Fat Health -My Unpopular Opinion
Fat health. If you’re hearing that term for the first time it might sound a bit abrasive. However, as a fat person, the word fat is simply an adjective and is never used in a derogatory way when I’m…
Medical Trauma: How to Move Forward
Medical trauma is a thing. Whether it is a new term to you or you have personal experience with it; medical trauma is definitely worth discussing. What is Medical Trauma? Believe it or not, I couldn’t find one general…
Does What We Eat Really Matter?
I remember a time when I never really consciously considered what I ate outside of “does this taste good?” Growing up in a large family, food was a necessity and my parents main concern was balance and buying what…
Sleep Apnea – Busting the Myths Breaking the Stigma
Sleep Apnea is defined by the Mayo Clinic as: a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. Mayo Clinic Sleep Apnea has it’s fair share of bad press. More often than not it’s shrouded in…
Body Diversity Is Not About Condoning a Lifestyle
If there’s one thing I encounter daily on my social media, it’s the accusation that my existing in a fat body means I condone an unhealthy lifestyle. God forbid I’m not lamenting on how ugly I am, how dissatisfied…
Unpacking my Abelism- How My Disability Taught Me
Ableism is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as: “discrimination or prejudice against individuals with disabilities”. While that definition may seem neat and succinct; ableism behavior is so much deeper than that. Beyond the most obvious forms of prejudice such…