episode descriptions

1. Love Addiction & Insecurities with Katie Grimes 

Linda sits down with Love Addiction Coach, Katie Grimes (Host of Anything For Love), to talk about how insecurities can affect the way you give and receive love. They also discuss what it means to be in a healthy relationship with yourself, and with others.

2. Self-Love & Breaks from Dating with Janice

Linda sits down with Janice Dominguez to chat about her journey with self-love and self-improvement. They also chat about her experiences with her identity as a first-generation American. Janice and Linda both took a break from dating, so they discuss the benefits of that as well!  

3. Loving Yourself Through Cancer Treatment with Annmarie

Linda sits down with Annmarie Uliano to chat about her experiences with cancer diagnosis and treatment. Annmarie talks about what it's like to have a body that's constantly changing, and what she does to bring love to herself and her body. She also talks about what it's like to be in a relationship during treatment. 

4. Intuitive Eating & Eating Disorders with Meghan Kacmarcik 

Linda meets Meghan Kacmarcik, a registered eating disorder dietitian who practices Health At Every Size (HAES). They talk about intuitive eating, chronic dieting, and the complications of intentional weight loss. Meghan also talks about what dating looks like for folks who have disordered eating or eating disorders. 

5. Plus Size Fashion & Weight Loss with Chardline Chanel 

Linda meets Chardline Chanel, plus size fashion blogger & influencer. They chat about representation of plus size women in fashion and on social media. Chardline also opens up about her struggles with her health and talks about what fitness and weight loss looks like for her. They also chat about fetish vs attraction and how they navigate dating in Boston!  

6. Growing Up in a Bigger Body & Dating in Your 30s with Lauren  

Linda sits down with friend and colleague, Lauren M. They chat about the influence that others can have on your body image, especially as a child, and the ways they navigated that. They also talk about the difference of dating in your 20s vs. in your 30s.  

7. Body Politics & Dating with Liam Rice 

Linda sits down with Liam Rice to chat about his experiences with his body growing up, body dysmorphia, and disordered eating in general. They also chat about his dating life as a gay man, and his independence in his current relationship.  

8.  Endometriosis & Owning Your Sexuality with Caroline Reilly 

Linda chats with writer and reproductive rights activist, Caroline Reilly. Caroline shares her experiences with self-love and body positivity as it relates to chronic pain & illness. They also chat about what it means to categorize and define a relationship, while owning your sexual desires. And they talk about abortion rights too!  

9.  Postpartum Bodies & Relationships with Elizabeth Diana  

Linda chats with Elizabeth Diana, from the Glow Up Effect Podcast. Elizabeth shares her experiences with her postpartum body, and how to reconcile the expectations you have for yourself with what you can actually give yourself. She also talks about her relationship and balancing a family while taking care of yourself.  

10.  Fat Positivity & App Dating with Toni Caggiano 

Linda chats with Toni Caggiano, fat positive advocate and influencer! They chat about body politics, what it means to be fat positive, and the type of harassment fat bodies receive online. They also talk about being hyper-sexualized on dating apps, and how to navigate that world.  

11.  Size Inclusivity & Attraction to Fat Bodies with Kitty Underhill 

Linda virtually meets Kitty Underhill, a model, writer, and body acceptance advocate based in London. They chat about issues surrounding size inclusivity in the fashion industry, and she shares her experiences of being on the smaller side of plus size modeling. They talk about attraction to fat people, and how the ways in which we are socialized to think about bodies, affect the ways in which we date. 

12.  Quarantine F*ckboys & Virtual Dating with Courtney 

In this episode, Linda and her long-time bestie, Courtney Cooke, chat about self-love & dating during quarantine. They talk about the ways in which they are showing their bodies self-love while at home and they also chat about how they are virtually dating and coping with quarantine while single. 

13.  Being Kind To Ourselves & To Our Thoughts with Nika Salazar 

In this episode, Linda chats with Nika Salazar, an educator and theatre artist. Nika opens up about her experience with eating disorders, and how quarantine has impacted that as well. They chat about their cultural upbringings and how their issues with body image started at an early age. They also talk about how much they love love! 

14.  Unpacking Toxic Masculinity with Dion Bullock  

In this episode, Linda chats with her friend, Dion Bullock! They chat about his self-love journey in terms of fat positivity, as well as what self-love looks like as a fat black man. They chat about toxic masculinity and the difficulty of sharing feelings and emotions as a cis hetero man. Dion also shares his experiences with dating apps in New York. 

15. Conscious Language & Representation with Jill Campbell  

Linda virtually meets Jill Campbell, a copy editor and Conscious Language advocate! Jill talks about her work with editing works of writing about food and health, and changing the language to avoid "diet culture" and "anti-fat" lingo. Jill also shares her experiences with eating disorders & body image. 

 16.  Anti-Blackness & Desirability Politics with Da'Shaun Harrison 

In this episode, Linda chats with Da'Shaun Harrison, a writer, abolitionist, and community organizer based out of Atlanta. They chat about the intersections of anti-blackness and anti-fatness, and how fatphobia is rooted in white supremacy. They also chat about the ways in which attraction & desirability politics have impacted their dating life as a fat, non-binary, queer, black person.