Body Liberation with Jenn Melyan

“Each body is a complete miraculous machine.”

Summary of Episode:

Jenn talks to Jenn Melyan founder of A Fat Perspective a platform that shares conversations about bodies of all types an how we portray the term “fat” in our society and culture. Jenn shares her experience on how gaining weight impacted her and why she created A Fat Perspective. From being dumped by her boyfriend to being verbally abused by her own mother about her weight, having no self confidence and tools to learn how to love herself in a fat healthy body. She opens up about her healing process and her journey and why she is so passionate about educating more people about body liberation, debunking fat phobia and more awareness so we can all have a positive approach to diverse bodies and the stigmas.

I firmly believe that the only way we can ever shift people’s perspective on anything is through sharing our stories. Until we are able to share and listen there is no room for hate.

About Jenn Melyan:

With a MA in elementary education, Jenn spent 11 years as a founding educator in a Los Angeles charter school. She developed curriculum across all academic disciplines as well as leadership models and social-emotional learning. Jenn then shifted her work from children's transformation to adults' by focusing on executive coaching and body liberation. Educated by E.P.I.C (Executive Performance Institute for Coaching), she trained in transformational 1-1 coaching as well as workshop and meeting facilitation.

Jenn works with both corporations and individuals to achieve seemingly impossible goals. She has been a keynote speaker at conferences and served on panels where the focus is primarily on women's issues. Jenn also coaches individuals on body-image related issues and helping them gain confidence. She is a plus-size model as well and has just recently completed her first, public bikini shoot. She was also featured in media publications such as HuffPost, ShououtLA, and VoyageLA.

Episode Resources:

Website / IG / Tiktok / Virgie Tovar / The Militant Baker / Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body By Roxanne Gay