Show Notes

Guest Bio:

Coleen Bremner is an empathetic and driven professional with experience spanning various fields including body liberation, advocacy, marketing, management, recruitment, and operations. An effective communicator with high emotional intelligence, she feels most fulfilled in her work when she is collaborating with a team and innovating new ideas. She enjoys listening to stories from others and helping turn those stories into meaningful connections. Her people-centered work style, ability to empathize, and panache for pizazz make her the perfect fit for the Julie Duffy Dillon Team. Coleen graduated from Southern Oregon University with a Bachelor of Science in Communication, minoring in Journalism, and holds a Master of Public Administration from Middlebury Institute of International Studies. As a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Coleen is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion at the intersection of sustainable philanthropy. Outside of work, Coleen is a voracious reader who enjoys singing showtunes while cooking and traveling with her husband and two cats.

Mentioned in this episode:

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• Your Second Opinion PCOS Toolkit
• Top 10 Reasons Why the BMI is Bogus (NPR)
• Debunking the BMI (Center for Body Trust)
• The BMI is Bullshit on (everydayfeminism.com)
• Why BMI is a flawed measure of body fat, explained by an eloquent 14-year-old (Vox)
• A new study just totally debunked the BMI scale as a measure of health (Hello Giggles)
• There’s a Dangerous Racial Bias in the Body Mass Index (Newsweek)
• The Body Mass Index on Maintenance Phase