#001: What is Body Trauma and What Do All These Words Mean? with Ayesha King

Fellow woman of color and Nia’s best friend, Ayesha King, joins us on this episode of the podcast to discuss the various body traumas that exist. We also talk about where we hope this podcast is going and we get some good laughs in along the way.

Ayesha King is a thirty-something California native. She identifies as Filipino-Bengali, a first-generation college graduate and makes her living in education. Ayesha has had psoriasis for 20 years and lives in an average body. She is a daughter, sister, wife, and mother.

On this episode we discuss not only the types of body trauma that I polled my instagram audience to receive but also how those traumas are caused. And we both share some of our own experiences with these same traumas. We also break down a few terms that may come up on the podcast in the future.

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*Correction: Please note I quoted 95% of your stomach is removed during gastric bypass and the correct percentage is 75%.