Hearing Our Own Voice is an anti-diet, weight inclusive podcast that centers Black stories and experiences. I have conversations with Black health and wellness professionals and fat activists who have taken a weight-inclusive approach to their work. My goal is to uncover the lies and myths that get sold to us, but more importantly I want us to explore how we can filter out the cultural noise and begin to hear our own voice .
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Welcome to The Ripple, where extraordinary women executives share their turning points, growing pains, breakthroughs, and triumphs to help you show up with confidence. Brought to you by Cofounder/Executive Producers Melissa Moody and Leslie Greenwood and hosted by Ashley Laabs (Composure Digital). This podcast is part of Wednesday Women - a company that spotlights extraordinary executives in an effort to raise visibility of women in our social feeds, keynotes, podcasts, and panels.
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Are You Being Celebrated or Tolerated? with Lori Richardson (Score More Sales)
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Having more women in sales isn't just good for women—it's good for business! Get practical advice for finding mentors and developing a supportive network from Lori Richardson, Founder of Score More Sales. She gives insider perspective on overcoming barriers in a male-dominated industry so you can keep climbing the ladder and grow diverse teams. Que…
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How Can You Invite Co-Creation Into Your Life? with Janice Gordon (Scale Your Sales)
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What if your customers were your best co-creators? In this epsiode we explore how collaboration, support, and relationships are challenging the traditional sales playbook. Janice B. Gordon, Founder of Scale Your Sales, shares the new rules for driving revenue with integrity. Questions for reflection: How can you invite more co creation into your wo…
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How Can You Make Work a More Human Place? with Samantha McKenna (#samsales)
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What does it look like to establish a human-centered approach to sales and company culture? In this episode, we sit down with Samantha McKenna, CEO of #samsales, to get a behind-the-scenes-look at how authenticity and growth became inextricably tied in her business. Questions for reflection: How can you be more authentically yourself in your work? …
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How May It Help to Ruffle a Few Feathers? with Brandi Starr (Tegrita)
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Stop people pleasing and playing it small with inspiration from Brandi Starr, COO at Tegrita. She shares how a mixup on her very first day in a leadership position set the tone for the rest of her career. Questions for reflection: Where would it be helpful for you to get comfortable with ruffling a few feathers? How can you use empathy to diffuse t…
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How Might You Take a Chance on Others? Featuring Mary Shea (HireQuotient)
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Learn what it means to refine your intuition and follow your gut from Mary Shea, Global Chief Evangelist for HireQuotient. She shares how calculated risks, curiosity, and great relationships helped her make huge pivots in her career. Questions for reflection: How might you learn to trust your gut more? How might you take a chance on others? Find Ma…
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Tune in to the trailer for Wednesday Women's new podcast - coming soon! The Ripple (coming in July 2024) is a podcast that captures the turning points, growing pains, breakthroughs, and triumphs of executive women leaders. By sharing formative moments from their journeys, we hope to create a ripple effect, inspiring women everywhere to show up with…
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Episode 6 Black, Fat Joy is a Form of Resistance with Amanda Gilliam
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Amanda Gilliam is a super heavyweight masters weightlifter and the creator of Big Girl Barbell, a fat positive, body positive community for athletes and strength sports. In this episode, Amanda and I discuss the connection between fat phobia and anti-Black racism. She also talks about how she learned to reject the harmful messages sold to us in tra…
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Episode 5 The Radical Idea of Nutrition Services for Everyone with Veronica Garnett, MS, RD
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Veronica Garnett is a Health at Every Size®, fat positive, and culinary registered dietitian with over 17 years of experience in the food and nutrition field. For most of her career, Veronica has worked with marginalized and vulnerable populations, particularly Black & Latinx & LGBTQIA+ folks living with food insecurity, substance abuse and mental …
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Bonus Episode: Reflecting on the anti-diet, weight-inclusive approach
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In this bonus episode, Melissa reflects on the conversations with the first 3 guests: Dr. Joy Cox, Courtney Marshall, and Ayana Habtemariam. There were 3 major themes that stood out: the importance of curating the media we consume; the care and compassion in an anti-diet, weight-inclusive approach; and the power we have to make significant changes …
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Episode 4 The Pursuit of THIN: More Harm Than Good? with Ayana Habtemariam, MSW, RDN
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Ayana Habtemariam MSW, RD, LDN, is a nutrition therapist, certified Intuitive Eating counselor, and macro social worker based in Arlington, Va. She is the owner of Truly Real Nutrition, LLC, a private nutrition practice where she empowers clients to give up dieting in exchange for trusting their bodies and breaking free from food rules that result …
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Episode 3 Fit is NOT a Body Type with Courtney Marshall
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Courtney is an English instructor and Associate Dean of Advising at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. She's been teaching exercise classes since 2015 and creates affirming fitness spaces that center the experiences of fat people. She’s certified/licensed in many fitness programs including Spinning, Silver Sneakers, AEA (aquatics), and her pers…
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Episode 2 Fat Girls in Black Bodies with Joy Cox
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Hearing Our Own Voice is a podcast hosted by Melissa Toler, a writer, speaker, and former health and wellness coach. Melissa speaks to Black health and wellness professionals about their weight-inclusive, anti-diet approaches to health. The conversations are centered around their journeys of unlearning harmful messages about bodies and reclaiming a…
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