The Body Competence Podcast

Living and Parenting with Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Emma Cooksey

May 07, 2023 Michelle Zagardo Season 1 Episode 3
Living and Parenting with Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Emma Cooksey
The Body Competence Podcast
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The Body Competence Podcast
Living and Parenting with Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Emma Cooksey
May 07, 2023 Season 1 Episode 3
Michelle Zagardo

In this episode Michelle welcomes sleep advocate and mother of two girls, Emma Cooksey (she/her). Emma shares her experience with a late-in-life diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the subsequent challenges of parenting with a chronic illness. Michelle and Emma spend the last third of the episode (minute 36) talking about how to raise body competent children in a world obsessed with commenting on bodies, and how to set boundaries when those people are your family.  This episode was originally an Instagram live from March 15, 2023.

Find Emma Cooksey on Instagram @sleepapneastories and online at www.sleepapneastories.com.

Find Michelle on Instagram @foodbodiesfamilies.

Find Michelle on TikTok @foodbodiesfamilies.

Show Notes

In this episode Michelle welcomes sleep advocate and mother of two girls, Emma Cooksey (she/her). Emma shares her experience with a late-in-life diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the subsequent challenges of parenting with a chronic illness. Michelle and Emma spend the last third of the episode (minute 36) talking about how to raise body competent children in a world obsessed with commenting on bodies, and how to set boundaries when those people are your family.  This episode was originally an Instagram live from March 15, 2023.

Find Emma Cooksey on Instagram @sleepapneastories and online at www.sleepapneastories.com.

Find Michelle on Instagram @foodbodiesfamilies.

Find Michelle on TikTok @foodbodiesfamilies.