Can I Have Another Snack? - 01: Nourishing Myself with Laxmi Hussain

Don't Salt My Game | With Laura Thomas, PhD

Laura Thomas

Wellness, Bodypositivity, Plantbased, Nutrition, Medicine, Health, Vegan, Health & Fitness, Wellbeing, Mindfulness, Nutritionist, Dontsaltmygame

4.8 • 807 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Our very first guest on the Can I Have Another Snack? pod is artist Laxmi Hussain whose stunning work depicts the softness of bodies and the tenderness of early motherhood. We talk about her postpartum experience, and how, even as a mother of three, her instincts were undermined and gaslit. We talk about how new mothers (especially pandemic mums) are repeatedly let down and dismissed. Laxmi shares her experiences of sharing her studio with a toddler and how he has become part of her process. We then go on to discuss her family’s food culture and her own relationship to food and appetite. Lastly, we consider all the ways that our kids are told there is something fundamentally wrong with them, and how we as parents can give them the tools to develop resilience to these messages. Also, just a heads up that this will be the final episode coming through the DSMG feed, so make sure to subscribe to the new Can I Have Another Snack? pod to catch all the new episodes!

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0:00.0	I hope that's the same message my children will understand,
0:08.0	and not just for my daughter, but for my sons too,
0:12.0	that women's bodies aren't a particular shape or size or height or,
0:19.0	you know, they're so different.
0:21.6	And I want them to know that that's normal
0:24.9	because it has to, we have to feel that way.
0:29.3	Like, I know that I probably won't change it hugely in my lifetime,
0:34.0	but if I can change it for them, then I think that that's a big deal.
0:40.8	Hey. Hey, and welcome to Can I Have Another Snack podcast, where I'm asking my guests who are what
0:48.4	they are nourishing right now and who are what is nourishing them. I'm Laura Thomas, an anti-diet registered nutritionist,
0:56.8	an author of The Can I Have Another Snack Newsletter. My very first guest is artist Lakshmi Hussein.
1:04.3	Lakshmi has been drawing for as long as she can remember. As a child in London, she would
1:09.5	lose hours after school, sketching on the counter
1:12.4	in her dad's corner shop. But it's only since the birth of her first child that Lakshmi has turned
1:18.2	her passion into a profession. Reinspired by the irrepressible joy and creativity shown by her children,
1:25.8	she picked up the pencil once again, finding artwork to be a
1:29.4	valuable means of reclaiming her own identity amid the emotional blurrings of motherhood. Her
1:36.2	inspiration comes from the forms encountered in everyday life, from the body, the tenderness of motherhood,
1:43.3	the natural shapes of the body as a vessel,
1:45.8	and its evolution throughout life.
1:48.5	Working in several different media, usually at night, Lakshmi is driven by experimentation,
1:54.5	constantly exploring new techniques and searching for the shapes and subjects they express best.
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