Season 2
June 12, 2025
207 - The Truth About Trauma and Weight
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Dr. Michelle Tubman unpacks the increasingly popular belief that all larger bodies are the result of trauma. Drawing from her experience as a physician, coach, and someone who lives in a larger body herself, Michelle explores the origins of this narrati…
June 5, 2025
206 - Lipedema: The Unrecognized Disorder Affecting Millions of Women
June is Lipedema Awareness Month—and chances are, you or someone you love may be living with this misunderstood condition. Join Dr. Michelle Tubman, Emma Cloney, and Diana Dimmock for an eye-opening conversation on what lipedema really is, why it’s so often missed, and how we can fight for recognit…
May 29, 2025
205 - Hot Takes with Rob: Gym Selfies, Cheat Days, Dad Bods & More
In this episode of Thrive Beyond Size, Michelle Tubman and her husband Rob Isa engage in a lighthearted discussion about various topics related to body image, fitness, and food. They explore the cringe factor of gym selfies, the concept of cheat days, and the double standards surrounding dad bods. …
May 22, 2025
204 - Rethinking Exercise: How to Make Movement Joyful, Not a Chore
In this episode of Thrive Beyond Size, Michelle Tubman discusses the concept of joyful movement, sharing personal experiences from a recent camping trip with her husband. The conversation explores the importance of reframing exercise from an obligation to a source of joy, recognizing everyday activ…
May 15, 2025
203 - When You Rush Through Life (and Reach for Food Instead)
What if your eating habits could teach you more about how you move through the world than you ever imagined? In this deeply personal episode, I share insights sparked by a recent labyrinth walk—one that cracked open an uncomf...
May 8, 2025
202: Healthism and Why It's Harmful
What happens when health becomes a moral obligation instead of a personal choice? In this episode, Dr. Michelle Tubman unpacks the hidden harms of healthism—and how to reclaim body autonomy, self-trust, and care on your own terms.
May 1, 2025
201: What Fiction Can Teach Us About Diet Culture – A Conversation with Paulette Stout
Award-winning author Paulette Stout joins me to talk about her powerful new novel, What We Give Away—a story that takes on diet culture, disordered eating, and the journey to self-acceptance.
We explore how fiction can help people see the truth about body image and food in ways facts can’t—and why …
April 24, 2025
200: From Weight Loss to Body Trust – My Full Circle Journey
In this powerful 200th episode, Michelle shares the full arc of her journey—from launching a weight loss podcast in her bedroom closet to becoming a fierce advocate for body trust and intuitive eating. It’s a raw, honest reflection on unlearning diet culture, healing from binge eating, and finally …
April 17, 2025
199: Familiar Comfort vs True Nourishment
Are you truly enjoying it—or just doing what’s familiar?
In this episode, Michelle explores the subtle (but important) difference between true pleasure and habitual comfort. Learn why our brains cling to the familiar, how mindfulness can help you break free from autopilot, and why discomfort is a n…
April 10, 2025
198: The Food Freedom Illusion
Hello there, and welcome back to the podcast. In last week’s episode, I used the phrase ‘food freedom’ in the context of food being a mirror to show the relationship you have with yourself. But upon reflection, it doesn’t make sense. Food freedom is a phrase that is used a lot in diet culture and w…
April 3, 2025
197: The Mirror Effect - It's Not Just About the Food
Welcome, everyone. I’m excited to have you back here this week because I want to talk to you about something truly life-changing. I call it the mirror effect. It has to do with diet culture telling us to fix our eating and fix our bodies when really those are not the issues. There’s nothing wrong w…
March 27, 2025
196: The Control Paradox - Why More Food Rules Make You Feel More Out Of Control
Hello everyone and welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size. This episode was partly inspired by my husband returning to school and watching how meticulous he is about his assignments. The effort he puts into things is admirable but not sustainable and I realized that striving for perfection is about the…
March 20, 2025
195: Welcome to Nourish Yourself Body+Mind
Hello friends and welcome back to the podcast! Today I have something truly special to share with you, something that I’ve been pouring my heart and soul into for months. Today I’m announcing the launch of my brand new course: Nourish Yourself Body+Mind. This course, Nourish Yourself Body+Mind, is …
March 13, 2025
194 - Intuitive Eating and Your Period
Friends, welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size. Today I’m talking about intuitive eating and how the heck you do it while on your period. I realized when I instinctively bought cookies that I almost never buy while grocery shopping the other day, that my mind and body are pretty in sync now because a …
March 6, 2025
193: Fear of Hunger
I’m happy to have you back with me at Thrive Beyond Size. Last week I was truly fatigued, so exhausted, but this week I’m feeling better and reclaiming energy. And today I want to talk to you about something I’ve struggled with along the course of my own intuitive eating journey: a fear of hunger. …
Feb. 27, 2025
192: Intuitive Eating When You're Tired
Welcome back, friends. I’m exploring what happens to our food cravings when we’re exhausted. Why is eating and choosing food such a chore when we’re fatigued? How does it affect our decision-making? We’ve all been there, overwhelmed and bone tired, staring at the kitchen and thinking the only optio…
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 for 50 years and we have little rituals where we stop for breaks and get fa…
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 Health. Christina Claytor, the founder of Mindful Health Revolution, joins me a…
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 ourselves that dictate all the decisions we make around eating. Things like car…
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 that it’s actually in my rhythm to have a tough time at the end of January g…
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 approach to my coaching but the process intrigued me and opened so many realizati…
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 day and we did well for a week or two but fell off around mid-January. I th…
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 in healthcare and addressing anti-fat bias and weight discrimination in the…
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 our food and body relationships and that’s a sense of connection. This tim…