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This week, Jameela takes the mic on her own to answer your questions! She answers your questions on why the Oscars were so triggering, how she balances her mental health with her Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, how to explore your mental health while also fostering resilience, working through a quarter life crisis, and more. You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more!

Author & former development exec at Comedy Central, Tara Schuster, joins Jameela this week to discuss surviving a neglectful childhood, the need to re-learn worthiness, the importance of owning and affirming your own experiences, learning to separate internal validation from external validation, gratitude practices, and learning the importance of stardust.   Check out Tara's book - Glow In The F*cking Dark - wherever books are sold!  Follow Tara on Instagram @taraschuster & Twitter @taraschustar   You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Author, podcaster, and former professional athlete Lewis Howes joins Jameela to discuss his mental health journey, why healing is such important work we all do, why men struggle with processing their feelings, his personal mental breakdown and how The School of Greatness was born from it, the priorities he has in a relationship, and more.     Check out Lewis's newest book - The Greatness Mindset: Unlock the Power of Your Mind and Live Your Best Life Today - out March 7th wherever books are sold.  Follow Lewis on Instagram and Twitter @LewisHowes    You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Activist, model, and writer Yasmin Benoit joins Jameela this week to share her experience and work as an asexual and aromantic person. They discuss misconceptions about the community, the way people respond to her when they find out about her sexuality, the importance of all types of relationships, some of the more ridiculous questions she gets asked, her experience with bullying in school, and more.   Follow Yasmin Benoit on Instagram & Twitter @theyasminbenoit    You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Comedian, writer, and singer Rachel Bloom joins Jameela this week to discuss struggling with intrusive thoughts from an early age, learning about ADHD as an adult, going from a fear of "crazy" to embracing the term with her tv series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," processing grief during the pandemic, seeing mental health as bespoke rather than textbook, and more.     Follow Rachel Bloom on Instagram @racheldoesstuff   You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Our favorite love, relationship, and sex therapist Shadeen Francis returns to answer your questions with Jameela. They respond to questions about being newly queer, reconciling how one wants to be treated in life vs. the bedroom, joking about sex to avoid rejection, feeling unsexy after having a baby, love in relationships without sex, dating with herpes, managing vaginismus, and more.    Follow Shadeen Francis on Instagram & Twitter @shadeenfrancis    You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Actress, LGBTQ+ advocate, and legend Laverne Cox joins Jameela this week to discuss her journey to who she is now, how spending time with trans women changed her mind on who she herself could be, the birth of #transisbeautiful, the problem with trans politics today, reaching across the aisle, the real problems facing Americans today, and more.  Follow Laverne Cox on Instagram & Twitter @lavernecox  You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @Jameelajamil And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Biochemist and author Jessie Inchauspe (Aka - the Glucose Goddess) joins Jameela to talk about the many ways glucose affects your body. They define what glucose is and its function in the body, how glucose spikes can affect everything from mood to diabetes to PCOS, "glucose hacks" you can utilize to keep your spikes at a minimum, how we can empower people with their own bodies, and more.    Check out Jessie's book Glucose Revolution - wherever books are sold. You can follow Jessie Inchauspe on Instagram & Twitter @glucosegoddess   You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Author and podcast host Aubrey Gordon joins Jameela this week to discuss her new book "You Just Need To Lose Weight" and 19 Other Myths About Fat People. They discuss the correlation of health and fatness, how fatphobia is born from the idea that you can blame an individual for their weight, the danger of the recent trend of weight-loss injections, the myth of "promoting obesity," and more.    Check out Aubrey's new book - "You Just Need to Lose Weight" and 19 Other Myths About Fat People - wherever books are sold!  Follow Aubrey Gordon on Twitter & Instagram @yrfatfriend     You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Author and podcaster Amanda Montell joins Jameela this week discuss all things cults. They cover what makes a cult vs. what makes something cult-ish, what to be on the look out for when assessing if something is a cult (or cult-ish), the dangers of large cults or the cult of one, the cultish qualities of the diet and wellness industries, and more.     Listen to Amanda's podcast - Sounds Like a Cult - wherever you get your podcasts Follow Amanda on Instagram @amanda_montell    You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger joins Jameela this week to discuss motherhood and raising a daughter her own way, where Iliza's confidence comes from and how she keeps jealousy from getting her down, how women are pitted against each other by society, how feminism doesn't mean loving every woman, what we lose by labelling people, and more.     Check out Iliza's podcast - Ask Iliza Anything - wherever you get your podcasts.  Follow Iliza on Twitter @iliza & Instagram @ilizas   You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Happy almost new year! We are re-releasing a favorite episode of ours that we think will be encouraging as we all step into the new year. Author and expert in menstrual health Maisie Hill joins Jameela this week to discuss the different seasons of the menstrual cycle, how different bodies respond differently to hormones, why perimenopause is a space to process the expectations on people socialized as women, why we are so bad at diagnosing autism in women, and more.    You can find Maisie Hill's books -Period Power and Perimenopause Power- on her website and wherever books are sold: https://www.maisiehill.com/ You can listen to Maisie's podcast -Period Power with Maisie Hill - Wherever you get your podcasts You can follow Maisie on Instagram @_maisiehill_ and Twitter @MaisieHill_   You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website.  I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Happy holidays! We are re-releasing an episode we love and think will be encouraging to us all as we head into the holidays this weekend. Entrepreneur, host, and mental health advocate Poppy Jamie joins Jameela to discuss her new book - Happy Not Perfect: Upgrade Your Mind, Challenge Your Thoughts, and Free Yourself From Anxiety. Poppy walks Jameela through her research and explains how we tend to have two "radio channels" in our brain - Stressed FM & Relaxed FM. She helps us understand how to turn down Stressed FM and turn up Relaxed FM. She covers the importance of belly breathing, stiff thinking vs flexible thinking, why we are so overwhelmed, and shares the best advice she was ever given - "never waste a breakdown."    Happy Not Perfect is out now wherever books are sold   You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Playwright, actor, poet, and filmmaker Sarah Jones joins Jameela this week to discuss her new film Sell/Buy/Date, which explores the many complicated layers within the sex industry. They discuss how the sex industry manifests the racism and inequalities of culture at large, the difference between legalization and decriminalization, who truly benefits within it, the ways the industry can be either empowering or dehumanizing, and more.    Sell/Buy/Date is streaming now! Follow Sarah on Instagram and Twitter @yesimsarahjones   You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Therapist and author Nedra Glover Tawwab joins Jameela to talk all things boundaries! They discuss why boundaries are so important, what setting healthy boundaries looks like, how to have boundaries with family over the holidays, why you don't have to explain your boundaries, and more. Plus, they answer listener questions on boundaries worth ending friendships over, not expecting others to change, and how to set boundaries with parents.    Check out Nedra's book - Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide To Reclaiming Yourself - wherever books are sold.  Follow Nedra Glover Tawwab on Instagram and Twitter @nedratawwab   You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more!   

Artist and activist Jesse Krimes joins Jameela to share his powerful story. He describes his experience being incarcerated, discusses how solitary confinement was used as a manipulation tactic, explains the ways that prison is both violent and human, shares the way the prisoners were manipulated, details the racism which pervades the system, and explores how art saved his life in more ways than one.     Check out Jesse Krimes' documentary - ART & Krimes by Krimes - now streaming on Paramount+  Follow Jesse on Instagram and Twitter @jesse_krimes   You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

This week, we are re-releasing a favorite episode. Body positivity activist Megan Jayne Crabbe joins Jameela this week to discuss her journey from people pleasing on the internet to fighting against toxic internet culture, how online culture can be cultish, why inter-community rejection can be so painful, and how to find your own voice in all the noise.   You can follow Megan Jayne Crabbe on Instagram @meganjaynecrabbe and Twitter @meganjcrabbe Check out her book - Body Positive Power - wherever books are sold!    You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com      Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Stand-up comedian and writer Jena Friedman joins Jameela this week to discuss what she is experiencing in new motherhood, why she hasn't yet changed a diaper (don't worry her partner has), why parenthood makes her more passionate about reproductive rights, why it is important to look at the structural issues behind the true crime stories, her advice for new fathers, and more.    Check out Jena's newest special - Ladykiller - on Peacock!  Follow Jena Friedman on Instagram & Twitter @jenafriedman    You can find transcripts for this episode here: Click Here I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Journalist and author Rina Raphael joins Jameela this week to discuss her book, The Gospel of Wellness - her journalistic look into wellness culture. They cover what wellness encompasses, why it is so appealing to women, the nuances of the wellness movement, trends Rina finds problematic, the things Rina wants consumers to know, and more.     Get Rina Raphael's book - The Gospel of Wellness - wherever books are sold. Follow Rina on Twitter @rrins   You can find transcripts for this episode here: Click Here I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more! 

Actor and author Justin Baldoni joins Jameela this week to discuss different definitions of masculinity and examining it without weaponizing it, what masculinity means to him, what young boys and men are up against in society, the importance of feeling and expressing emotion, how we can model healthy masculinity for young men and boys, the importance of friendship between men and women, and more.     Check out Justin's new book Boys Will Be Human wherever books are sold.  Follow Justin Baldoni on Instagram & Twitter @justinbaldoni   You can find transcripts for this episode here: Click Here I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com   Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @JameelaJamil  And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more!