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“I am not ashamed of my Postpartum Body”: Article in the Globe and Mail
March 26, 2024
We Can Do Hard Things Podcast: Are Psychadelics the answer Dr Hillary McBride:
September 14, 2023
We Can Do Hard Things Podcast: How to Listen To The Wisdom Of Your Body with Dr Hillary McBride:
May 9, 2023
Embodiment teacher, Dr. Hillary McBride, joins Amanda, Glennon, and Abby to discuss: what embodiment and disembodiment are; dissociation as survival response, somatophobia, and how to get more comfortable with fear. She offers concrete practices to stop blaming our bodies, and help us become attuned to our body’s messages.
Mental health professionals have advice for handling another pandemic winter
January 8, 2022
In this interview for NPR, listen to therapists discuss how to handle the emotional challenges of another new year beginning during the pandemic.
Your body is YOU with Dr. Hillary McBride
October 19, 2021
In this episode of For The Love with Jen Hatmaker, Dr. McBride and Jen talk about Embodiment, the book The Wisdom Of Your Body, and trusting our bodies. Click the link below to listen.
Podcast Pulls Back Curtain on Getting Mental Health Help- The Vancouver Sun
June 17, 2021
The Vancouver Sun features Dr. McBride and her podcast with CBC Podcast Other People’s Problems, and how this is helping to undo aloneness in the time of the pandemic characterized by isolation and struggle.
Four Podcasts to Help Heal Your Mind
September 13, 2020
The New York Times reviews Hillary McBride’s podcast Other People’s Problems, along with three other mental health podcasts. Originally published in the printed Sunday Edition, this is the link for the online version.
Living Inside our Bodies: Dr. Hillary McBride on Everything Happens podcast with Kate Bowler
June 16, 2020
In this episode of Everything Happens, Hillary and Kate talk about fear, embodiment, and how to be kind to ourselves when we are in pain – physical and emotional. Hillary shares about her experience of psychological and physical injury related to a traumatic car accident, and gives us all strategies to comfort ourselves when we are in fear.
Dr. Hillary McBride on Jen Hatmaker Podcast “for the love”- special edition “quarantine queens”
March 27, 2020
In this episode of For The Love with Jen Hatmaker, Hillary and Jen talk about social distancing, the pandemic, how to navigate being quarantined with family, and the importance of creativity. Hillary also shares with Jen 7 steps for feeling feelings. Link to show notes, and book recommendations are included in the link below.
A Grounding Practice
March 17, 2020
While fear and stress feel louder than usual, Hillary recorded a grounding meditation to help release tension carried in the body. Underneath the link to this meditation is a brief article explaining how we can care for ourselves during stressful times in the midst of the pandemic. This was produced for Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries, and organization which equips faith communities with resources to promote mental health and support those will mental illness.
Trailercast: A podcast with Elyse Snipes
September 14, 2019
Hillary McBride and therapist Elyse Snipes have a conversation for the Trailercast podcast about feminine freedom, divine imminence vs divine transcendence, mental health, the narratives of aging as women, and so much more.
You Made it Weird- Podcast With Pete Holmes
July 10, 2019
In this interview, podcast host Pete Holmes and Hillary McBride talk about the Enneagram, therapy, relationship conflicts, masculinity, and just about everything under the sun.
The Good Cast – Podcast With Steve Wiens
July 10, 2019
In this interview, podcast host Steve Wiens and Hillary McBride talk about spiritual trauma, what trauma is, and where healing can start.
How to love your body
July 5, 2019
Hillary McBride writes a piece for Honestmum.com about how to love your body- as it is! Practical strategies are included.
Dancing in Church: Embodiment as a spiritual practice
May 10, 2019
Hillary McBride is interviewed by Brianna Lantz. Embodiment, embodiment and spirituality, and Hillary’s own practice of embodiment are discussed.
Ask Science Mike: Hillary McBride and “Science Mike” McHargue
April 2019
Hillary McBride and “Science Mike” McHargue answer listeners questions about mental health in this three part series. Questions and answers include topics such as trauma, abortion, therapy, brain injury, mindfulness, eating disorders, body image, neuroscience, addiction, and so much more. Anyone who listens will find themselves, or someone they love, somewhere in here.
“For the Love podcast, with Jen Hatmaker”
January 9, 2019
In this interview, podcast host Jen Hatmaker and Hillary McBride discuss body image, loving our bodies at any size, undoing body shame, parenting to help your children love their bodies. Hillary shares about her work with Embodiment and her own recovering from an eating disorder.
“Mentor series interview with Melissa Johnson from Impossible Beauty”
January 8, 2019
Melissa interviewed Hillary as part of her ‘mentor series’ to talk about “what is beauty” – especially in an image obsessed context. They also speak about Hillary’s research, and body image.
“The belief you didn’t know was fueling your body shame” – Published on Yellow Co.
June 25, 2018
In this piece, learn about what embodiment is, why it matters, and how we can respond and resist body shame. Original illustrations for this piece created by Melanie Loon.
“Why you shouldn’t hate your body, even if John Piper tells you to” – Published on Relevantmagazine.com
May 9, 2018
After reading Theologian John Piper’s hurtful comments to a woman struggling with overwhelming body shame, I felt it necessary to respond. Read my “Open Letter to John Piper” here.
“Five ways to raise feminist kids, both boys and girls” – post on Vancouver Mom
April 18, 2018
Through the recent increase in media attention on sexual assault, there is a sense of urgency to draw attention to the way our society and culture shape our beliefs and behaviours, and those of our children. So, how do we raise feminist children, girls who know their worth, love their bodies, and continue to push forward with strength, smarts, and passion. And, boys who respect and value men and women equally, who can be compassionate and empathetic with the struggles of others, and advocate for equality? Here are some ideas on where to start
Guest Blog Post: Styling the inside
“Loving yourself from the inside out: Using the New Year to move forward in your relationship with yourself”
January 17, 2018
In this guest post through Styling The Inside, Hillary writes about the ways you can move forward in your relationship with yourself. Instead of changing something on the outside for the new year, learn to love yourself from the inside out.
Interview on Pure Curiosity Podcast with Iris McAlpin
November 29, 2017
“This week’s episode of Pure Curiosity is a critical discussion about modern culture, media, parenting methods and our relationship with our bodies. From #MeToo to #fitspo, social media can be a trigger for a wide range of issues, and coping can be challenging for many people. Hillary offers practical tools, meaningful insight, and hope for the contemporary human and parent. If you want a deeper understanding of how we internalize messages, unconsciously communicate with young people, and take responsibility for our impact on each other (among many other things), this podcast is for you!” – description from https://simplecast.com/s/ba19650d
Interview on CBC Radio – BC Almanac
November 8, 2017
Listen to Hillary’s conversation with Gloria Macarenko on BC Almanac. Hillary and Gloria discuss the intergenerational nature of body image, and then they respond to calls from listeners about body image, eating disorders, and messages passed from mothers to children about bodies.
Interview with Lisa DeLay on Spark My Muse
October 18, 2017
In this interview, Hillary has a conversation with podcast host Lisa DeLay about her new book, and her journey to write the book. She discusses issues like fat talk, shame, body image, and a feminist perspective of eating disorders.
How to talk about body image with your kids. Guest post on honestmum.com
September 28, 2017
“As a therapist, I get the privilege of sitting down with all kinds of people to hear their honest stories about life, pain, joy, growth, and loss. It gives me an inside perspective into the fears that many parents have about their children, about their ability to be good enough as parents, and the hope that their kids won’t struggle in the ways that they have.
It won’t surprise you to know that for many parents this includes a very visceral fear about body image. I have lost count of how many mothers I’ve heard say “I don’t want my daughter to hate her body like I do”, or “My struggle with my appearance have been so overwhelming that I feel paralysed when it comes to talking to my kids about their body image.”
What it feels like to learn. Invited blog post for The Essential Life.
September 21, 2017
In this piece, written for the Essential Life, Hillary writes about learning from shame, the desire to grow, self compassion, eating disorder recovery.
The Liturgists Podcast Episode 49 – Spiritual Trauma
May 16, 2017
On this episode of the Liturgists, hosts Michael Gungor and Science Mike discuss spiritual trauma: what it is, how to cope with it, and how to support others through it. Special guests are Hillary McBride, Teresa Pasquale Mateus, and Carol Howard Merritt about trauma in spiritual contexts.
One Brave Night: Interview with The meltdown guide: Hillary McBride on Feminist therapy, mental health, body image and eating disorders
Friday April 7, 2017
In this video, Hillary shares some information about her perspective on therapy, and how women can have healthier relationships with their bodies in a world which teaches them to feel so much body shame
Inglorious Pasterns Podcast: Episode 54
Trauma and Spirituality with Hillary McBride
Wednesday February 22, 2017
In this episode of Inglorious Pasterds Podcast Hillary McBride talks about the neurobiology of trauma, and the relationship between trauma and spirituality.
TW: incest, sexual abuse, physical and emotional abuse, PTSD, military trauma
UBC- spotlight on Hillary McBride
Wednesday February 15, 2017
Hillary McBride is a second year Ph.D. student in Counselling Psychology, under the research supervision of Dr. Judith Daniluk. During her doctoral studies, Hillary continues the research she started in her Masters: exploring women’s relationships with their bodies, particularly when women feel comfortable and appreciative of their own bodies. She is also involved in ongoing research about women’s postpartum sexual health, and perinatal mental health – supporting women’s well-being during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period, as well as the experience of being a female doctoral student.
Bikini Bodies: Learning to love myself through another woman’s day at the beach
January 15, 2016
I didn’t realize until it was a few days into my trip to Hawaii over a recent holiday that there would be bikinis involved. More specifically, there would be a bikini on my body, and the bodies of other women who were also at the beach. I had been working so hard to finish my semester at school, wrap up all the loose ends at work before heading off for vacation with my family, that this simple fact seemed to escape me. It might seem confusing why this is even something worth mentioning – especially since I packed my own suit, and willingly consented to going on this family trip- I’ll get into that.
Yes! You CAN Raise a Daughter Who Loves Her Body!
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
If I had read the title of this post a few years ago, I would have had two reactions: ‘that’s not possible’, and ‘tell me more.’ I would have been split down the middle between believing that we exist in a world where loving our bodies as women is nearing impossibility, and wanting desperately to know that it didn’t have to be that way.