Beth King

Season 2, Episode 3 - Beth King

Todays guest is Beth King, a 28 yr old nurse trainee also known as @Allthings_water on instagram. We talked about teenage diets, the lack of body confidence that impacted on her marriage, and fat shaming in the NHS.  

If you have any thoughts following today's episode, you can email us here. Or find us on Instagram and Twitter.

Feb 15, 202158:25
S2, Ep 2 - Val Reardon
Feb 08, 202101:00:49
S2, Ep 1 - Lizzie Bean!
Feb 01, 202101:00:41
#HTBSYDLF - Episode 8, Jeanette Bär

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 8, Jeanette Bär

Jeanette Bär is our lovely guest for this week, the final episode in Season 1 of How To Breathe So You Don't Look Fat. Where has this last 8 weeks gone, and who has listened to every single episode? In today's chat, we talked about how we talk to ourselves, to hair free or not hair free, and her soft, lovely mum. TW: There is also some chat about Jeanette's experience of IVF and miscarriage, if this subject is challenging for you, please take care of yourself. 

She is funny, warm, an all round delight. If you want to find her on social media she is @missjsoundtrack on twitter and @jbsoundtrack on Instagram.  She is also the co host of Sudden Double Deep, a podcast with her husband Daryl and their friend (and all round dude) Matt Brothers. A triple bill title podcast talking about three films, linked by a word in the title. You can find that, here and here.

If you have any thoughts following today's episode, you can email us here. And feel free to tag us in photos of you eating in the bath, here on instagram or here on twitter! 

Dec 14, 202001:03:11
#HTBSYDLF - Episode 7, Nicola Montfort, aka The Soprano
Dec 07, 202057:28
#HTBSYDLF - Episode 6, Clare Meardon

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 6, Clare Meardon

Clare Meardon is a former professional dancer, current pilates teacher and studio owner, and all round decent woman. We talked about her lock down body, how being a dancer shaped her relationship to body and food, and perhaps most crucially, what Lionel Ritchie smells like. 

Apologies for swears, we've both got gutter mouths! 

Since talking, she has also launched the instagram page @savvy4lifeonline for her online health and well-being community, www.savvy4life.co.uk where you can take advantage of a 7 day free trial of all their barre, yoga, pilates and HIIT classes, plus read up on nutrition and recipes for delicious, nutritious food. We've done a few of the online classes and they're great! 

If you want to get in touch you can email howtobreathepodcast@gmail.com or find us on twitter or instagram

Nov 30, 202059:55
#HTBSYDLF - Episode 5, Sarah Kennedy Norquoy
Nov 23, 202055:48
#HTBSYDLF - Episode 4, Sharmila Bousa
Nov 16, 202001:09:09
#HTBSYDLF - Episode 3, Froshie Evans
Nov 09, 202001:09:07
#HTBSYDLF - Episode 2, Matt Armstrong
Nov 02, 202001:01:32
#HTBSYDLF - Episode 1, St Ives Mermaid (Laura Evans)
Oct 26, 202001:04:24
How To Breathe So You Don't Look Fat - Introduction

How To Breathe So You Don't Look Fat - Introduction

Anna lets us into a few of the secrets as to why she's spent 35 of her 43 years in a shitty relationship with her body. This is a round up of why she's starting the podcast, and what she hopes to bring to it. A teaser ahead of the first episode being launched mid October.

Sep 23, 202003:33