Today, Jordan Gavaris is getting candid and honest (and charmingly funny).

From body image issues and internalized shame, to navigating homophobic "advice" from agents and finding success on a massive scale in a harsh industry - we're getting into it all today.  And spilling some tea (both of us).

We live in our own unique worlds, and when it comes to body image and how we see ourselves - that is a very personal, individual and sometimes LONELY thing.

So in hearing more stories,  like Jordan's today - and getting insight into other people’s experiences, it can help expand our own understanding, and remind us that the journey of self-perception is personal BUT also universally shared.

And hopefully it can lead us to be more compassionate towards ourselves.

**Disclaimer: we talk body image, as well as eating disorders in todays episode. If this is a sensitive area for you please listen with caution, or not at all if it’s not the right fit for you at this time**

We're covering a lot today, including:

• How Jordan's start in acting began and BlockBuster Days
• Body image reality after Jordan's first movie premier
• bad auditions and serendipitous moments
• Coming out Publicly - and Jordan's regret in a major interview
• Watching out for 'give the gay away' tells
• a homophobic agent's advice to Jordan
• body shaming of the early 2000s
• Extremism to look thin
• Body image and self compassion evolution
• Navigating LA and the comparison game
• Jordan's feelgood thing

About Jordan
Jordan is an award-winning actor, you know him from shows like Orphan Black, Unnatural History and The Lake on Amazon Prime (and soon on Orphan Black: Echoes, and Hacks on HBO!). He’s a joy to watch and is incredibly well spoken as you will hear.

Jordan's IG: @jordanjgavaris

The Key Moments in this episode are:

00:02:16 - body image and someone else's experience

00:04:00- callling Jordan

00:11:08 - starting out in acting, commercials and then . . . .

00:20:00- Orphan Black and the pressure that came

00:31:00 - "give the gay away" and a terrible agent

00:38:20 - body image struggles

00:45:15 - Abercrombie & fitch days

00:54:40 - addiction to thinness, transitioning to wellness, then acting as justification

01:02:25 - living in Los Angeles

01:07:50 - comparing

01:08:19 - Jordans 2 feelgoodthing

01:14:00 - Epilogue