Radical self acceptance. Interviews with Virgie Tovar, Dr. Komal Pandya and Dayna Mott.

The Lindsey Elmore Show

Lindsey Elmore

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine

5.0 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Lindsey Elmore Show, Lindsey and her guests tackle one of the biggest issues that women face: lack of self acceptance. First, Lindsey talks with Virgie Tovar, author of The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color and You Have the Right to Remain Fat. These books help to uncover unconscious biases against fat people and help people to accept the body they are born in, no matter the size. Virgie brings her own journey of radical self acceptance to the table, challenging people to rethink how they many see the world. Then, Lindsey sits down with Dr. Komal Pandya, who defied her family's expectations of her while still maintaining an excellent relationship with them. She learned how to accept herself and defined what she wanted her own life to look like, despite some of the rigid expectations her parents may have had of her. She talks how therapy, confidence and open communication can greatly encourage acceptance of self. Finally, Lindsey talks with Dayna Mott, author of Kinky Locks about how people with textured hair can care for it without exposing themselves to harsh chemicals that are often marketed to African Americans. She talks about the necessity of seeing textured hair in the media, saying an absence of textured hair only encourages young African American girls to believe they need to change something about themselves, instead of promoting self acceptance.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, friends to this week's edition of the Lindsay Elmore Show. Today we are tackling one of the biggest problems facing women.
0:10.8	Lack of self-acceptance. First up, I am going to be talking with Virgie Tovar. She is the author of the self-love Revolution and you have the right to remain fat.
0:23.6	These two books help us uncover our unconscious biases against fat people and help us to accept the body that we are in no matter the size.
0:35.6	Then I'll talk with one of my best friends in the entire world,
0:39.5	Dr. Komal Pandia, about how she learned to accept herself and defied her family's expectations
0:46.8	while still maintaining an excellent relationship with them. Finally, we'll speak with Dana Mott about how people with textured
0:56.3	hair can care for it without harsh chemicals that are so often found in products marketed
1:03.4	to African Americans. Thank you so much for listening to the Lindsay Elmore show. If you like it,
1:10.3	please share it with your friends and let us know what additional topics
1:13.6	you would like us to tackle by sending a suggestion over to www.lensi-almore.com slash podcast.
1:21.4	I can't wait to hear from you.
1:22.9	Now let's go on and let's get to the show.
1:26.2	Welcome to The Lindsay Elmore Show, a podcast that helps you find fulfillment amidst chaos.
1:31.6	On this show, I interview thought leaders, doctors, creatives, spiritual gurus, and game changers
1:37.1	who inspire you to pursue your dreams, overcome obstacles, and leave your mark.
1:49.0	Yeah. overcome obstacles and leave your mark. Hey there, podcast listeners on this week's episode, we are talking all about radical self-acceptance.
1:57.1	And our first guest on the pod is Virgie Tovar.
2:00.7	I'm so excited to talk to her. She is an author,
2:03.8	an activist, and one of the nation's leading experts and lectures on weight-based discrimination
2:10.2	and body image. She is calling us out on a new form of discrimination, not unlike classism or racism.
2:20.9	She calls it fat phobia and is a self-professed fat advocate.
2:26.7	Instead of simply being seen as human, too often fat people in the media are portrayed
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