In this powerful episode I sat down with Pia Schiavo-Campo also known as @MIXEDFATCHICH to talk about how we can learn to love, honor and embrace ourselves no matter our size. Pia is a fat writer, social justice warrior, style enthusiast, and a certified coach. She is also co-author of the book, Love It!: 234 Inspirations and Activities to Help You Love Your Body. You might be familiar with her by way of the Internet, public speaking or from features in Good Morning America, People magazine, and Yoga International Magazine. She made waves through the web with Chronicles of a Mixed Fat Chick, a blog that questions conventional notions of beauty and empowers women to take up as much space as they damn well please while dismantling the patriarchy. Pia believes that when women work together, they can heal and lead the world. While writing articles about body image, she has also spent the last ten years working in social justice at both the direct service level and policy level. She is currently a partner, and brand strategist with the social impact firm, Momentum Solutions Team. Pia is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She is Black and Sicilian, speaks Italian fluently, and lives in South Los Angeles her awesome husband, Will and hilarious son, Paolo.