Season 2
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 in fatphobia and sex, and last week we talked about body image and fatphobia…
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 a clinical and sexual health educator from right here in my hometown of Edm…
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 from?” And I dug deep. I don’t advise you to go my route and Google, I did…
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; today we’re talking about eating disorders. It’s a different type of conversat…
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, the fitness industry and diet culture rob movement of joy. In the place wh…
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 talking in the abstract about theory, Christina will blow your mind with h…
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 flourish and live a life by design instead of default. I’m not doing this explora…
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 to understanding our right to nourish our bodies. It’s on this whole line …
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 was hesitant to watch it because I had preconceived notions about what it …
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, is a Certified Eating Psychology Coach and the founder of Body Wisdom Nutrit…
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 and our relationships with food. Anne is a nationally recognized Certified…
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 knew I had to have Rob back for another discussion, a part two. So Rob is my…
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 people have irregular, super heavy, or very painful periods and it’s always b…
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 almost every aspect of being our best selves. Thriving begins with sleep. S…
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 it’s something we’re working on. That led me to want to talk to an expert i…
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 really allow yourself to be an intuitive eater, it’s a beautiful thing. It …
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 had an experience that was pretty profound for me. After it, Rob looked at m…
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 of the challenge we all face when we start this journey is just talking abo…
Dec. 21, 2023
130: Navigating Perimenopause the Natural Way with Amita Sharma
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 inf…
Dec. 14, 2023
129: How We Make It Work with My Husband, Rob Issa
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 …
Dec. 7, 2023
128: Lost your spark? How to shift out of depletion and refresh your energy with Meghan Johnston
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, a…
Nov. 30, 2023
127: Growing Through Change with Kirsten Beske
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 deci…
Nov. 23, 2023
126: Empowerment Through Nervous System Regulation with Brittany Cano
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 a…
Nov. 16, 2023
125: Getting Started with Intuitive Eating with Krista Beck
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 diet…