Episode 35: Helen talks to Kim Lariviere-Baldelli

Women in Focus - Helen talks to Kim Lariviere-Baldelli

Helen talks to Kim Lariviere-Baldelli about finding acceptance in a naturist community, living with illness and scars, rebuilding her relationship with her body after anorexia, and also what makes naturist parks the safest places for families.

Helen talks to Kim Lariviere-Baldelli, who runs the bistro at Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park in Ontario, about what it means to belong. From a childhood where nudity was ordinary to a career that kept naturism at arm's length, Kim reflects on the pull of community, and on how a place that judges no one's appearance can completely transform the way a woman sees herself. The conversation moves through coping with illness, scarring and long struggles with body image, and the discovery that in a naturist space hardly anyone notices the things we spend years trying to hide. Together Kim and Helen consider what makes a park feel safe, why children and families thrive there, and what to say to the woman who is certain she could "never do it".

Links for Kim Lariviere-Baldelli:

Facebook: facebook.com/kim.larivierebaldelli
Instagram: instagram.com/kimlarivierebaldelli
Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park: bareoaks.ca
Women In Naturism website: womeninnaturism.uk
British Naturism Events: bn.org.uk/events-home
Join British Naturism: bn.org.uk/membershipinfo

Contact Women in Focus: womeninfocus@bn.org.uk