ABOUT THIS EPISODE In this episode,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. Checkout Ragen Chastain Website: http://www.sizedforsuccess.com Blog: https://danceswithfat.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/ragenchastain Join Meg on a retreat to Portugal in 2024 Join The Recovery Collective: https://recoverycollective.mykajabi.com/ Download and Listen to these free 200 eating disorder recovery affirmations: megmccabe.lpages.co/200-recovery-affirmations/ Grab your Full and Thriving Merch!! https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryCollective Sign up for a free 1:1 coaching consultation with Meg http://bit.ly/3A1Cw5r The Recovery Collective Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_recoverycollective/ Watch and Subscribe to The Meg and Anne-Claire Show https://bit.ly/3cdHfIx Meg's website: www.meg-mccabe.com Meg's Instagram: www.instagram.com/meg_mccabe/ Support the show by purchasing anti-diet merchandise here: www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryCollective ...