Jenn Melyan
body LIBERATOR | coach | Pocaster
With an MA in elementary education, Jenn spent 11 years as a founding educator at a Los Angeles charter school.
She then shifted her work from children to adults, coaching them on achieving their goals and body-image related issues.
Jenn has been published on HuffPost and featured in media publications such as ShoutoutLA, and VoyageLA. She has been a keynote speaker at conferences, served on panels focused primarily on women’s concerns and has been interviewed on several podcasts, including Metamorphosis Monologues and Positive Talk Radio. She is also a plus-size model.
At the Getaway ...
At the Annual Getaway, Jenn will be facilitating a Session: Bye Bye Body Shame.
We women and girls are told from birth how we should act, look and maintain our bodies. Some of this is said directly to us, but most of it is communicated through our culture; toys (pink anyone?), books, magazines, movies and TV. We are constantly being "sold" something that will help us look better. ALL of this messaging leads to a kind of shame ... no matter how we look right now, we need to improve. There is some other way we should look or act.
In this workshop session, Jenn helps us see the subtle ways we receive these messages and she provides some tools to help us dismantle the programing. With humor and fun, Jenn's session leaves us in-love with and appreciating our bodies, just as they are.
Jenn's Podcast ...
A Fat Perspective
Do you struggle with body image and loving your body exactly as it is?
Join Jenn Melyan, an educator, coach, model, and body liberator as she interviews experts in various fields about their experiences with diverse bodies.
Her Youtube Channel is committed to helping you break free of beauty standards and body shame. Through the healing power of stories, this podcast empowers you to radically love yourself, no matter what!