Episodes
Feb. 20, 2025
191: When Your Favorite Foods No Longer Bring You Joy
Hello 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 …
Feb. 13, 2025
190: Raising Intuitive Eaters with Christina Claytor
Hello 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 Heal…
Feb. 6, 2025
189: How to Stop Food Rules from Controlling Your Life
Welcome 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 ours…
Jan. 30, 2025
188: Rest as Resistance - Reclaiming the Right to Slow Down
Hello 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 t…
Jan. 23, 2025
187: Trauma and Body Trust - What You Need To Know
Welcome 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 approa…
Jan. 16, 2025
186: Reflecting on Rhythm for 2025
Hello 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 …
Jan. 9, 2025
185: Larger Luxury with Sherilyn Trompetter
Hello friends and welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size. It’s been quite a while since I’ve shared an interview with you so I’m very excited to share one today. I’ve become passionate about advocating for weight-inclusive care …
Jan. 2, 2025
184: The Power of Connection
Hello, 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…
Dec. 26, 2024
183: Reframing Overeating- A Compassionate Approach to Holiday Eating
Hello 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, …
Dec. 19, 2024
182: Emotional Eating During the Holidays
Hello 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…
Dec. 12, 2024
181: Body Trust Through the Holiday Season
Hello 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 decoratio…
Dec. 5, 2024
180: How Creative Activities Can Support Intuitive Eating
Welcome 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 fou…
Nov. 28, 2024
179: 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 spok…
Nov. 21, 2024
178: The Hidden Harm of Clean Eating - Understanding Orthorexia
Welcome, 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…
Nov. 14, 2024
177: What to Eat When You Don’t Know What You Want
Hi 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’r…
Nov. 7, 2024
176: When Anti-Fat Bias Tears Families Apart
Welcome 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…
Oct. 31, 2024
175: How Mindset Shapes Your Relationship With Food
Friends, 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 b…
Oct. 24, 2024
174: Food Restriction - Hiding In Plain Sight
Welcome 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. T…
Oct. 17, 2024
173: You Are Not Broken
Hello 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…
Oct. 10, 2024
172: The Erasure of Fat People From Fashion
In 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 th…
Oct. 3, 2024
171: Boundaries - Protecting Your Time, Energy and Body
Ever 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…
Sept. 26, 2024
170: How To Spot Fake Intuitive Eating
Hey 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 wha…
Sept. 19, 2024
169: Interoception - The Hidden Key to Intuitive Eating
Hello 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 …
Sept. 12, 2024
168: I Feel Fat
Hello 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 …