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Anti-Fat Bias in Healthcare & Chronic Illness: Healing Body Image in a Marginalized Body With Ivy Felicia @iamivyfelicia
What happens when medical care reduces a whole human being to a number on a scale? In this episode of Dr. Marianne-Land, I’m joined by Ivy Felicia, Body Relationship Coach and founder of Luxuriant Life, for a deeply grounding conversation about anti-fat bias in healthcare, chronic illness, and what it actually takes to build peace with your body in a system that often causes harm.
Ivy shares her lived experience as a Black woman of size navigating PCOS, autoimmune illness, thyroid disease, and repeated medical dismissal. We talk openly about the moment a provider told her weight loss surgery…
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