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Thrive Beyond Size212 - Bare Minimums: Staying Connected When Life Is HardWe all have days (or weeks… or seasons) where everything feels like it’s falling apart—when you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, and have nothing left to give. So what do you do on those days? In this episode, Michelle shares a deeply personal story about a tough Friday night and the small, nourishing decision that changed everything. It’s a story about tuning in, honoring your needs, and reconnecting with your body in the simplest of ways.This episode is an invitation to explore the concept of bare minimums—the tiny but powerful practices that keep you tethered to...2025-07-1723 min
Thrive Beyond Size211: Summer, Expansion & Body TrustSummer is often seen as the season of joy—sunshine, connection, spontaneity, and play. But for many, it also brings body image triggers, food anxiety, and pressure to do summer "right." In this reflective solo episode, Michelle unpacks the paradox of summer: how it can be both a healing balm and a battleground.You'll hear:Why summer can feel more intuitive and nourishing—but also more vulnerableHow body image struggles and food fears can intensify in the warmer monthsWhat it means to expand when you’ve spent years trying to shrinkThe difference between winter rest and summer...2025-07-1023 min
Thrive Beyond Size209 - Slowing Down, Tuning In: Why Woo-Woo Helped Me HealThis week on Thrive Beyond Size, we’re lightening things up with a more personal, vulnerable episode. Michelle shares how her intuitive eating journey unexpectedly led her into the world of tarot cards, moon rituals, crystals, and meditation—and why she now embraces practices she once would’ve rolled her eyes at.Far from being flighty or irrational, these “woo woo” practices helped her anchor into her body, slow down, and reconnect with a part of herself that had been buried beneath the hustle of medicine, productivity, and diet culture.In this episode, you’ll hear:The...2025-06-2635 min
Thrive Beyond Size208 + When Intuitive Eating Doesn’t Work (Yet): Trauma and Safety in the BodyIn this follow-up to last week’s conversation about trauma and weight, Dr. Michelle Tubman explores a crucial truth that doesn’t get talked about enough: you can’t listen to a body you don’t feel safe in.While intuitive eating is often positioned as the antidote to food struggles, it’s not always the right starting point—especially for those navigating trauma, chronic stress, or deep disconnection from their bodies. If you've ever tried intuitive eating and felt like it just didn’t work for you, this episode will help you understand why that might be—and why it’...2025-06-1929 min
Thrive Beyond Size207 - The Truth About Trauma and WeightThis week on Thrive Beyond Size, Michelle dives into a growing narrative in the trauma-informed wellness world: that if you heal your trauma, you’ll lose weight.While well-meaning, this belief is not only overly simplistic—it’s harmful.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why trauma can influence weight—but doesn’t alwaysWhat the ACEs study really tells us about trauma and health outcomesHow intergenerational trauma may shape body sizeWhy assuming fatness is always trauma-based reinforces stigma, not healingThe truth about emotional eating (hint: we all do it!)How simply living in a larger body i...2025-06-1232 min
Thrive Beyond Size204 - Rethinking Exercise: How to Make Movement Joyful, Not a ChoreWhat happens when you want to move your body more—but it always feels like a “should”? In this episode, I’m sharing a personal story from a recent camping trip with my husband, Rob, that sparked a meaningful conversation about movement, motivation, and mindset.Together, we unpacked what’s really getting in the way of consistent, joyful movement—even when we know it’s good for us. Spoiler: it’s not laziness. It’s the pressure, the language, and the unrealistic expectations we place on ourselves.You’ll learn:Why “working out” might be the problem—and what...2025-05-2221 min
Thrive Beyond Size203 - When You Rush Through Life (and Reach for Food Instead)What if your eating habits could teach you more about how you move through the world than you ever imagined?In this deeply personal episode, I share insights sparked by a recent labyrinth walk—one that cracked open an uncomfortable (but necessary) realization about how I navigate discomfort in all areas of life, not just around food.You’ll hear:Why I’ve been rushing through everything—and how that mirrors my relationship with foodHow overwhelm transformed into a subtler discomfort I’ve been calling “boredom”The real reason I’ve been wandering into the kitchen late...2025-05-1526 min
Thrive Beyond Size202: Healthism and Why It's HarmfulHealthism is everywhere—but most of us don’t even know it has a name. In this powerful episode of Thrive Beyond Size, Dr. Michelle Tubman unpacks the hidden force that turns health into a moral responsibility and worth into a measurement of discipline. From the praise of weight loss at any cost to the judgment we place on food, movement, and rest, Michelle explores how healthism intersects with fatphobia, ableism, diet culture, and systemic injustice.You’ll learn where healthism shows up in everyday life, why it’s harmful, and what it looks like to push back—wit...2025-05-0828 min
Thrive Beyond Size199: Familiar Comfort vs True NourishmentIn this episode of Thrive Beyond Size, I'm diving into something that's been showing up in my own intuitive eating journey lately—something sneaky that might be tripping you up too: the difference between pleasure and familiarity.Sometimes we reach for certain foods, habits, or even thought patterns not because they truly bring us joy or nourishment—but because they’re familiar. They’re predictable. And in a world that feels overwhelming or exhausting, predictability can feel like relief. But here’s the thing: comfort isn’t always the same as pleasure. And when we mistake one for the othe...2025-04-1721 min
Thrive Beyond Size198: The Food Freedom IllusionHello there, and welcome back to the podcast. In last week’s episode, I used the phrase ‘food freedom’ in the context of food being a mirror to show the relationship you have with yourself. But upon reflection, it doesn’t make sense. Food freedom is a phrase that is used a lot in diet culture and weight loss circles. But what is food freedom? It sounds catchy, but it’s an illusion. We don’t actually need freedom from food because food is not the problem. Rules around food are the thing keeping us hostage. That’s what I look into in...2025-04-1024 min
Thrive Beyond Size197: The Mirror Effect - It's Not Just About the FoodWelcome, everyone. I’m excited to have you back here this week because I want to talk to you about something truly life-changing. I call it the mirror effect. It has to do with diet culture telling us to fix our eating and fix our bodies when really those are not the issues. There’s nothing wrong with our bodies. I want to make the point that true freedom is releasing ourselves from the belief that we have to change our bodies to change our lives. If food isn’t the problem, maybe the way we eat is actually a mirr...2025-04-0319 min
Thrive Beyond Size196: The Control Paradox - Why More Food Rules Make You Feel More Out Of ControlHello everyone and welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size. This episode was partly inspired by my husband returning to school and watching how meticulous he is about his assignments. The effort he puts into things is admirable but not sustainable and I realized that striving for perfection is about the illusion of control. It correlates to healing relationships with food in a very real way. If you’ve spent years trying to control food, just holding onto the reins of your relationship with food so tightly, you probably believe that you have control and are safe, right? But something I...2025-03-2721 min
Thrive Beyond Size195: Welcome to Nourish Yourself Body+MindHello friends and welcome back to the podcast! Today I have something truly special to share with you, something that I’ve been pouring my heart and soul into for months. Today I’m announcing the launch of my brand new course: Nourish Yourself Body+Mind. This course, Nourish Yourself Body+Mind, is a roadmap and support system for unlearning what diet culture has taught, rebuilding a foundation of trusting yourself, and finding a completely new way of relating to food. This isn’t just another intuitive eating course, this is an in-depth whole-self transformation that helps you move along...2025-03-2018 min
Thrive Beyond Size194: Intuitive Eating and Your PeriodFriends, welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size. Today I’m talking about intuitive eating and how the heck you do it while on your period. I realized when I instinctively bought cookies that I almost never buy while grocery shopping the other day, that my mind and body are pretty in sync now because a day or two later I got my period. Which explains the cookie craving. We’re used to cravings, especially for sugar, during PMS, but today I’m exploring how our menstrual cycles truly affect our relationship with food and how to work intuitive eating into t...2025-03-1334 min
Thrive Beyond Size193: Fear of HungerI’m happy to have you back with me at Thrive Beyond Size. Last week I was truly fatigued, so exhausted, but this week I’m feeling better and reclaiming energy. And today I want to talk to you about something I’ve struggled with along the course of my own intuitive eating journey: a fear of hunger. Hunger can feel uncomfortable and scary and those feelings can stem from experiences in childhood or because we’ve started to feel, through suppression of hunger, that it just feels too big to manage. We develop a fear that we’ll just overe...2025-03-0623 min
Thrive Beyond Size192: Intuitive Eating When You're TiredWelcome back, friends. I’m exploring what happens to our food cravings when we’re exhausted. Why is eating and choosing food such a chore when we’re fatigued? How does it affect our decision-making? We’ve all been there, overwhelmed and bone tired, staring at the kitchen and thinking the only option is the fast option. But we’ve been made to feel guilty about that. Like we’re failing when we can’t face food choices due to exhaustion. I’m talking about self-compassion in those moments instead. I’ll explain why fatigue affects hunger and decision-making and then we’ll see...2025-02-2721 min
Thrive Beyond Size191: When Your Favorite Foods No Longer Bring You JoyHello everyone and welcome back! The subject of today’s episode was inspired by an experience I had on a road trip through my home province of Alberta to a medical conference. My husband and I have been making the same trip for 50 years and we have little rituals where we stop for breaks and get favorite snacks. A certain donut shop is one of those stops. But this time I didn’t enjoy the donuts that I look forward to every trip. What happened? The donuts hadn’t changed. I realized that this isn’t the first time I’ve had...2025-02-2036 min
Thrive Beyond Size190: Raising Intuitive Eaters with Christina ClaytorHello everyone! Welcome back to the podcast. It has been a while since I’ve shared an interview with you and I’m excited about this one because I welcome back a former guest and one of the coaches who works inside Wayza Health. Christina Claytor, the founder of Mindful Health Revolution, joins me again but this time to talk about raising her two young daughters as intuitive eaters. She’s here to enlighten us with her story and the truth about what it really takes to instill and maintain intuitive eating in your children.Christina’s two daug...2025-02-131h 03
Thrive Beyond Size189: How to Stop Food Rules from Controlling Your LifeWelcome back to Thrive Beyond Size! I'm so happy to have you here. Today’s topic is the concept of food rules. What are food rules, you ask? I’m talking about the rigid and often unspoken guidelines that we lay down for ourselves that dictate all the decisions we make around eating. Things like carbs are bad or don’t eat after 7 pm or yogurt has too much sugar. Some of them are choices we have consciously made but some are just ingrained in our brains in response to the diet culture we’ve been mired in for so long...2025-02-0637 min
Thrive Beyond Size188: Rest as Resistance - Reclaiming the Right to Slow DownHello everyone! Right now, at the end of January, I feel an urge to talk about something that seems more important than ever. Rest. In my commitment to rhythm this year, I’m noticing that I also need a little more rest and that it’s actually in my rhythm to have a tough time at the end of January going into February. It’s a thing I’ve noticed I need: more sleep and slowing down. The type of rest I’m talking about is a radical act of self-care. It’s about reclaiming our time, energy, and health in a...2025-01-3034 min
Thrive Beyond Size187: Trauma and Body Trust - What You Need To KnowWelcome back to another episode, everyone. I’m very excited about the year ahead. Learning is one of my core values and last year I started doing training in trauma. At first, I simply wanted to have a trauma-informed approach to my coaching but the process intrigued me and opened so many realizations about the connection between trauma and healing around food and body. So now I’m doing true trauma training, the Gentle Trauma Release method, and I want to talk about why I’m doing that in today’s episode. Why it’s so important and why I think it...2025-01-2326 min
Thrive Beyond Size186: Reflecting on Rhythm for 2025Hello and welcome to 2025, everyone! It’s the start of a new year and the time of resolutions. We’ve all fallen into that trap of making a resolution that just didn’t stick. Maybe we resolved to eat better or exercise every day and we did well for a week or two but fell off around mid-January. I think resolutions are too rigid to allow flexibility and too focused on external expectations. So instead, I focus on things I’m leaving behind. Things that no longer serve me this year. It allows me to be flexible and to also foc...2025-01-1643 min
Thrive Beyond Size184: The Power of ConnectionHello, lovelies, and welcome back! I’ve been focusing a lot on healing our relationships with food and our bodies and I’ll always explore that, that’s at the heart of acceptance. But something else is at the heart of healing our food and body relationships and that’s a sense of connection. This time of year, the holidays, is especially focused on connection which is part of why I love it so much. We need it more than just once a year, though. So I’m going to talk about how to start prioritizing connections throughout our lives. 2025-01-0229 min
Thrive Beyond Size183: Reframing Overeating- A Compassionate Approach to Holiday EatingHello and Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates! The last few episodes have centered around guilt, cravings, and how to manage ourselves in everything we feel around the holidays. Today I want to talk about overeating, something that often happens at this time of year, but I want to approach it in a compassionate way. I want to focus on how we can be more compassionate with ourselves during holiday overeating and at any time of the year. I want us to avoid the shame and the guilt. Overeating is not a moral failure. I want to unpack the...2024-12-2622 min
Thrive Beyond Size182: Emotional Eating During the HolidaysHello hello and welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size. Today I’m tackling a topic that’s especially tricky during the holiday season. Emotional eating. Many clients are asking about it in calls and it’s coming up in my own life as well. This season is the most amazing and most stressful time for us so it can be overwhelming. We deal with excitement, nostalgia, sadness, and a whole range of other emotions. And when our emotions run high, food becomes part of the equation. Maybe we eat too much. Maybe we avoid some foods. I want to talk a...2024-12-1922 min
Thrive Beyond Size181: Body Trust Through the Holiday SeasonHello there, friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I love this time of year. The twinkle lights, the snow, the frost on the trees, it all makes me so happy. I love Christmas music, yes, and I love all the Christmas decorations everywhere. I love the get-togethers, eggnog, treats, and parties. But there are also a lot of challenges that are brought up at this time of year, especially around body trust. The holidays are associated with family gatherings, friends, festive meals and food. It sometimes stirs up complicated feelings around eating, hunger, and around body image. It can...2024-12-1221 min
Thrive Beyond Size180: How Creative Activities Can Support Intuitive EatingWelcome back to Thrive Beyond Size, friends. Heading into winter and the holiday season, I’ve been really leaning into my crafts. I’ve done crafting my whole life, things like DIY kits and paint by numbers, and I’ve just found it very comforting and relaxing for me. So I want to talk about how doing crafts can support your journey with intuitive eating. I know! You’re saying “What the hell does one have to do with the other” but bear with me. Crafting helps cultivate mindfulness by keeping us in the present moment. It helps us reconnect wi...2024-12-0530 min
Thrive Beyond Size179: Can You Practice Intuitive Eating While Taking GLP-1 Medications?Hello friends. Today I’m tackling a question I receive a lot from potential clients and people interested in intuitive eating. The question is can I still practice intuitive eating if I’m taking a GLP-1 medication? I’ve spoken about these medications a lot on this podcast. They’re prescribed for people managing type 2 diabetes but sometimes they are also prescribed for weight loss. They control blood sugar levels and can also impact appetite. So today I want to talk about how they operate and then explore how intuitive eating can still be practiced while on a medication that alt...2024-11-2823 min
Thrive Beyond Size178: The Hidden Harm of Clean Eating - Understanding OrthorexiaWelcome, friends, to another episode of Thrive Beyond Size! I just got back from a vacation, an eight-day cruise with my husband Rob, and it was wonderful. I didn’t use my phone once, I put it in my bag, I didn’t take it out, and it was an amazing real break. After the cruise, I attended a medical conference in Orlando, Florida, on lifestyle medicine. One of the pillars of lifestyle medicine is eating a plant-based or plant-forward diet. There’s a lot of evidence to support that such a diet is great for health but what I’m lo...2024-11-2131 min
Thrive Beyond Size177: What to Eat When You Don’t Know What You WantHi friends! I’m excited to bring you a bit of a lighter episode today. I know the last few episodes have been on the heavier side so it’s time to lighten things up a bit. I want to talk about what the heck you eat when you’re hungry but don’t know what you want. Do you ever feel that? You know you’re hungry and you stand at the fridge and just stare into it and can’t figure out what you want? Or sometimes you’re at a restaurant and can’t pick anything off the menu. Wh...2024-11-1424 min
Thrive Beyond Size176: When Anti-Fat Bias Tears Families ApartWelcome back to the podcast, everyone! I’m very glad you’re here. I’ve been reading a book called “Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture” by Virginia Sole-Smith and even though I’m just a third of the way through it, it floors me every time I turn the page. The author is talking about the effects anti-fat bias can have on families and she shares some stories that break my heart. Imagine if your child was taken away from you because they’re fat. Just simply because of their body size. This nightmare was real for some...2024-11-0721 min
Thrive Beyond Size175: How Mindset Shapes Your Relationship With FoodFriends, welcome to Episode 175 of Thrive Beyond Size. Can you believe it’s the 175th episode? That means I’ve done this podcast for 175 weeks in a row without missing a single week. I’m really proud of this accomplishment because I think it’s the longest commitment I’ve ever made. When I started the podcast I was so nervous. I was terrified, actually. I did everything anyone told me to make it perfect. But as I recorded more my mindset changed so I was able to aim for B+ instead of perfection and it made everything easier. That abili...2024-10-3124 min
Thrive Beyond Size174: Food Restriction - Hiding In Plain SightWelcome back, beautiful friends, to the podcast. Last week we talked about how it’s not your fault, your body is not broken, and you are not broken. Today is a bit related to that because I want to talk about food control. That constant food chatter in our minds, a constant obsession about food, feeling like we have to control food but also feeling out of control, that’s what I want to talk about because when I do, I often get the response of “I don’t actually food restrict, I haven’t been on a diet in forever...2024-10-2438 min
Thrive Beyond Size173: You Are Not BrokenHello friends, welcome to another episode of Thrive Beyond Size. I’ve been going through a real transition period this Fall and it’s prompted me to continually remind myself “You’re not broken”. All the changes from dropping half my shifts at work to spend more time with my husband and clients and shifting my priorities on how I spend my time, all of the things I’m working on have made me more in tune with my body. But it’s also caused me to freak out sometimes. And when the stress freak-out happens, my relationship with my body tanks...2024-10-1733 min
Thrive Beyond Size172: The Erasure of Fat People From FashionIn this episode, I dive deep into the erasure of fat people from the fashion industry. It’s an issue that many of us are familiar with—big sizes are often only available online, and store options are shrinking. And why is this an issue? Because it’s a reflection of a much bigger problem: the erasure of fat bodies in society.We’re breaking down the history of plus-size fashion and how the recent disappearance of extended sizes reflects fatphobia, diet culture, and the fashion industry that prioritizes thinness. From the rise of body positivity in the 2010...2024-10-1025 min
Thrive Beyond Size171: Boundaries - Protecting Your Time, Energy and BodyEver feel like you’re drowning in obligations and losing sight of yourself in the process? In this episode of Thrive Beyond Size, we’re getting real about boundaries: why they matter and how they can completely transform the way you protect your time, energy, and emotional well-being. Whether you’re constantly saying yes to things you don’t have the capacity for or you’re tired of unsolicited comments about your body, setting clear boundaries is the ultimate form of self-care.I share my own recent struggles with honouring my energy and time and why I believe bo...2024-10-0317 min
Thrive Beyond Size170: How To Spot Fake Intuitive EatingHey friends, welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size! Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on a hot topic: intuitive eating. With so many programs jumping on the bandwagon, it's time we sift through the confusion and uncover what true intuitive eating is all about and how to spot when diet culture is sneaking in to steal the show. So, we’re going to break it down together and talk about what real intuitive eating is and how to spot when it’s being co-opted by diet culture.Intuitive eating is about learning to trust your body’s signal...2024-09-2624 min
Thrive Beyond Size169: Interoception - The Hidden Key to Intuitive EatingHello friends, and welcome back to the podcast! I’m going to start with a question so obvious that it sounds laughable: how do you know when you have to pee? That sounds wild, right? But can you feel your heart beating? Not your pulse with your fingers, but just the beating of your heart inside you? How can you tell if you’re hungry? Or full? There is an answer to these questions and it’s a topic called interoception. Interoception is your body’s ability to sense its internal states. Hunger, thirst, pain and even needing to take a d...2024-09-1928 min
Thrive Beyond Size168: I Feel FatHello everyone, welcome to another episode. Today I really want to talk about something important that starts with a personal story. The story is from when Rob and I were camping a couple of weeks ago and has to do with how I felt about shopping for and trying on clothes in my favorite clothing store in Canmore. I love a certain brand and I know they fit well but I decided to try on a new brand in my size and it did not flatter at all. It was constricting and felt terrible. And I had already felt...2024-09-1218 min
Thrive Beyond Size167: What You Need To Know Before Trying Intuitive EatingHello again, friends! I want to confess something to you all today. I’m not perfect. The past week was terrible for my intuitive eating practice, I just haven’t been doing it, and I’m only just getting back on track now. That’s what I want to confess. What I want to share is my experience with why I fell out of my practice this week and how intuitive eating is a journey and not a destination. I want you to understand what is important to know about yourself and intuitive eating before you start and I believe...2024-09-0528 min
Thrive Beyond Size166: What We Can Learn From Simone BilesHello there, friends. Welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size. As you probably guessed from the title, today I want to talk about Simone Biles, the world’s best and most decorated gymnast, who recently blew us away with her grace and incomparable physical skill in Paris. She won 3 gold and 1 silver medal in the Paris Olympics. But I think back on her bowing out of the Tokyo Olympics four years earlier as a different kind of shining example of courage and skill. She stepped down to take care of her mental health. She knew her body was ready but th...2024-08-2941 min
Thrive Beyond Size165: Advocating for Accessible Spaces with Diana DimmockHello friends! I am so excited to share this week’s episode with you. I interviewed the amazing Diana Dimmock, founder of Accessibility 4 Every Body, who I found in a Facebook group when I asked if anyone would be willing to share their stories of experiencing anti-fat bias or weight discrimination in healthcare. Diana wasn’t only willing, she was so articulate and had so many important points to make and such a strength for advocacy, that I knew I had to have her on the podcast right away. Diana shares personal experiences and also advice on how to advo...2024-08-2251 min
Thrive Beyond Size164: Is Your Exercise and Food Routine Burning You Out? with Allison YamamotoWelcome back to Thrive Beyond Size! This week I have another great interview for you all, with Coach and Founder of The Ally Method, Allison Yamamoto. Allison’s business is built around helping active women stop over-training and under-fueling in order to regulate their periods and assist them in achieving freedom around food and exercise. While it’s common to not have a period for a while, especially while training hard, it’s not normal and it’s a sign that something is wrong. Allison’s story is compelling, she’s a dynamic speaker and very relatable. I think this episode...2024-08-1559 min
Thrive Beyond Size163: Bridging the Gap From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be with Lucie PtasznikHello friends, welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size! Today’s episode was born out of some things I’ve been thinking about and some things my husband Rob and I have been discussing. Specifically about our future. What do we want for our future? What do we have to do today to get out of our own way, take care of our health, and achieve the future we want in our retirement? We made a dream list and thought “Well that will never happen” but then I wondered “Why not?”. Nothing was outrageous. So today I welcome Lucie Ptasznik to talk to u...2024-08-0852 min
Thrive Beyond Size162: Exploring Binge Eating with Erin MurnaneCW: conversations on binge eating and disordered eatingFriends welcome to another episode of Thrive Beyond Size. Many of you regular listeners may recall that this podcast went by a different name for the first one hundred episodes and had a different focus. It was called Mindful Weight Loss and was very focused on the weight loss and diet space. When I made the pivot for Episode 101, I shared the main reason why I wanted to shift to a health at every size focus but I didn’t fully share everything. You’ll hear that story today in m...2024-08-0155 min
Thrive Beyond Size160: Heal What's Holding You Back with Ramona KossowanHello everyone, welcome to another episode that I’m so excited to share with you all. It focuses on a topic that’s talked about a lot these days, and that’s trauma. Trauma happens to us all but there are a lot of misconceptions around it. So I’ve invited Ramona Kossowan, a personal empowerment coach and Gentle Trauma Release Practitioner, to join me in discussing how things we experience induce patterns in our lives that keep us stuck in cycles that don’t serve us well. Ramona has made it her business to help women process these patterns t...2024-07-1843 min
Thrive Beyond Size159: What My Body Taught Me This YearWelcome, friends! I’ve missed you! I’m so glad to be back with you. Over the past few months, I’ve had interviews with some absolutely brilliant women who have excited and challenged me, given me new ideas to share, and just helped me grow. It’s so amazing and I love it. Through my conversation with Frankie last week I started thinking about my journey into self-confidence and how much I’ve learned and grown. I haven’t had a chance to share that with you all because I’ve been so focused on interviews. So today I’m giving you...2024-07-1125 min
Thrive Beyond Size158: Owning Your Self Confidence with Frankie KounouhoWelcome, friends, and I have to tell you right away how much I love spending time with you all every week. It’s such a pleasure to record these episodes for you. I am so moved and so lit up by the amazing people I meet through this podcast that it’s just become such a pleasurable part of my life. I was recently at a conference that was just other women physicians, more than 1200 of us, and I attended it with two of my best friends from medical school who still inspire and support me now. The whole week...2024-07-0452 min
Thrive Beyond Size156: Keep It Real with Kim MosimanWelcome, friends, to another episode of Thrive Beyond Size. Today’s topic is inspired by a beautiful conversation my husband Rob and I had during a rare lunch date the other day. He told a story about how when he and his fellow firefighters drive the engine past an elementary school while the kids are outside, the kids all run to the fence grinning and laughing as the firefighters honk the horn and blast the sirens for them. Which makes the firefighters grin in turn. And that led us to the topic of joy. We as adults don’t allo...2024-06-2045 min
Thrive Beyond Size155: Meditation for the Real World with Ann SwansonCan you believe this is Episode 155 already? Time really does fly when you’re having fun. And we’re going to have fun today because we’re talking about meditation! My guest is Ann Swanson, an absolute expert in the neuroscience and research behind meditation and author of the new book “Meditation for the Real World”. I love geeking out over the science of things, as you know, and Ann provides lots of science. But she’s also able to make meditation available to everyone for everyday practice in very real and accessible ways. I really enjoyed talking with Ann.A...2024-06-1348 min
Thrive Beyond Size152: Master Your Money Mindset with Linda GrizelyHello there everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. I’m sure many of you have read the title of this episode and asked “Why is Michelle having a conversation about money on a podcast entitled Thrive Beyond Size?” At first glance it doesn’t seem to fit, I know. But here’s the reason why: there are a lot of similarities between our relationship with food and our relationship with money. In past times when I thought I was doing “really good” with food, I was spending money like crazy because that dopamine hit needed to come from somewhere. So to heal our...2024-05-2342 min
Thrive Beyond Size146: Do 98% of Diets Really Fail?Hello friends! I’m excited to share what I’ve learned with you all today because I have been down a rabbit hole for this topic. The question that prompted my research was “Where does the statistic that 95% of diets fail come from?” And I dug deep. I don’t advise you to go my route and Google, I did it so you don’t have to. But amongst all the fat shaming and weight discrimination, I found some answers. Some of those came from the book “Anti-Diet” by Christy Harrison. And the first place it was reported was in 1959 in a stu...2024-04-1124 minThrive Beyond Size133: Grieving Weight LossI’ve been thinking about grief and how it relates to weight loss because I don’t think we honor the grief process enough in this journey. When you make the decision to stop all the dieting, restrictions, and deprivation and really allow yourself to be an intuitive eater, it’s a beautiful thing. It really is! But there is another aspect to that when we consider how much of our lives we spend focused on dieting and weight loss. Now that we’re not doing that, what do we do with ourselves? Can we truly be happy if we aband...2024-01-1127 minThrive Beyond Size132: Facing Your FearsFriends, it’s 2024 and I can’t even believe it! I’m actually recording this at the end of 2023 and Rob and I just came back from an amazing trip to Costa Rica. His 50th birthday trip! On one of the last days of our trip, I had an experience that was pretty profound for me. After that, Rob looked at me and said I had to do a podcast episode about it. At the time I didn’t think it had anything to do with the podcast but he insisted there were so many parallels. As I thought about it...2024-01-0424 minThrive Beyond Size122: Healing My Relationship with FoodI had one of those “a-ha” moments on Monday, one of those moments where suddenly you wake up and realize your life looks drastically different now than it did a year ago. It was a wonderful moment and I want to share it with you. Monday was my day off after a weekend of work and I felt just kind of exhausted and gross. I didn’t want to move but I took my dog Charlie to the Botanical Gardens anyway and instead of pushing myself to run or do squats, I just enjoyed the time there. I knew I hadn...2023-10-2624 minThrive Beyond Size120: Intuitive Eating and Eating DisordersA few weeks ago when I released my episode about ten principles of intuitive eating, I got a question from a listener. I really appreciate questions from you, I encourage you to contact me with questions, so this episode is in response to that question. The question was ‘Does intuitive eating have a role in the treatment of eating disorders?’. The short answer is yes, absolutely it does. Intuitive eating is an evidence-based approach to treating eating disorders. But of course, there is nuance to consider and caveats to explain, which is what I explore in this episode. I will...2023-10-1232 minThrive Beyond Size119: Challenging the War On ObesityAfter being on the road for some conferences and workshops related to my business, Wayza Health, I’m glad to be back to share all the amazing learning I did with fellow coaches! I do sometimes encounter vitriol when I talk about health at every size, though it’s usually online. So it caught me off-guard to have such an encounter in person. It’s that interaction, as well as the conversation with other women that followed, that prompted me to engage on this topic today: the weight-centric health paradigm we all live in. Our society equates weight with health...2023-10-0543 minThrive Beyond Size118: Weight-Neutral Self-CareToday I admit I’m talking about a topic that still causes me a bit of discomfort in my own life. As the focus of my journey and the podcast have shifted away from weight loss, I’ve really had to examine why I was trying to lose weight. I told myself I was losing weight to be healthy. But was that really the truth? When I dug down deep I started to see that the daily societal messages telling us how to look, what to wear, what size to be, and that thin is beautiful were so ingrained that...2023-09-2821 minThrive Beyond Size116: The Minnesota Starvation StudyI’ve been referencing this study for awhile now and it keeps coming up in conversations with clients and colleagues. So I want to devote this episode to discussing the study, called The Minnesota Starvation Study. It was conducted by Ancel Keys in 1944 to 1945, during World War II, on 36 healthy male volunteers. Ancel Keys’ goal was to study the physical and psychological effects of what he termed “semi-starvation” because of the soldiers and civilians across Europe who were chronically underfed as a result of the war. The Minnesota Starvation Study is, to my knowledge, the only study of its kind whi...2023-09-1425 min
Thrive Beyond Size111: Ob*sityThis episode is actually the second version of a rant I recorded based on a Facebook post I had a reaction to. I discovered I hadn’t had my mic turned on after recording the first version of the rant and despite feeling slightly better after voicing my feelings to all of you, I still felt compelled to share my thoughts. Which brings us to this version. The Facebook post in question was from a fellow physician who wrote that only 40% of Americans are considered obese. Her caption stating she learned the statistic during continuing medical education combined with my...2023-08-1016 minThrive Beyond Size110: Michelle's Summer MusingsIt’s the end of July and I’ve just returned from some time off for camping. I had recorded episodes ahead of time to accommodate that break, which was smart planning, but guess what? I’ve missed you all! I’ve missed being at my mic having these conversations with you. So today I’m really excited to be giving you a real time update on what’s going on with me. I’m sharing my wins and successes, what I’m working on, what’s been challenging me, and what the rest of my summer plans are. Wherever you’re li...2023-08-0325 minThrive Beyond Size100: Thrive Beyond SizeFriends, I’m excited that you’re here with me because I have a big announcement to make! The Mindful Weight Loss with Michelle Tubman MD podcast ends with this episode. BUT… don’t panic, I’m not leaving, I am changing this podcast name to Thrive Beyond Size. It’s our 100th episode so it feels like the right moment to make this change, but beyond that, I have been feeling for a while now that a change in focus aligns more with what I truly want to accomplish with this podcast. And I’m so thrilled to share this nex...2023-05-2522 minThrive Beyond Size097: My Dry HolidayWhen was your last real true holiday? One where you shut off work and didn’t bring a laptop and truly went on vacation? It’s difficult to do that but so rewarding when you do. I want to share my experiences from the three weeks I just spent in Thailand where I did just that! I even took the work apps off my phone. I felt incredibly liberated. The parameters I set around food added to the good feeling. Usually when I go on holiday I set gentle guidelines for myself in terms of food: I’ll stop eating...2023-05-0421 min
Thrive Beyond Size096: Driving Stick In An Automatic WorldDo you drive an automatic or stick shift? The first car I bought for myself was a stick shift, a Toyota Tercel. I drove it basically into the ground. But three years ago I bought a new car and it’s actually sort of challenging to buy a stick shift now. Everything is automatic. There’s less to think about while driving. This struck me as a really interesting analogy to emotional eating. Emotional eating is like driving an automatic car. The car does all the shifting for you, you don’t have to think about it. That’s what hap...2023-04-2718 minThrive Beyond Size095: Food AddictionToday’s show was inspired by my recent appearance on The Buzz, an Edmonton streaming talk show, where I sat in as the expert on addiction. That same evening my clients and I had a coaching session where the topic of food addiction came up again. So it’s on my mind, it’s been percolating in my brain, and now I really want to share my thoughts with you. Because I have come to a bit of a realization that we risk damaging ourselves when we call our overeating a food addiction. I’ll explain why I think that and...2023-04-2039 min
Thrive Beyond Size094: Problem SolvingWhen you encounter a problem, do you immediately throw up your hands and say “I give up” or push the problem away and ignore it? We all do it, let’s be honest. But life is difficult, I’m sorry to say, and we will encounter problems of all sizes throughout life. So I want to talk about problem solving. There is a tried and true strategy out there that has specifically been validated for people suffering from binge eating disorder to help heal the binges. Studies have been done on how effective it is. And indeed, this strategy can be u...2023-04-1321 min
Thrive Beyond Size093: Essential Skills for Weight LossThe more self-help books I read on the subject of weight loss and our relationship with food, the more I realize that common threads keep appearing amongst so many of the books. The concepts that continue to appear, book after book, year after year, are the concepts containing some truth. When I read “How to Do the Work” by Dr. Nicole LePera I was struck by the similarities between her four pillars of reparenting and the four pillars I stress as essential skills for learning weight loss in a sustainable way. And that’s what I’m talking about today: t...2023-04-0630 min
Thrive Beyond Size090: Healing Trauma With Anissa HudakContent Warning: Detailed sexual assault memories and related trauma discussionOur bodies absorb every experience we have. These experiences can manifest in our bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. So when we suffer a traumatic event, how does that resonate in our bodies? And how can we heal from those resonating responses? I’m joined today by Yoga Therapist and Founder of the Trauma Healing Yoga Therapy Program, Anissa Hudak. Anissa and I talk about PTSD from trauma and how those memories live in us and return unbidden. Most importantly, Anissa shares how to process that trauma and ho...2023-03-1649 min
Thrive Beyond Size089: It’s Never About the Food with Errin SmithWhat are we feeding when we eat? Sometimes we are feeding inner needs, a desire for connection, and our feelings. It’s the emotional eating, the eating of our feelings, that is the focus of conversation in this episode. I’m joined by the founder, producer and host of What We Crave: The Emotional Eating Summit, Errin Smith, in what is a truly honest and beautiful talk about our cravings and how to make peace with them. This isn’t about the food at all, really. It’s about why we’re eating when we eat certain things. It’s about how...2023-03-091h 21
Thrive Beyond Size088: Healing From Within with Amy SteinMany of us have had the experience of symptoms in our body that our Western medicine and doctors don’t always have answers to. And sometimes symptoms are messengers telling us to listen to our bodies. Urging us to reconnect our body and spirit before physical healing can occur. In this episode, I have a wonderful conversation with Amy Stein, Herbalist and Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator, about how to listen to those messages, advocate for ourselves, and connect to our inner wisdom on our healing journeys.Amy shares her story of the bodily pain symptoms she would experience as...2023-03-0245 min
Thrive Beyond Size087: The Scarlet F - Tackling Fat ShamingA few months ago I was on a cruise with my mom and listened to other women at our dinner table fat shame other women who chose to wear bikinis by the pool. I was appalled and so I spoke out. When I posted about that conversation on my social media, I got a ton of questions about how to handle fat shamers. So in this episode I give specific advice on how to talk to:Women who are fat-shaming themselvesPeople who are fat-shaming youPeople making generalized fat-shaming commentsThese conversations aren't easy, but they are necessary. 2023-02-2333 min
Thrive Beyond Size085: MOVE with Ashleigh GassThere is no question that exercise is part of a healthy lifestyle. But it can be hard to know where to start if you're brand new to exercise. It can also be difficult to know how to expand your movement routines once you get comfortable making exercise a regular part of your life. In this episode, I talk to Ashleigh Gass, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Together we explore:Advice for people just starting out with exerciseThe importance of including flexibility and mobility training (I have personally learned this the hard way, and you'll hear about that...2023-02-0956 min
Thrive Beyond Size084: The Holistic Health Approach with Andrea NicholsonIn this episode, I am joined with Andrea Nicholson, nutrition therapist and restorative wellness practitioner. We talk about how functional medicine can help you understand why you may not be losing weight, despite all your best efforts. Specifically, we dig deep into:How to take a holistic approach to your healthThe hidden epidemic of blood sugar imbalancesHow stress affects your blood sugars (and health overall)Daily habits that can improve your healthLearn more about Andrea by visiting her webpage: https://www.healthylifewithandrea.comYou can book a free 45-min consult with her when you...2023-02-0244 min
Thrive Beyond Size083: Ch-ch-changes Part 2How many times have you decided to make a change in your life, only to find yourself giving up a few weeks into it? This is all too common, and it’s because you don’t have a good plan for change. In this episode, you’ll learn a 6-step process for change that will not only increase your chances of sticking with it, but will also help you enjoy the difficult process of change.Learn more about Dr Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:Website: www.wayzahealth.comDownload my free Food Freedom Roadmap hereFollow me on Facebook...2023-01-2633 min
Thrive Beyond Size082: Ch-ch-changesChange is hard, maybe even the hardest thing you’ll ever do. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be successful at implementing change in your life when it’s important to you. In this episode, you’ll learn exactly why change is so difficult, and how the way you *think* about change is part of the problem. You’ll also hear about how you can take a different approach to change…one that will make success so much more likely. Specifically, you’ll learn:Why we have ambivalence and resistance toward changeOne great question to ask yourself w...2023-01-1922 min
Thrive Beyond Size072: Dopamine FastThis month inside Nourish Yourself: Body+Mind, we are doing a "dopamine fast", as described by Dr. Anna Lembke in her book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. Of course, you can't actually fast from a naturally occurring brain hormone, but you can choose to be more intentional about where you're getting your dopamine from. That's what it's all about.If you've been using food. (or alcohol, gaming, social media, shopping, you name it) to feel good, you're probably finding yourself in this cycle of desperately not wanting to engage in those activities, but...2022-11-1035 min
Thrive Beyond Size071: Eating For A Healthy Menopause with Alison BladhWe experience so many changes in our body as we approach midlife as women. Sometimes it feels like we have no control over these changes, and that can be frustrating. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this episode, Alison Bladh shares how nutrition, lifestyle and a positive mindset can ease the transition through menopause.Learn more about Dr Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:Website: www.wayzahealth.comDownload my free Food Freedom Roadmap hereFollow me on Facebook and Instagram
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Thrive Beyond Size070: Exploring Boundaries with Dana SkaggsOne thing that ALWAYS comes up when I'm coaching women on weight loss is boundaries. There's a tendency to put everyone else first, and only take care of ourselves if there is time/energy/bandwidth at the end of the day to do so. We don't know how to say no to others because we've never given ourselves the opportunity to try.Weight loss requires you to prioritize yourself, and sometimes that means enforcing boundaries in your life. But what exactly are boundaries?In this episode, I'm joined by psychotherapist Dana Skaggs, an expert on...2022-10-2757 min
Thrive Beyond Size069: Shadow Beliefs and Unconscous Commitments with Nancy PickardNancy Pickard is an integrative life coach and on this episode of the podcast, she shares with us how to get out of autopilot and move beyond our fears. She teaches us how our shadow beliefs hold us back, and how our unconscious commitments keep us stuck in our old unhelpful patterns.Nancy shows us exactly how to do this by coaching me through my own shadow beliefs and the fears that are holding me back. It was a powerful process for me, and it will be for you too!Learn more about Nancy at...2022-10-2048 min
Thrive Beyond Size068: What I Learned On VacationI just returned from a two-week holiday in Egypt and Jordan. I came home 9-lbs lighter - this was unexpected! Tune in to this episode to hear about why I think this weight loss happened, and how I plan to use the lessons I learned on holiday to continue my weight loss at home. Specifically, you'll learn:How I planned to eat while I was away, and why it's important to have a plan that you're ready, willing, and able to follow through on when you're on vacationHow various factors affect your appetite (and how to use these...2022-10-1334 min
Thrive Beyond Size067: Mind-Body Health for Weight Loss with Allie Cass"I don't think that self love and self improvement have to be mutually exclusive. I think that we can love our bodies for what they've carried us through in life, what they do for us on a day to day basis, and still desire to make choices that you know might be healthier or might be more in line with whatever our goal is.+~ Allie CassIn this episode, I'm joined by functional health and fitness coach, Allie Cass. You'll want to tune in to this one to learn how to use your mind-body connection...2022-10-0650 min
Thrive Beyond Size066: Waking Up To A Life You Love with Stacy McAlpineWhen was the last time you woke up in the morning feeling excited about your life? So much of the weight loss journey is about finding the joy in your life again and feeling fulfilled without the food. In this episode, I'm joined by Stacy McAlpine, a life transformation specialist. We talk about:
How to shift from a life of "shoulds" to one you truly love waking up to
One thing you can do RIGHT NOW to life a more fulfilling life
How to start following through on the promises you make to yourself
How to set yourself...2022-09-291h 03
Thrive Beyond Size065: Being Highly Sensitive with Tammy GoenHas anyone ever told you that you’re too sensitive? If you often find yourself overstimulated and often feel things very deeply, or are easily affected by what’s going on around you, then you might be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).In this episode, I talk with Tammy Goen, who specializes in coaching HSPs. You’ll learn:What an HSP is, and how you can find out if you are one.Why being an HSP can lead to emotional eatingHow to regulate your nervous system to avoid burnoutHow you can turn being an HSP into your s...2022-09-2254 min
Thrive Beyond Size064: The Law of Attraction and Weight Loss with Zehra MahoonHave you ever wondered how the Law of Attraction works? Learn from Zehra Mahoon and Nicole Hale as they share with us what the Law of Attraction is (and also what it’s not) and how to harness it’s power for weight loss. You’ll hear about the science behind this, but more importantly, you’ll learn practical steps to start using it today. You’ll also hear how Nicole lost 100 lbs using the tools you’ll hear about on this episode. It’s powerful stuff!To learn more about Zehra, visit her website https://www.zmahoon.com.2022-09-1545 min
Thrive Beyond Size063: Living with Type 1 Diabetes with Colleen MitchellIf you are a type 1 diabetic struggling to live the life you know you deserve, then this episode is for you! Colleen Mitchel, a life coach for women with type 1 diabetes and podcast host of This is Type 1, joins me this week. We have an empowering discussion about not being chained to your weight, your blood sugar, or any diagnosis your doctors may have given you. Colleen shares her journey through a 60-lb weight loss, and she shares mindset tools that can help you through your journey as well.Colleen has created an amazing community for type 1...2022-09-0831 min
Thrive Beyond Size062: Pushing Out Of Your Comfort ZoneOne of the reasons why weight loss can be so darn hard sometimes is that we like to stay in our comfort zone. We get used to a certain way of eating, and even though it may be harming us physically or emotionally, it’s what we know best, and so it feels safe. If you want to change the way you eat (or anything else for that matter), then you have to step outside your comfort zone. In this episode, you’ll learn exactly how to do that.Learn more about Dr Michelle Tubman and Wayza Heal...2022-09-0120 min
Thrive Beyond Size061: Transforming Your Health From the Inside Out with Sue HitzmannDo you struggle with chronic pain, or just not feeling fantastic in your body? If so, you’ll want to tune in to this episode.I talk with Sue Hitzmann, exercise physiologist, neurofascial researcher, and creator of the MELT Method. We discuss not only why we feel pain or discomfort in our body, but what we can do ease it, and even prevent it.Specifically, you’ll learn:The difference between acute pain, chronic pain, and sudden chronic painHow the accumulated stress of daily living can lead to stress and what we should do abou...2022-08-2545 min
Thrive Beyond Size060 - How I Learned To Love My BodyHave you ever had an "aha" moment with your body? I recently had one with mine. Perhaps for the first time I can ever recall, I felt true love for my body. This is something I've really been working on for the past year. I came to a place where I could accept my body, and even appreciate it, but loving it felt out of reach. Until this moment.In this episode, I share my story - that brief moment of love, and what I subsequently experienced because of it. You'll also hear about the steps I...2022-08-1826 min
Thrive Beyond Size059: Finding Balance with Mia MoranDo you feel like you are too busy and way too overwhelmed to make healthy changes in your life? If you’re feeling like you can’t get ahead at work, you’re constantly behind on your to-do list, and you can’t seem to find time for the things you want to do, then this episode is for you!In this week’s episode featuring Mia Moran, I cover:The importance of planning and organization in achieving balance in your lifeHow your diet can affect every aspect of your life, including your energy levels, immunity and overal...2022-08-1150 min
Thrive Beyond Size058: Being Your Best Self With Ariel BredderDo you ever see your friends post about #livingmybestlife on social media and roll your eyes? Yeah, I do too. What does that even mean? I dive into that on this episode with Ariel Bredder, a fellow life coach. Together, we dismantle what it actually means to become the best version of yourself…and spoiler alert, it’s not about showing off on Instagram!Specifically, you’ll hear about:Internal versus external motivatorsWhat boundaries are and why they are so importantHow to identify your personal values (and then live them)Why embracing the best version of yourse...2022-08-041h 03
Thrive Beyond Size057: Pickles, Rogue Waves and Bowling Lanes with Jolene HermansonIf you want an overview of how nutrition and life coaching work together to create amazing weight loss results, this is the episode for you! I’m joined by Jolene Hermanson, a fellow Precision Nutrition Level 2 nutrition coach. Together, we break down why it’s so important to look beyond the macros when you’re working on weight loss, particularly if you are an emotional eater.Specifically, after listening to this episode, you’ll understand:Why it’s so important to “zoom out” and look at your deeper healthWhy it’s essential to reconnect your mind and bodyHow usin...2022-07-281h 05
Thrive Beyond Size030: Tapping for Weight Loss with Lauren FonvielleDo you struggle with food cravings or emotional eating? One effective tool for working through this is the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also called tapping. In this episode of the Mindful Weight Loss Podcast, I interview Lauren Fonvielle, an EFT practitioner. We discuss how tapping can be used on your weight loss journey.
After listening to this episode, you’ll understand:
What EFT/tapping is, and the science behind how it works
How tapping can help you process food cravings and urges
How tapping can help you manage stress and anxiety and lower your cortisol levels, he...2022-01-2035 min
Thrive Beyond Size021: The Power of AwarenessDo you tend to eat your meals on the run, in front of the TV, at your desk, or while you’re distracted in some other way? If so, you aren’t alone. But when it comes to weight loss, distracted eating is a broken strategy. In this week’s episode, you’ll learn why, and how you can use the power of awareness to help you lose weight.After listening to this episode, you’ll know more about:How important your senses are to your digestionHow paying attention improves your metabolismWhy it’s crucial to include food...2021-11-1818 min
Thrive Beyond Size009: When Your World Gets Shaken UpDid the Covid pandemic leave you feeling like you had no control in your life? When you start to focus on all the things in your life that you have no control over, it can start to feel overwhelming very fast. But overwhelm is an emotion that won’t get you very far, especially if weight loss is one of your goals.
So in this episode, you’ll learn:
Why overwhelm is an indulgent emotion
Why we may overeat when we feel overwhelmed
Three strategies for shifting out of overwhelm
We have a worksheet to help...2021-08-2627 min
Thrive Beyond Size008: Girl Guide Cookies NOWHave you ever gone nuts buying all the delicious mint chocolate Girl Guide cookies as soon as they start selling them? If so, there’s a good reason why you do this. In this episode, you’ll learn how scarcity thinking leads to unhelpful eating choices and how you can learn to shift from a scarcity mentality to an abundance mentality.
By the time you finish listening, you’ll also learn:
How deprivation and restriction lead to scarcity thinking.
Why traditional dieting often fails.
How gratitude can shift you into abundance thinking.
I’d love to hear...2021-08-1923 min
Thrive Beyond Size006: Interview with Melanie Cayer - Finding Freedom from FoodJourneying towards weight loss is never easy and it doesn’t happen overnight. For Melanie Cayer, our coaching client, it’s a decade-long struggle.
In this episode, we will talk about Melanie's weight loss journey through coaching. We'll talk about how to overcome fear of food and the guilt that comes with eating, being apprehensive in trying out coaching, journaling emotions instead of eating them, and the tools she uses to enjoy food with intention.
Here are some takeaways from this episode:
Eating intentionally, not mindlessly, will help you enjoy food without the guilt
Chan...2021-08-0554 min
Thrive Beyond Size004: Book Review: What Happened To You?What happened to you? It’s a great question to ask when you find yourself falling headfirst into a bag of Cheetos. Understanding what’s happening in your brain when this happens, and why it happens, gives you the power to choose a different way to manage your stress and difficult emotions.
In this episode, we take a deep dive into Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry’s new book “What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing.” By the time you finish listening, you’ll learn:
How the brain reacts to stress and trauma and why it’s...2021-07-2223 min
Thrive Beyond Size003: Committing to Weight LossWhat does it really take to commit to weight loss? It takes more than desire. It requires understanding your own compelling reason for wanting to change your body. It requires putting a stop to collecting information, buying programs, and signing up for weight loss challenges, and taking real action instead.
In this episode, we’ll navigate the importance of commitment, managing your mind, and taking massive action to get the job done. By the time you finish listening, you’ll discover:
Why simply going on a diet without also managing your mind is a broken strategy for...2021-07-2222 min
Thrive Beyond Size002: Sugar is Not the ProblemWhat if I told you that sugar isn’t the problem when it comes to struggles with weight, it’s actually the solution, and weight gain is an unfortunate side effect?
In this episode, we’ll explore the concept of symbolic substitutes, and one big reason why sugar can be oh so tempting. By the time you finish listening, you’ll learn:
Why we use symbolic substitutes to manage difficult emotions.
Why willpower will never result in sustainable weight loss.
How to use thought downloads as a powerful tool for weight loss.
Learning how to manage y...2021-07-2214 min
Thrive Beyond Size001: The BeginningHave you spent years on the diet rollercoaster, never really reaching your weight and health goals? If so, you aren’t alone.
It is commonly said that that 95% of diets fail. In this episode, you’ll learn why that is the case. I’ll share my own personal journey with weight loss, and how, through lots of trial and error, I found the answers. By the time you finish listening, you’ll discover:
How similar many of our journeys with weight loss are – you are never alone!
Why it’s essential to take responsibility for where you are now...2021-07-2224 min