Ep 17. Decolonised Self-Care with Laura Jean

For our collective liberation, it is crucial that our wellness practices go beyond the mainstream representation of individualised, material self-care. Laura Jean, APD talks about community care as a form of self-care that creates space for everyone, including marginalised and oppressed people.

In this episode:

• The "epiphany moment" book that turned both of us onto the non-diet path
• Self-care is an act of liberation, especially for oppressed and marginalised groups of people
• Unshackling ourselves from patriarchal ideas of what it is to be a "good mother"
• Differentiating commodified wellness from community care as accessible, equitable self-care
• "Who benefits?" and "What feels nourishing?" as ways of questioning self-care practices 
• Why emotional and comfort eating are not “bad”
• Food is much more than medicine
• The radical, feminist roots of self-care
• How white supremacy shows up for health practitioners
• Investigating needs, values based living, and self-compassion

Links:
Laura's Website, Instagram & Facebook

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