43. Stories of Weight Stigma and Medical Fat Phobia with Ragen Chastain, Writer & Activist

Join Meg as she interviews Ragen Chastain on her personal experiences of weight stigma, journey to body acceptance and discovering activism. Ragen Chastain is a speaker, writer, trained researcher, Certified Health Coach, and thought leader in Weight Science, Weight Stigma, and the Health at Every Size paradigm. Utilizing her background in research methods and statistics, Ragen has brought her signature mix of humor and hard facts to college, corporate, conference, and healthcare audiences from Amazon and Google, to Dartmouth and Cal Tech, to Kaiser Permanente and the Diabetes Education Specialists National Conference. Author of the Weight and Healthcare newsletter, the blog danceswithfat, the book Fat: The Owner's Manual, co-author of HAES Health Sheets, and editor of the anthology The Politics of Size, Ragen is frequently featured as an expert in print, radio, television, and documentary film. Ragen is a National dance champion, triathlete, and marathoner who holds the Guinness World Record for Heaviest Woman to Complete a Marathon, and co-founded the Fit Fatties Facebook group which has over 11,000 members. Ragen lives in LA with her fiancée Julianne and their two adorable dogs. Website: http://www.sizedforsuccess.com/ Blog: https://danceswithfat.org/ Instagram: @ragenchastain About our host, Meg: Meg is a CCI certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and Founder of The Recovery Collective. She is the host of Full and Thriving: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast. Meg is now accepting 1:1 coaching clients and offers free consultations. Meg's website: www.meg-mccabe.com Join the Recovery Collective before Feb 2nd: recoverycollective.mykajabi.com Meg's Instagram: @meg_Mccabe / @the_recoverycollective FREE EATING DISORDER RECOVERY PANEL AND RRC LAUNCH PARTY (January 26th) :https://megmccabe.lpages.co/launchparty/