Embodied
Episodes
Destined: Using The Stars As A Guide
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Omisade Burney-Scott is a proud Aries Sun-Leo moon-Virgo rising and has been looking to the stars since the ‘70s. She and her best friend...
Invested: When It Gets Uncomfortable With Family
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita shares an episode of “This Is Uncomfortable,” a podcast from Marketplace that explores the ways money messes with our relationships and life...
Renounced: Leaving A Religious Community
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita grew up betwixt and between two religious communities and never felt like she fully belonged to either. The upside? She had a lot of room to fig...
Undaunted: How Abortion Doulas Support You
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before recording this episode, Anita would have turned to Google for her burning questions about abortion. But now, she knows better. She meets two ab...
Aged Out: Life After Foster Care
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita had a terrible 18th birthday (she'll tell you later), but not much changed for her when she legally became an adult. For tens of thousands of yo...
Remembered: How To Grieve An Animal Loved One
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita is a dog mom. Her wire-haired, bearded terrier Oliver has been her companion through heartbreak, job changes and pandemic turmoil. She's never g...
Neurodiversified: New Representation In Romance Novels
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita's idea of relaxation often involves a good book. She's begun exploring the vast world of romance novels and was surprised to learn how much more...
Partnered: Mixing Business With Pleasure
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita does not work with her boo, but after sharing home office space for two pandemic years, she's started to wonder how couples who *do* work togeth...
Sobered: Reexamining Your Relationship With Alcohol
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita has not participated in a Dry January, but there are times when she's motivated to pay extra-close attention to her relationship with alcohol. M...
Overturned: Accessing Abortion Care In A Southern State Where You Still Can
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita's now living in one of the few places in the U.S. South without an abortion ban. As her home state becomes the nearest safe provider for million...
Caffeinated: The Science & Culture Of Your Coffee Habit
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita comes from a tea-drinking family, but she's happiest when she's holding a mug of coffee the size of her face. For years, she's been reading head...
Delivered (Part Two): No More Postpartum Silence
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita treasures sleep and moments of silence. So when she hears typical narratives of early parenthood that include unending cries and restless nights...
Delivered (Part One): Supporting A Post-Baby Body
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita has been around enough postpartum folks to know that there's a whole lot they felt unprepared for when it came to how their physical bodies woul...
Perceived: Disrupting The Blind Stereotype
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita got glasses young, and as a kid every time her prescription got worse, her anxiety about losing her vision spiked. She realizes now how much of ...
Re-Cleansed: Skip The 10-Step Routine, But Not Your SPF
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita finally learned how to put on sunscreen properly and care for her body’s largest organ, thanks to medical and skincare industry experts who gi...
Co-Parented: Raising Children In Community
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita turns the mic over to guest host Omisade Burney-Scott to explore the many ways folks are raising kids outside the nuclear family unit. First, Om...
Fated: Terminal Illness & No-Limit Love
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita knows there's no way she can prepare herself or her loved ones for the ways a terminal illness can alter their lives. But meeting people with in...
Counseled: How Sex Therapy Works
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita's clocked hundreds of hours in therapy, and she's a fan. But there's a part of the profession she hasn't tapped yet: sex therapy. This kind of c...
Scented: Life According To Your Nose
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita sniffs out what's so fascinating about the science of smell — and gets her mind blown. A psychologist shares why smell is our most emotional s...
Widowed: Living With 'Great Grief'
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita shares an episode of a podcast produced by her colleagues that gets her teary every time she listens (but in a good way). “Black Widow” from...
Televised: 'Sex Education' On Screen
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita has been inhaling the Netflix show "Sex Education." It's bold, not just in its approach to representation and inclusivity, but also sex. A criti...
Reimagined: The Sex Ed You Deserve (But Didn't Get)
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita remembers only a few things about her in-school sex education: humor-laden condom demos and pregnancy fear. It's safe to say, she had a lot to f...
Purified: The Lasting Legacy of The Abstinence Pledge
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita grew up in the 1990s, the era of Purity Culture. Unlike Britney (Spears) and Jessica (Simpson), she had no purity ring, but she's seen how absti...
Parented: Raising A Gender-Expansive Kid
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita declines invites to gender-reveal parties, but she gets why some expectant parents look to gender as a way of organizing the world — they've b...
Hooked Up: The Myth Of Sex With No Strings Attached
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita is confused about hook up culture. Is it a thing, and if so, who makes the rules? She talks to a recent college grad about her research on the s...
Dreamed: Inside Your Night Brain
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The name Embodied came to Anita in a dream, and she's on a quest to figure out how that happened. She talks to a dreamworker about strengthening the b...
Unfriended: When Your BFF Breaks Your Heart
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita got friend dumped for the first time in 6th grade, and she's still not over it. She talks to folks about the distinct pain of a platonic breakup...
Uncoupled: Thank U, Next
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita has no qualms about being an armchair therapist for friends going through a breakup. But sometimes she wonders how her advice aligns with what r...
Estranged: When Family Bonds Break
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita has a close nuclear family unit but knows that's not the case for everyone. Meeting folks who — by choice or circumstance — are estranged fr...
Floored: The Pelvic Muscles You Need To Know
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita figures out why everybody's talking about the pelvic floor. Turns out, getting-to-know the hammock-like structure of muscles we carry around has...
Vocalized: The Sound Of Who You Are
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita's voice is her bread and butter, but yours likely means a lot to you too. How we sound speaks volumes about our identities...but should it? A vo...
Painted: The Politics Behind Every Red Lip
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita applies herself to learning the fascinating history of her favorite item of makeup: bold red lipstick. Experts and aficionados tell her about in...
Accepted: Bringing Body Neutrality Into The Conversation
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anita brings the RESOLVED series to a close by revisiting a conversation about body neutrality. Fat activists teach her about radical reframes, includ...
Intuited: Trusting Your Body On What And When To Eat
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Intuitive eating is an approach to food and health that encourages tuning into your body’s signals about when, what and how much to eat. Anita talks...
Dieted: Unlearning Lessons From Thin-Obsessed Culture
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Diet culture is the water we're all swimming in. Anita unpacks the science that props it up with a registered dietician and certified internal medicin...
Muscled: Competitive Bodybuilders On Strength And Sacrifice
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Athletes who push their bodies to muscular limits take Anita inside their physique sport. She explores their personal motivations and talks with a hea...
Unbuttoned: The Surprising History Of Lingerie
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita stopped wearing real bras in the pandemic. But that doesn't mean she's stopped eyeing lingerie. Lingerie aficionados — including a historian, ...
Napped: The Right To Remain Rested
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita doesn't slow down...until her body demands it. That's thanks in part to a culture that values productivity, making true rest a challenge for man...
Primed: Getting Ready To Grow Old
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita's parents have told her that they want their aging process to be easy on her and her siblings. But how does that intention become reality? Anita...
Aced: Love, Romance And Asexuality
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita learns from folks who identify as the A on the LGBTQIA spectrum. It's a sexual identity that's long been ignored, minimized and misunderstood. T...
Feminized: Aligning Your Inner And Outer Selves
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita meets folks who've undergone facial feminization surgery as part of their gender confirmation process. FFS is a set of bone and soft tissue surg...
Menopaused: Life's Misunderstood Chapter
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita sometimes fantasizes about no longer having to deal with having a period. But folks along the perimenopausal parkway remind her that menopause i...
Tracked: How Tech Can Be A Tool Of Abuse
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita learns about how the smart devices that keep many of us connected have also contributed to the rise of a new type of intimate partner violence. ...
Coordinated: The Making Of A Sex Scene
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita now knows why sex scenes in some of her favorite recent TV shows look a whole lot more like real life: intimacy coordinators. Two of them join h...
Cleansed: Skip The 10-Step Routine, But Not Your SPF
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita finally learned how to put on sunscreen properly and care for her body’s largest organ, thanks to medical and skincare industry experts who gi...
Overnighted: 24-Hour Childcare Center Workers Are An Extension Of Families
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita learns daycare for children can continue well into the night thanks to facilities open around the clock meeting the needs of parents working non...
Snipped: Why A Vasectomy Is A Great Idea
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita learns the science behind the most effective form of birth control and hears from a sociologist about how getting a vasectomy transformed his re...
Accepted: Why Feeling Neutral About Your Body Can Be A Good Thing
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita acknowledges that looking in the mirror and loving everything she sees may be unrealistic. Fat activists teach her about radical reframes, inclu...
Transitioned: Death Doulas On Dying Well
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita's only had a handful of up-close experiences with dying people, and it's something she'd rather not think about. It's the antithesis to the phil...
Naked: No Clothes, No Problem
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita learns about non-sexual, social nudity and why opting to live life mostly in the nude could actually make her think about her body LESS. Meet t...
TLDR: You'll Be Hearing More From Us
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita shares an exciting announcement about the Embodied podcast and what you can expect in your feeds starting next week! Follow Embodied on Twitter...
Incarcerated: Love In Lockdown
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita loves a good romantic story — especially when lovers prevail against all odds. There are a million reasons to give up on happily ever after wh...
Discussed: Tips On Taking Conversations Into Tough Territory
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita may not shy away when conversations get uncomfortable, but approaching difficult topics can depend on who you're talking to and which self you'r...
(Un)Rested: Awakening Our Understanding Of Sleep
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita has little trouble knocking out for a good night's sleep. But feeling well rested all the time? That's a little more complicated. Why do our bod...
Disabled: Dating And Sex In The Body You Have
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita surprised herself with judgements she made about others with only a photo to go on during her years of online dating. Such bias and misconceptio...
Adopted: Claiming Space For Transracial Kids
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita has the skin privilege of a white woman and the upbringing of an Indian-American girl. That can make belonging a challenge, something like what ...
Returned: Bouncing Back With Boomerang Love
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If Anita weren't boo'd up, she might wonder if there's someone in her life she already knows who is a good romantic match for her. But is it healthy t...
Infected: Putting Misinformation About Herpes To Bed
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita, like many of us, was essentially taught that a herpes diagnosis means the end of a good sex life. Now it's time for a real education about the ...
Played: What Today's Generation Of Gamers Get Right
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita is over adulting and would love to lose herself in some serious play time. She's never been a gamer but is intrigued by how video games help us ...
Terminated: Abortion Stories You Won't Hear From Hollywood
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita appreciates how movies and TV are now more representative in portraying narratives about pregnancy termination. But those stories can't compete ...
Shaved: Our Tangled Relationship With Body Hair
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita combs through her own tangled relationship with body hair and asks why so many of us invest time and money on removal methods. Meet the guests:...
Trailer: Season Two
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Embodied is back for a second season!
Embattled: Trans Troops On A Mission For Equality
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anita says all the time "what's personal is political." So, she's interested to see how a new presidential administration will affect the ability of t...
Transitioned: The Double Shift
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita is all kinds of in love with her newborn niece, a relationship that has her thinking more about motherhood. Her thoughts on the matter are at le...
Aged: Sexual Desire And Dating After 50
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita is admittedly anxious about aging and what she'll have to re-negotiate about her body and her relationships as she gets older. Wisdom wanted.Mee...
Gendered: What It's Like To Be Trans In The Exam Room
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita knows how frustrating it can be to find the right doctor and get good healthcare. Transgender people have to navigate all those challenges and t...
Mothered: Raising Kids Radically
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita is thinking more and more about entering the club of motherhood. But first, she'd appreciate a reality check on things we don't often talk about...
Othered: The Only One In The Room
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita loves podcasts, especially ones that make space for intimate, unexpected conversations. "The Only One In The Room," hosted by Laura Cathcart Rob...
Pooped: The Second Brain Inside Us
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita has a gut feeling none of us know as much as we should about the connection between our intestinal health and how our minds work. Meet the gues...
Burned: The Stress Threshold
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita is a workaholic. Being overworked stresses Anita out. Too much stress leads to poor health. Don't be like Anita. Meet the guests: - Amelia Nag...
SeXXXed: Porn For All
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita questions whether her inner feminist will ever let her come around to enjoying porn without shame.Meet the guests:- Monèt Noelle Marshall, an a...
Pleasured: The Sex Talk That Wasn't
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anita realizes she never got 'the sex talk' growing up. And even if she had, it probably wouldn't have gone like this.Meet the guests:- Emily Nagoski,...
Embodied: Trailer
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Impolite conversations. Intimate connections. Important self-discoveries. Follow Embodied on Twitter and Instagram