And here we are, the last in the season and out last for a while, I'm sad to say. It's time I focussed on that book I keep talking about, as well as one or two other projects. I'll be back, probably here and there, rather than a full season. An

S3, Ep5 - Lorna Harris

Dec 3rd, 2021 58m 27s

This weeks guest is the fabulous Lorna Harris: a writer, a charity sector PR and sea swimmer from Whistable. 47 years young, Lorna and I chatted about the impact of grief on our relationship to food, the time someone put their child in fancy dr

S3, Ep 5 - Sarah Mills

Nov 26th, 2021 50m 8s

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

S3, Ep4 - Kate Passmore

Nov 19th, 2021 55m 35s

This week we have Kate Passmore a Cornish coastal walker, sea swimmer and marketing expert who shared with us the moment her body image shifted, the online ‘noise' around body image these days, and perhaps most importantly: Roast Potatoes.To g

S3, Ep 3 - Rowan Coleman

Nov 12th, 2021 51m

This weeks guest is the international best seller, Rowan Coleman. I've long admired Rowan's writing, and it was lovely to get the chance to chat about this subject with her. We talk about the years of being told she was greedy, sweet treats as

S3, Ep 2 - Clare Lawrence Simms

Nov 5th, 2021 53m 34s

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

S3, Ep1 - Sofia Nazar Chadwick

Oct 29th, 2021 1h 9m

Woohoo! We’re back! Welcome to Season 3 of How To Breathe So You Don’t Look Fat!We have 6 lovely guests lined up for the new season and kick off with the excellent Sofia Nazar Chadwick, a 54 year old British/Asian Muslim, Mother, Wife and Daug

S2, Ep 8 - Eden Elgeti

Mar 22nd, 2021 44m 12s

And here we are again, at the end of another season, and what an absolute corker of a conversation I have for you. Eden Elgeti shared with me the moment she started to notice other peoples relationships to their bodies, we explored the fact tha

S2, Ep 7 - Mel and Gabbi Osborne

Mar 15th, 2021 1h 1m

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

S2, E6 - Fiona Houston

Mar 8th, 2021 1h 13m

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 to

S2, Ep 6 - Connor Spratt

Mar 1st, 2021 53m 19s

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

S2, Ep4 - Allie Carr

Feb 22nd, 2021 1h 1m

‘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 Showg

Season 2, Episode 3 - Beth King

Feb 15th, 2021 58m 24s

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 f

S2, Ep 2 - Val Reardon

Feb 8th, 2021 1h

In this week's episode, we talk with Val Reardon, a New Yorker living in Cornwall for 40 years. We talk about the weekly weigh ins from her father, problematic language around weight gain, and taking her 11 year old daughter to Weight Watchers.

S2, Ep 1 - Lizzie Bean!

Feb 1st, 2021 1h

I'm so chuffed to be able to bring you Season 2 of How To Breathe So You Don't Look Fat! Today's episode we talk with Lizzie Skinner from Beanology, all about the persecution of imperfection, whether we believe in our enoughness, and that time

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#HTBSYDLF - It's Christmas!!

Dec 28th, 2020 21m 56s

We had not anticipated making a Christmas special when we interviewed a mermaid, back in October. But look! Here we are! A Christmas special. It features lovely people who've written lovely letters to their bodies, all of which made me cry. it

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 8, Jeanette Bär

Dec 14th, 2020 1h 3m

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

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 7, Nicola Montfort, aka The Soprano

Dec 7th, 2020 57m 27s

Nicola Montfort is The Soprano to the St Ives Mermaid (and her slave photographer.) She is an opera singer and photographer commuting between St Ives and Vienna. She loves the outdoors, all year round open water swimming, along with art history

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 6, Clare Meardon

Nov 30th, 2020 59m 54s

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, wh

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 5, Sarah Kennedy Norquoy

Nov 23rd, 2020 55m 48s

Sarah Kennedy Norquoy is an author, and all round great woman being the first to agree to let this rookie host, chat to her over the airwaves, for a podcast nobody had ever heard of. She was generous and wise and ever so patient, despite my bei

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 4, Sharmila Bousa

Nov 16th, 2020 1h 9m

Sharmila is a woman I've admired for quite some time: strong, powerful, authentic and inspiring. When I started this podcast, I knew she was someone I wanted to talk to in order to get an insight into how she carried herself with such confidenc

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 3, Froshie Evans

Nov 9th, 2020 1h 9m

This was a lovely chat where you can hear me and Froshie getting to know one another through many shared experiences relating to body image. Not the swimming though, I've never been into competitive swimming! In it, we talk about coping with ju

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 2, Matt Armstrong

Nov 2nd, 2020 1h 1m

Matt Armstrong is funny and clever. He was also once told he had muffin tops, right before he was due to "date" someone. They went on to NOT "date". His instagram search history isn't all puppies and half the time he doesn't know if he wants to

#HTBSYDLF - Episode 1, St Ives Mermaid (Laura Evans)

Oct 26th, 2020 1h 4m

In this, the first ever How To Breathe So You Don't Look Fat, we talk to Laura Evans, also known as the St Ives Mermaid, about learning to accept her body when she started 'washing up' on beaches, what it's like loving another woman with her ow

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

Sep 23rd, 2020 3m 33s

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

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