Simi Krishnan's guest appearances

Simi Krishnan

And Then Everything Changed

The Body Myth

Rebecca Scritchfield

Cassandra Wilder

Morgan Walsh

Kate Manne

Robert Miller

Heather Vickery

Laura Davis

Leah Carey

Andrea Wilson Woods

Lisa Butler

Signe Darpinian

Rachel Coleman

Akilah Richards

Emily Davis

Dalia Kinsey

OwlTail

Simi Krishnan joins The Body Myth for a conversation about growing up feeling she didn’t match up to societal expectations of how she was supposed to look, the years of stringent dieting and exercise regimens she pursued to reach unrealistic goals, how she came to understand what being healthy means and learning to embrace body differences. Also in this episode: -the body image climate teenagers are faced with today -how stereotypes are changing -why weight as a measure of happiness is a moving target Outside of her role leading analytics, Simi Krishnan is also a Co-producer and director of The People Tree, a live Storytelling show in downtown Naperville, a suburb of Chicago. The people tree is a female founded and owned business focused on enriching the lives of the local community with real stories from real people. Community storytelling transforms and enlightens the teller and audience alike.  When we really listen and connect with the stories, they have the power to change us.The People Tree creates platforms and spaces for anyone in the community to share their stories in personal and meaningful ways.  www.thepeopletree.org  -- Ronit is a writer, teacher, and mom who has taught elementary school through high school and whose writing has been featured in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, Salon, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Writer’s Digest, Scary Mommy, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about her body image struggles and the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was named Finalist in both the 2021 Best Book Awards and the 2021 Book of the Year Award and a 2021 Best True Crime Book by Book Riot. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts’ 2020 Eludia Award and will be published in 2022. She is also host and producer of the podcasts And Then Everything Changed and Let’s Talk Memoir. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Have a body image story you’d like Ronit to read on air or want to take the Your Body and the World survey? Follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZiXP1FklUkWaYg4T6IAqFKDRp6OIvef4be8SRHVaaWt044w/viewform Sign up for monthly podcast and writing updates: https://bit.ly/33nyTKd Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://twitter.com/RonitPlank https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank Photo credit: Baran Lotfollahi on Unsplash Theme music: The Lighthouse by Sounds Like Sander 

Simi Krishnan joins The Body Myth for a conversation about growing up feeling she didn’t match up to societal expectations of how she was supposed to look, the years of stringent dieting and exercise regimens she pursued to reach unrealistic goals, how she came to understand what being healthy means and learning to embrace body differences. Also in this episode: -the body image climate teenagers are faced with today -how stereotypes are changing -why weight as a measure of happiness is a moving target Outside of her role leading analytics, Simi Krishnan is also a Co-producer and director of The People Tree, a live Storytelling show in downtown Naperville, a suburb of Chicago. The people tree is a female founded and owned business focused on enriching the lives of the local community with real stories from real people. Community storytelling transforms and enlightens the teller and audience alike.  When we really listen and connect with the stories, they have the power to change us.The People Tree creates platforms and spaces for anyone in the community to share their stories in personal and meaningful ways.  <a href="http://www.thepeopletree.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thepeopletree.org</a> -- Ronit is a writer, teacher, and mom who has taught elementary school through high school and whose writing has been featured in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, Salon, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Writer’s Digest, Scary Mommy, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about her body image struggles and the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was named Finalist in both the 2021 Best Book Awards and the 2021 Book of the Year Award and a 2021 Best True Crime Book by Book Riot. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts’ 2020 Eludia Award and will be published in 2022. She is also host and producer of the podcasts And Then Everything Changed and Let’s Talk Memoir. More about Ronit: <a href="https://ronitplank.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ronitplank.com</a> Have a body image story you’d like Ronit to read on air or want to take the Your Body and the World survey? Follow this link: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZiXP1FklUkWaYg4T6IAqFKDRp6OIvef4be8SRHVaaWt044w/viewform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZiXP1FklUkWaYg4T6IAqFKDRp6OIvef4be8SRHVaaWt044w/viewform</a> Sign up for monthly podcast and writing updates: <a href="https://bit.ly/33nyTKd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/33nyTKd</a> Follow Ronit: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RonitPlank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/RonitPlank</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank</a> Photo credit: <a href="https://unsplash.com/@baranlotfollahi?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baran Lotfollahi</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/mirror?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unsplash</a> Theme music: The Lighthouse by Sounds Like Sander

Overcoming False Images of Perfection featuring Simi Krishnan

An accomplished woman who seemingly had all the boxes of her life checked, Simi Krishnan could not have predicted how her world would irrevocably change just after she immigrated to the US. While experiencing the culture shock of leaving her UK home, her beloved father passed away and she had to fight the consulate to fly back with her daughter and be at her mourning mother’s side   Once there, Simi got the news she had cervical cancer. She pushed on, compartmentalizing her grief and soon recovered from her surgery and cancer-free, got pregnant. But her pregnancy was fraught with pain and complications, and after her son’s premature birth she lost him, too.   Beset with this new heartache, Simi drew her family close and went inward to heal. She came to the realization that she would never be completely whole again but that too was part of living. In this episode Simi shares her story and how she has learned to take care of herself and her family in a way that honors what they’ve gone through and what they feel and how their new life nurtures them.    Connect With Ronit: For more about this episode click here! Instagram Facebook

An accomplished woman who seemingly had all the boxes of her life checked, Simi Krishnan could not have predicted how her world would irrevocably change just after she immigrated to the US. While experiencing the culture shock of leaving her UK home, her beloved father passed away and she had to fight the consulate to fly back with her daughter and be at her mourning mother’s side Once there, Simi got the news she had cervical cancer. She pushed on, compartmentalizing her grief and soon recovered from her surgery and cancer-free, got pregnant. But her pregnancy was fraught with pain and complications, and after her son’s premature birth she lost him, too. Beset with this new heartache, Simi drew her family close and went inward to heal. She came to the realization that she would never be completely whole again but that too was part of living. In this episode Simi shares her story and how she has learned to take care of herself and her family in a way that honors what they’ve gone through and what they feel and how their new life nurtures them. Connect With Ronit: For more about this episode <a href="https://andtheneverythingchangedpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here!</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andtheneverythingchangedpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ATECpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>

It's Okay Not to Be Okay featuring Simi Krishnan