Thrive Beyond Size

Content Warning: conversation on eating disorders and disordered eating: mentions of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, weight bias, and suicidal ideation Hello friends. Today’s topic is a big one and a sensitive one as well; today we’re talking about eating disorders. It’s a different type of conversation, though, because we’re not going to talk about what they are and how to diagnose them, instead, we’r...

We talk a fair bit about chronic pain on this podcast, friends, and some things have become abundantly clear. First, that chronic pain is not taken seriously if you live in a bigger body. Second, while movement is important, the fitness industry and diet culture rob movement of joy. In the place where chronic pain and diet culture meet, where do people who live with pain in bigger bodies go if the...

Welcome, friends! This is an exciting episode because I get to introduce you to one of the coaches who works inside Wayza Health, a brilliant expert in habits and taking action. Her name is Christina Claytor and while I love talking in the abstract about theory, Christina will blow your mind with her ability to dig into the details and actually get things done. Christina is the founder of Mindful...

What does it mean to thrive? You all join me to Thrive Beyond Size on this podcast but we don’t explore the “thrive” part often enough. Today we’re going to do that, my friends. We’re going to explore what it means to flourish and live a life by design instead of default. I’m not doing this exploration alone, either. I’ve invited the wonderful Dr. Wendy O’Connor, a Stanford-trained positive psycho...

I bring you another beautiful interview today, friends. While working on my business I’ve become more present in my relationship with food, becoming in tune with what I really need. Changing our relationship with food is key to understanding our right to nourish our bodies. It’s on this whole line of thought that I invited Maura Rodgers to talk with me today. Maura is a registered dietician, integ...

Welcome back to the podcast. Today I don’t have a guest to introduce you to because I want to take some time to talk about a docuseries recently released on Netflix. The series in question is called “You Are What You Eat”. I was hesitant to watch it because I had preconceived notions about what it would be about before going in. But I couldn’t rightly talk to you about it without watching it. So I...

Hello, friends! I have another beautiful interview for you today. It’s so encouraging to talk to other women who are interested in ditching diet culture and healing relationships with food. Joanne Edinberg, my guest today, is a Certified Eating Psychology Coach and the founder of Body Wisdom Nutrition. Joanne and I actually both trained at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating which gives us...

Content Warning: This episode contains in-depth conversations about eating disorders, internal shame regarding body size, and body image Today I’m having an open and honest conversation with Anne Poirier about body image and our relationships with food. Anne is a nationally recognized Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, author of “The Body Joyful” , a Certified Self-Talk Trainer, eating disorder...

Friends, remember when I had my husband, Rob Issa, on the podcast a few weeks ago? We talked about navigating our different health goals within our relationship, among other things, and that episode was so well received. I knew I had to have Rob back for another discussion, a part two. So Rob is my guest today and we’re talking about when partners no longer find their spouse attractive after years...

Friends, today I’m talking about a topic I’ve been referencing a lot recently. If you listen regularly you’ll know I’m currently in pre-menopause so I often talk about what’s going on with my periods. So many menstruating people have irregular, super heavy, or very painful periods and it’s always bothered me that we’ve been told this is normal and don’t understand what we can do to get us to a pla...

Welcome to another interview episode, friends! I’m excited to bring this one to you because it’s with a physician who does a lot of work on sleep. As you know, sleep is a topic I’m passionate about because it’s important to almost every aspect of being our best selves. Thriving begins with sleep. So today I talk with Dr. Dylan Petkus, a physician, researcher, and health optimization expert who tak...

Hey friends, remember the episode when I finally had my husband Rob on and you all got to meet him? Not only was that a lot of fun, but in that episode Rob and I talked about our ongoing struggles with meal planning and how it’s something we’re working on. That led me to want to talk to an expert in meal planning and today I’m excited to introduce the expert I found to all of you! Meet Courtney Ge...

I’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 focuse...

Friends, 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...

I’m excited to introduce you to my guest today because she and I have had so many rich conversations about what intuitive eating and the anti-diet approach mean to us. She speaks so eloquently on all these subjects and part of the challenge we all face when we start this journey is just talking about it, right? This episode will help us all out with starting the conversation. So I’m thrilled to in...

I’m talking about something near and dear to my heart in this episode: the journey through perimenopause. If you’ve been listening regularly you’ll know I’m on this journey right now and have been struggling with it. Why do we not talk about perimenopause regularly? Why is it so hard to get the information we need? That’s going to change in this episode because I’m talking with Amita Sharma, co-fo...

This is it, this is the episode where you finally get to meet my husband, listeners! I’m so excited to introduce you to my better half, Rob Issa. I talk so much about him and he has gone through a lot as I’ve worked on my business and this podcast and now you get to hear directly from him. Rob and I talk about some of the individual struggles we faced on our own health journeys as well as how we n...

Friends, I’m so excited to share today’s guest with you. Every so often I interview a podcast guest who changes my life and I believe Meghan Johnston is one of those people. Meghan is a life coach and a restorative yoga teacher with over 12 years of experience in holistic wellness, space holding, and experiential learning. And if you’ve been listening to the past few episodes here, you’ll know tha...

After attending the lifestyle medicine conference a week or so ago, I was reminded of what my values and my purpose in life and career are. I had the opportunity to rest and connect with like-minded people and it was just what I needed. I also discovered a group called Walk With A Doc and I’ve decided to open a chapter in my hometown. It’s a great way to volunteer in a way that’s aligned with my p...

I attended a lifestyle medicine conference in Denver, Colorado not long ago and it got me very energized because I felt I was with my people; the people who shared common values with me. But as much as I’m excited about diving into lifestyle medicine, I’m always frustrated by the fact that nobody addresses the question of why people don’t stick to these healthy habits. One of the speakers at the c...

I’m talking about intuitive eating once again because it is such a beautiful way of tuning into your body’s wisdom and respecting your body. I’m so passionate about sharing this with you so I have another wonderful guest to interview about intuitive eating. Krista Beck is a Canadian registered dietician, certified intuitive eating counselor, and owner of Dietitian Krista. Krista’s mission is to ex...

Today’s episode is a conversation I think is so important to hear because it features Sarah Donner, a brilliant woman who started as a fashion model and is now a hypnotherapist and health coach. She started modelling when she was just 14 years old and while going through teenage body changes, had her whole self-worth focused on a career about her body and what size she was. It was when Sarah trans...

I’m excited to bring you another interview today, on a topic I’ve been wanting to explore but haven’t quite known what to say about. So today I will broach that topic with Heidi Karner, a dietician with a Masters in Health Promotion, who practices through an anti-diet, size-inclusive lens. We will be talking all about Ozempic and other GLP One inhibitors and weight loss medications. Heidi will pro...

I 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...

Today I’m talking about eating disorders with Nicole Christina, a psychotherapist with 30 years of specializing in eating disorders. And specifically we’re going to talk about eating disorders in middle age. Nicole’s own podcast, Zestful Aging, covers topics related to healthy aging and acknowledging that eating disorders don’t just affect adolescents and teenagers is something we don’t discuss en...