The Body Grievers® Club

Whether you are a professional or a body griever this episode is ALL about knowing your worth. We discuss: - Building your confidence and self-esteem surrounding money - The connection between body image and money mindset - Overcoming scarcity mindset - Pricing your services as a helper that reflects your value, integrity, and meets the needs of your clients To learn more about Kelly + her book ke...

In this episode - Bri + Bonnie explore the concept of body scapegoating! Body scapegoating is when you blame your body for ailments rather than getting curious at what the cause is.  - In this episode we will show you we both move through body distress - we normalize negative beliefs even as body image professionals - and how to shift beliefs that have always been there To learn more about Bonnie...

In this episode of the Body Grievers Club - Bri sits down with Body Griever Grad Andi Heggem to discuss the harm & difficulty of working in fatphobic world. Check out Andi on insta:  https://www.instagram.com/essentiallyandi/

In this episode, Bri hot seat coaches herself through her fear of REST.  When we dig into our body image narrative - we often find places where narratives like to hold on to.  Check out this episode to explore where even Bri feels like she gets stuck in productivity narrative. 

Recently I went to the doctor for a checkup. I had been seeing this doctor for 4 years and I had just seen her 6 months ago, and my blood work looked great. This time, I felt off, my blood work was off, and I hadn't been taking my thyroid medication regularly. For the first time ever, my doctor brought up intentional weight loss as a solution to my current issues. She even suggested surgery, which...

Welcome back to another hot seat coaching session. As the holidays approach, do you find yourself dreading the conversations at dinner because your body has changed? Today's guest is feeling that apprehension. I'll coach her through her trauma responses, talking to herself the way she would talk to her niece or a student, and building some planned coping mechanisms. Are you interested in being hot...

Burnout is highly celebrated in our culture, in America especially. Are you familiar with the phrase, "I'll sleep when I'm dead?" We're expected to hustle and grind. When I was very young, I connected my worth to my doing. The attention and compliments I got when I did something that made someone else happy felt really good. Particularly living in a fat body, if I was productive, I was worthy. How...

Join me for hotseat coaching with my guest Meghan. Meghan had gotten a Peloton bike in order to be part of the culture and get back into joyful movement. She has run into problems with the way she fits on the bike and the way it functions, plus the guilt of having bought this expensive bike that's been gathering dust. Listen in as we unpack internalized fatphobia, societal pressures, guilt, and bo...

CONTENT NOTE: In this episode we will discuss emotional abuse from an older partner. Welcome Vinny Welsby to the Body Grievers Club podcast. Vinny is a fatphobia activist, educator, and diversity trainer. They dealt with many body image issues growing up, such as poverty and not having enough food, having a fat body and not feeling like they should eat because of it, living in a homeless shelter,...

I'm ECSTATIC to welcome Tiff Roe to the podcast today. Tiff found me on IG back when I was brand new and shared my series on eating disorders versus disordered eating, and my audience exploded. Today we're going to talk about the clinical definition of grief. Whereas bereavement is the experience of losing a loved one to death and mourning is the cultural expression of what's going on, grief itsel...

CONTENT NOTE: In this episode I will speak about medical abuse. In this episode, we're going to challenge that inner critic narrative. After I shared on IG about a doctor's appointment in which we saw a significant increase in my health values after making only 2 changes: reducing the stress in my life, and knowing that at my appointment we wouldn't talk about my weight. Even though this was a hug...

Join me for a hotseat coaching with my client Kelsey. Kelsey was diagnosed with PCOS when she was 22 and because of weight stigma with her doctor, was unable to get any testing done until she lost weight. She has since been diagnosed with Type II diabetes and still doesn't fully feel that she deserves quality healthcare while she lives in a larger body. During this hotseat coaching session, we'll...

I'm so excited to welcome Ragen Chastain to the conversation. Ragen is a fat queer activist, speaker, and writer. Today we'll go in depth about fatphobia in medical care, including: Medical professionals practicing stereotypes instead of medicine The basis of fatphobia in the oppression of black and indigenous bodies Why BMI is bullshit How implicit bias can become explicit bias How to talk to doc...

Today's guest is Steph Gaudreau, who is a strength nutrition specialist and lifting coach helping women lift weights, get stronger, and experience the life-changing magic of focusing on what you can do instead of only focusing on what you look like. Today we'll chat about her transition away from restrictive diet culture and how that experience frames her work today. Her experience with Paleo and...

The 5 stages of grief are commonly known, so in this episode i'm going to discuss how this relates to my Body Grief Method. Body grief is the loss or losses accompanied by the conscious choice to stop attempting to change one's body size. Moving through the 5 stages of grief is much the same: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The acceptance stage doesn't mean loving every curv...

I hesitate to use the word "war," but when I think of my own journey with my body, that's what it felt like. It felt like a war I couldn't win. Diet culture sells us a vision, but the game is rigged. There is no end to the road. Some things folks have shared with me about grieving their bodies: Believing their bodies need to look a certain way Fitting into the world Ability to get medical advice t...

CONTENT NOTE: In this episode I discuss weight loss surgery. I used to think that acceptance was a destination, that peace was a place of arrival. After my lap band surgery, I thought that the weight would just melt off and I would love how my body looked. That's the promise I was sold, and it was a lie. Turns out, there's no surgery to go from hating your body to loving it. Body image has very li...

CONTENT NOTE: In this episode I discuss weight loss surgery. As long as I can remember, I hated my body. I was encouraged from a young age to diet, for "health." The result was that I was striving for ultimate health and despite following all the diets and exercise plans to a T, I was never satisfied with the amount of weight I had lost. I still had a strong sense of self-worth for 2 reasons: I ha...

Welcome to The Body Grievers Club Podcast – a podcast aimed to support those people struggling to make peace with their body image. In my experience of grief it often feels like a club. A club that no one wants to be a part of but when you meet someone with that shared experience, you understand them. This has been my same experience with body grief.   So I made the Body Grievers Club. Body Grief...

In this finale episode of Season 2 I talk with my personal physical therapist, Danny Shapiro.  Daniel Shapiro is a Dutch trained Physical Therapist and specializes in manual therapy. He has developed his own pain elimination techniques that have helped people get rid of pain and get back to enjoying life quickly. Daniel has been helping people who want to stay active and continue doing their favor...

Arielle Juliette from Madison, WI is the owner of Dance Life, an in person and livestream dance community specializing in body positive and fat positive belly dance, burlesque, ballet and cardio classes for adults. Arielle believes that dance is for EVERY single body, especially those who feel left out of a traditional class, and that movement should be fun! Arielle is passionate about Health At E...

In this episode, Bri & guest Kate Rosen discuss the nuances of being a fat performer and hurdles they have faced in the industry.  They also discuss the parallels to vocal work and body image work as the importance of fat-positive representation in the media. Kate Rosen is passionate about helping others discover greater joy in singing. She has taught hundreds of students with all sorts of differe...

In this episode, Bri interviews Elizabeth Armstrong (she/her) is a therapist in Dallas, Texas who works with people living with PCOS. She is passionate about helping women heal their relationship with their body, find freedom from diet culture, and advocate for better health care of PCOS. Together, they dissect how Elizabeth's experience of the seasonal ritual of going through clothes can to lead...

In today's episode, Natalie Peikoff and I discuss what it is like to grieve our old bodies, especially when reminded through photos.  Natalie Peikoff is a psychotherapist with Full Bloom Counseling Group in Denver, Colorado. She works with people of all ages to help them find the inner peace and clarity they deserve. Natalie thrives on meaningful human connection and brings a deeply empathic persp...

In this episode, Bri speaks with certified holistic wellness coach Ivy Felicia about her journey to becoming a coach and creating a space in the wellness industry for people of all sizes. Ivy helps clients of all backgrounds realize that body peace is possible, that self-love is a choice, and that body freedom is a birthright for all. They discuss how multiple marginalized identities play a part i...