Episodes
June 6, 2024
154: Mastering Sleep with Amanda Chocko
Hello friends! Today I’m talking about something I am lucky enough to not struggle with personally but which so many people do struggle with. And that is sleep. Sleep is my superpower, according to my husband, and I can fall…
May 30, 2024
153: Weight Stigma in Healthcare with Dr. Stephanie Hart
CW: Talk about weight loss and experienced medical weight stigma, use of the terms obese and obesity
Welcome to today’s episode, everyone, where we address a topic that’s not easy for us to talk about. We’re talking about w…
May 23, 2024
152: Master Your Money Mindset with Linda Grizely
Hello 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 gla…
May 16, 2024
151: Befriend Your Body Through Movement with Kim Hagle
Friends, I’m excited to share this episode with you all because it’s on a subject I’ve been struggling with recently. We’re going to talk about movement. My relationship with movement has gone up and down, if you’ve been lis…
May 9, 2024
150: The Power of Embodiment with Jen Aks
I’m happy you’re all here to join me in a deep dive on a topic that comes up a lot on this podcast and in my coaching programs. That topic is embodiment. People these days are trying to understand the importance of alignment…
May 2, 2024
149: Yes, You Can Heal From An Eating Disorder with Helen Bennett
CW: Talk about eating disorders, bulimia, binge eating disorder, restricted eating, purging
I’m so glad to be back in front of the microphone with you all because I recorded so many episodes before going on an African vac…
April 25, 2024
148: Pleasure At Every Size with Angela Corry
CW: Discussion on sex, sexuality, and fatphobia
Friends, I hope you were able to join me last week for part one of this conversation with my guest Angela Corry. Angela is a clinical and sexual health educator, an expert i…
April 18, 2024
147: Fat - Foe, Fact and Fetish with Angela Corry
Friends welcome to another episode of Thrive Beyond Size. Today’s topic is so big that you’ll hear from my guest twice. We’re doing a two-parter, part one this week and part two next week. My guest is Angela Corry and she’s …
April 11, 2024
146: 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…
April 4, 2024
145: Getting Real About Eating Disorders with Dr. Cristina Castagnini
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; tod…
March 28, 2024
144: How Diet Culture and Chronic Pain Intersect with DK Ciccone
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,…
March 21, 2024
143: Operationalizing Your Goals with Christina Claytor
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…
March 14, 2024
142: Living a Life By Design with Dr. Wendy O Connor
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 flouri…
March 7, 2024
141: You Deserve To Feel Nourished with Maura Rodgers
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…
Feb. 29, 2024
140: Are You Really What You Eat
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…
Feb. 22, 2024
139: Heal Your Relationship With Food with Joanne Edinberg
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, i…
Feb. 15, 2024
138: Discussing Body Image with Anne Poirier
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…
Feb. 8, 2024
137: Talking About Your Body in Relationships with Rob Issa
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 k…
Feb. 1, 2024
136: Your Period - The Fifth Vital Sign with Dr. Erin Ellis
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 pe…
Jan. 25, 2024
135: Stop Snoring and Start Living with Dr. Dylan Petkus
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 …
Jan. 18, 2024
134: Meal Planning with Courtney Genereux
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 …
Jan. 11, 2024
133: Grieving Weight Loss
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 …
Jan. 4, 2024
132: Facing Your Fears
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 h…
Dec. 28, 2023
131: Talking Anti-Diet with Leah Hortin
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 …