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About meeting people in the middle of their stories, attachment, working with violent patients, evil states of mind, shadow sides, cruelty, mistakes, gender, identity, group therapy, life development studies, Broadmoor, and rehabilitation.
About boundaries, saying no, marriage, shame, courage, Serial, advocacy, podcasts, law school, innocence cases, faith, justice, navigating trolls, true crime, change, activism, and getting religious inspiration from female scholars.
About Magic Mike Live, performing, dating, rejection, heartbreak, charisma, boundaries, coping mechanisms, gender identity, not being a boy, coming out, experimentation, change, comfort, and not knowing left from right.
About race, fat activism, intersectionality, The Fat Underground, books and media that have changed her perspective, NAAFA, The Bay Area, talk shows, fat media representation and fat people dancing.
About writing her novel Asking For A Friend, her relationship with time, being present, inspiration, boundaries, friendship, thinking, acting, dating, letting parents off the hook, Frozen, and googling 100 words for "said".
About her book What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, her podcast Maintenance Phase, becoming un-anonymous, talking into microphones, self deception, fucking up hard, consensus based decisions, change, anger, and her childhood bathroom scales.
About her book Out of Love, mental health, highs and lows, executive dysfunction, therapy, triggers, relationships, trust, communication, telling stories, boundaries, the good stuff, and how trauma is like thrush.
About mental health, brains, uncertainty, emotions, masculinity, crying, science, subjectivity, parenting, processing, awareness campaigns, the somatic marker hypothesis, and the difference between cabins and sheds.
About living with disability, writing, control, guilt, afrofuturism, daydreaming, being present, navigating the pandemic, "the little things" and Scooby-Doo fanfic.
About fat people dancing, talk shows, fat activism, having COVID, The Fat Underground, race, media representation, intersectionality, NAAFA, The Bay Area and fat clubbing.
About needing people, damaging their arm, writing, change, injustice, uncertainty, gender, identity, pain, resilience, community, feminism, coming out, and their book “Radical Belonging”.
About childhood, not wanting children, bad therapists, photography, fat rights, nudity, the Internet, casual sex, sexuality, self-parenting, and good quality fake plants.
About parenting, nutrition, autonomy, consent, birth debriefs, bodies, hunger, intuitive eating, and seeing the world through a baby's eyes.
About symbolic hope, the turning of the year, creativity, therapy, resolutions, and friendship.
About parenting in 2020, writing, mental health, experiences of the pandemic, turning 40, masculinity, Menkind, and his new novel ‘Contacts’.
About growing up, auditioning, acting, leadership, living in the present, creativity, age, social media, Harriet, The Fresh Prince Reunion, vulnerability, and Will Smith’s charisma.
About navigating the media, betrayal, beauty, doing good, identity, growth, allyship, saving yourself, casting, power, and Betty White.
About finding purpose, visibility, modelling, money, listening, films, guilt, allyship, honesty, accountability, gender, sexuality, the media, and the next now.
About being a black woman in the public eye, reflection, safety, helping people, process, the political, and the personal.
About stand-up, coming out to her mum, sexuality, mistakes in cat care, control, vulnerability, trauma, losing people, and being a knight of queerness.
About comedy, mental health, obsessive-compulsive disorder, boundaries, being Irish in the UK, and ending a relationship during a pandemic.
About body liberation, body image and mental health coaching, not being okay, Mormonism, the Internet, and The Chateaux Diaries.
About Burnt Roti, Oh Queer Cupid, speed dating, sleep paralysis, talking about herself, coming out, being open, being a queer South Asian woman, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
About Dreamgirls, the music industry, Stacy Abrams, competition, being alone, making your own space, and her upcoming album, Tomorrow.
About processing trauma, fighting with her therapist, being present, empathy, healing, Meg-John Barker’s concept of Plural Selves, monsters at the end of books, and drawing bums.
About mental illness activism, unlearning productivity, social media, being a human on the internet, fear, therapy, ignoring your body, and trying to help your past self.
About body liberation, navigating the internet, politics, information, fear, the privilege of not paying attention, going through the foster system, being fat, queer and nonbinary, agoraphobia in the time of COVID-19, and the youth on TikTok.
About writing, talking about gender on their terms, advocating for social change, In Their Shoes, TED X London, approaches to relationships, vulnerability, and getting angry at Love Island.
About criminal psychology, Bad People, memory, reasonable doubt, certainty, nuance, bisexuality, evil, consciousness, science communication, and flirting.
About writing fiction, screenplays and memoir, being a primary school teacher, emotional literacy, listening, learning, social media, “balance”, fan fiction, horror, the power of saying you’re wrong and her YA novels Meat Market, Clean and Wonderland.