The Body Grievers® Club

Welcome back to another episode of the Body Grievers® Club!

If you are cynic about love because of your body image - this is the episode for YOU! In this episode, Texas native, nurse practictioner + Body Griever® graduate Shanea Palone takes us through her incredible LOVE STORY of meeting her now husband + love of her life.

In today's episode of the Body Grievers club, Bri + Jana talk about how gaining weight does not mean that you are giving up on yourself.

Some other key themes in the episode include

• challenges you might face when resisting societal norms 
• insights into the complexities of grief + body image
• Bri + Jana’s personal growth stories, including freedom from self-punishment and navigating life without hyper-focusing on body size.
• an offering of hope recognizing that true freedom comes from letting go of unrealistic expectations.

In today's episode, we have a special guest, Amanda Mittman.

Amanda is an RD and the owner of Happy Valley Nutrition + Bitchin Body Image RD.

In this episode we talk about the hurdles keeping your provider from having the body image conversation.

THE BODY GRIEVERS® METHOD is designed to shift you from body grief to body acceptance.

This is a part 1 of this 7 part mini series.

If you are

• YOU if are tired of hating your body but body love feels unattainable

• You are sitting in the suck of what accepting your current body means for you

• You want to get in the room with Bri + Jana + other body grievers®

JOIN MEMBERSHIP + RETREAT

12 months of body image coaching + an in person retreat

THE BODY GRIEVERS® METHOD is designed to shift you from body grief to body acceptance.

This is a part 2 of this 7 part mini series.

In this episode we will discuss:

• 2 tangible criteria to measure your self talk

• why reassessing self talk usually fails

We provide 3 tangible tips to help you REASSESS Self talk [STEP 2]

If you are

• YOU if are tired of hating your body but body love feels unattainable

• You are sitting in the suck of what accepting your current body means for you

• You want to get in the room with Bri + Jana + other body grievers®

JOIN MEMBERSHIP + RETREAT

12 months of body image coaching + an in person retreat

THE BODY GRIEVERS® METHOD is designed to shift you from body grief to body acceptance.

This is a part 3 of this 7 part mini series.

In this episode we will discuss:

• How to explore your body image triggers in a trauma informed way

We provide 3 tangible tips to help you INVESTIGATE [Step 3]

If you are

• YOU if are tired of hating your body but body love feels unattainable

• You are sitting in the suck of what accepting your current body means for you

• You want to get in the room with Bri + Jana + other body grievers®

JOIN MEMBERSHIP + RETREAT

12 months of body image coaching + an in person retreat

THE BODY GRIEVERS® METHOD is designed to shift you from body grief to body acceptance.

This is a part 4 of this 7 part mini series.

In this episode we will discuss:

• what SEXY permission looks like

• the difference between self efficacy + self esteem

• how permission can shift you from people pleasing to a courageous communicator

We provide 3 journal prompt questions to help CREATE sexy self permission [Step 4]

If you are listening in REAL time [Nov 15 2023] we want to invite you a special event. This is for you if:

• YOU if are tired of hating your body but body love feels unattainable

• You are sitting in the suck of what accepting your current body means for you

• For providers and body grievers®

JOIN OUR MASTER CLASS:

THE BARGAINING PHASE

NOV 21st at 7pm EST 2023.

this LIVE 90-minute masterclass on November 21st at 7pm ET. will give you a tangible path to understand how to move from body hatred into making peace in your here & now body while also teaching all about body grief.

THE BODY GRIEVERS® METHOD is designed to shift you from body grief to body acceptance.

This is a part 5 of this 7 part mini series.

In this episode we will discuss:

• what it means to live your BUBBLe [best unapologetic, big beautiful life]

• How we lived our BUBBLe in Costa Rica

• How grief + joy exist together, not separately

We provide 3 journal prompt questions to help you begin living your best life NOW [Step 5]

If you are listening in REAL time [Nov 8 2023] we want to invite you a special event. This is for you if:

• YOU if are tired of hating your body but body love feels unattainable

• You are sitting in the suck of what accepting your current body means for you

• For providers and body grievers®

JOIN OUR MASTER CLASS:

THE BARGAINING PHASE

NOV 21st at 7pm EST 2023.

this LIVE 90-minute masterclass on November 21st at 7pm ET. will give you a tangible path to understand how to move from body hatred into making peace in your here & now body while also teaching all about body grief.

THE BODY GRIEVERS® METHOD is designed to shift you from body grief to body acceptance.

This is a part 6 of this 7 part mini series.

In this episode we will discuss:

• What makes it difficult to ask for our needs + wants

• How to shift the black + white thinking

• Lean into the HELL YES + satisfaction factor of body image'

We provide 3 journal prompt questions to consider highlighting your NEEDS for body image work [Step 6]

If you are listening in REAL time [Nov 1 2023] we want to invite you a special event. This is for you if:

• YOU if are tired of hating your body but body love feels unattainable

• You are sitting in the suck of what accepting your current body means for you

• If you are a provider who helps clients with Body Grief

• If you are new here or you've been here forever

• If you've worked with us or if you've never worked with us before

THE BODY GRIEVERS® METHOD is designed to shift you from body grief to body acceptance.

This is a part 7 of this 7 part mini series.

In this episode we will discuss:

• What motivates your for CHANGE
• We talk about the enneagram + how personality + values collide
• We provide 3 journal prompt questions to consider when thinking about Aligning to Your Values [Step 7]

If you are listening in REAL time [Oct 2023] we want to invite you a special event. This is for you if:

• YOU if are tired of hating your body
• Body love feels unattainable
• You are sitting in the suck of what accepting your current body means for you
• If you are a provider who helps clients with Body Grief
• If you are new here or you've been here forever
• If you've worked with us or if you've never worked with us before

In today's episode, Bri is joined by dating coach Lily Womble to discuss the intersections of dating + body image. Lily is an entrepreneur, like Bri, who helps others find their way through the dating world to confront their fears when it comes to love and dating

Lily says in the episode, "How have we been socialized to believe about ourselves and what we are worthy of and what is possible for us, especially in our love lives".

They discuss coming into your own agency for your pleasure in life, instead of relying on outsourcing.

In today's episode, Bri & Jana discuss the how the cult mentality shows up in diet culture and how difficult it can be to get out.

• what gaslighting is and what it looks like in diet culture

• 3 reasons why people get sucked into cults

• A journal prompt exercise to explore your identity around your involvement in "cults"

• They also tackle difficult questions like "What would you say to someone who tries to call HAES a cult?"

In the episode the documentary we reference is Nexium on HBO Max.

PLUS a reminder that BRI'S BODY IMAGE VAULT UNLOCKS 8/10/2023

Access to all of Bri's top resources to help shift your understanding of body grief to body acceptance.

BODY IMAGE IS A DIG, not a journey.

Whether you are a professional or a body griever this episode is about exploring your body image pain points.

In this episode I'll cover:

• How body image is not just about your body
• WHY body grief is keeping you stuck
• How body image is like an archeological dig
• How to begin to DIG through the CULT of diet culture

This episode also gives you the BIGGEST sneak peek of our upcoming body image program:

BRI'S BODY IMAGE VAULT to UNLOCK access to all of Bri's top resources to help shift your understanding of body grief to body acceptance.

Doors for the VAULT open 8/10/2023

Get on the waitlist NOW for early access + the opportunity to WIN an intensive with me!

In this episode, Bri talks about exploring body image is not a place of arrival. She talks about dating, intimacy, intersect with body image and self esteem. She goes through parts of her body grief framework and how to reframe fears and all or nothing statements.

HOW TO WORK WITH BRI +JANA:

Whether you are a professional or a body griever this episode is ALL about knowing your worth. We discuss:

- Building your confidence and self-esteem surrounding money

- The connection between body image and money mindset

- Overcoming scarcity mindset

- Pricing your services as a helper that reflects your value, integrity, and meets the needs of your clients

In this episode - Bri + Bonnie explore the concept of body scapegoating! Body scapegoating is when you blame your body for ailments rather than getting curious at what the cause is. 

- In this episode we will show you we both move through body distress

- we normalize negative beliefs even as body image professionals

- and how to shift beliefs that have always been there

Recently I went to the doctor for a checkup. I had been seeing this doctor for 4 years and I had just seen her 6 months ago, and my blood work looked great. This time, I felt off, my blood work was off, and I hadn’t been taking my thyroid medication regularly.

For the first time ever, my doctor brought up intentional weight loss as a solution to my current issues. She even suggested surgery, which I have already had and had a horrible experience with. To say I was shocked is an understatement.

I could have walked out of that appointment and not gone back. I could have let her blame my autoimmune diagnoses on my body size. Instead, I asked myself how I would advocate for one of my Body Grievers, and instead explained how intentional weight loss was never going to be an option for me because of my disordered past. Luckily, she listened.

Welcome back to another hot seat coaching session. As the holidays approach, do you find yourself dreading the conversations at dinner because your body has changed? Today’s guest is feeling that apprehension.

I’ll coach her through her trauma responses, talking to herself the way she would talk to her niece or a student, and building some planned coping mechanisms.

Burnout is highly celebrated in our culture, in America especially. Are you familiar with the phrase, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead?” We’re expected to hustle and grind. When I was very young, I connected my worth to my doing. The attention and compliments I got when I did something that made someone else happy felt really good. Particularly living in a fat body, if I was productive, I was worthy.

How can we go about healing from burnout that keeps our cup empty?

• Realign with your values.
• Prioritize what’s important and what’s urgent. Delegate what you can, which may mean humbling yourself to be able to accept help.
• Detach yourself from the outcome.
• Find new hobbies. What is play for you?

Can you pair a task you don’t like doing with a task you do like doing? What can you do to delegate and conserve your energy? Burnout is perpetual, but it can be healed.

Today’s guest is Sarah Cottrell, host of The Former Lawyer Podcast. She is a former lawyer herself, former client of mine, and happily a current friend and colleague. Today we’ll talk about how she helps people get out of their soul-sucking lawyer gig, what happens afterward, and how that relates to the Body Grievers journey. There are more similarities than you might think.

Sarah’s experience in Body Grievers Club was life changing. She had been in therapy for 6 years attempting to recover from her eating disorder, but learning how to really process grief has helped her in every other aspect of life. Developing the self-compassion required to try new things and fail has been a game changer.

Join me for hotseat coaching with my guest Meghan. Meghan had gotten a Peloton bike in order to be part of the culture and get back into joyful movement. She has run into problems with the way she fits on the bike and the way it functions, plus the guilt of having bought this expensive bike that’s been gathering dust.

Listen in as we unpack internalized fatphobia, societal pressures, guilt, and boundaries.

CONTENT NOTE: In this episode we will discuss emotional abuse from an older partner.

Welcome Vinny Welsby to the Body Grievers Club podcast. Vinny is a fatphobia activist, educator, and diversity trainer. They dealt with many body image issues growing up, such as poverty and not having enough food, having a fat body and not feeling like they should eat because of it, living in a homeless shelter, and abuse from a much older boyfriend. Finny saw a message online that it was okay to be fat, and there was no turning back.

We’ll have a good discussion about body grief, hope, Santa, pronouns, and multiple marginalizations.

Vinny Welsby (they/them) is a world-leading expert on dismantling fatphobia and diet-culture, TEDx speaker, and best-selling author. They went from being homeless, abused with self-esteem that was achingly low into the courageous fat activist and change maker they are today. Victoria helps people fall in love with themselves and is dedicated to shifting the way society views fat bodies.

I’m ECSTATIC to welcome Tiff Roe to the podcast today. Tiff found me on IG back when I was brand new and shared my series on eating disorders versus disordered eating, and my audience exploded.

Today we’re going to talk about the clinical definition of grief. Whereas bereavement is the experience of losing a loved one to death and mourning is the cultural expression of what’s going on, grief itself is the intense physical and psychological distress we experience in response to loss.

Collectively, we are all experiencing pandemic grief and the effects of life as we knew it being ripped away.

Listen in as we talk about all things body image, inner child wounds, unconditional love, and diet culture.

CONTENT NOTE: In this episode I will speak about medical abuse.

In this episode, we’re going to challenge that inner critic narrative. After I shared on IG about a doctor’s appointment in which we saw a significant increase in my health values after making only 2 changes: reducing the stress in my life, and knowing that at my appointment we wouldn’t talk about my weight. Even though this was a huge win for me, I found myself in a panic attack. My body had been ready for a fight that didn’t happen because of the years of medical trauma that I’ve experienced.

When we experience trauma, we essentially experience it twice: in the body, then in the brain. Our logical mind can convince us that we’re not in that same danger anymore, but the body still remembers.

In this episode, I’ll walk you through some of the process that I went through with my EDMR therapist to heal some of the wounds I’ve held for so long.

If you listened to the episode you know that this code is very important: BODYGRIEVERSCLUB

Join me for a hotseat coaching with my client Kelsey. Kelsey was diagnosed with PCOS when she was 22 and because of weight stigma with her doctor, was unable to get any testing done until she lost weight. She has since been diagnosed with Type II diabetes and still doesn’t fully feel that she deserves quality healthcare while she lives in a larger body.

During this hotseat coaching session, we’ll work through some beliefs that are holding her back from accepting herself and her body.

I’m so excited to welcome Ragen Chastain to the conversation. Ragen is a fat queer activist, speaker, and writer. Today we’ll go in depth about fatphobia in medical care, including:

• Medical professionals practicing stereotypes instead of medicine
• The basis of fatphobia in the oppression of black and indigenous bodies
• Why BMI is bullshit
• How implicit bias can become explicit bias
• How to talk to doctors about diagnoses and treatments

Weight stigma is not your fault, even if it has become your problem.

Charles and I have been friends for years. He was an instructor at a gym that I was a member at, and we hit it off right away. Charles ran his own gym for a few years called, “The Happiest Gym On Earth,” where everyone was welcomed and accepted regardless of body shape and size.

As a coach with a larger body in the fitness space, he has had to fight a lot harder to be heard. He deals with backhanded compliments and microaggressions because of his body size and what that means as a fitness instructor.

Charles recommends finding joyful movement that:

1. feels good for your body and
2. brings you fulfillment on an emotional level.

Today’s guest is Steph Gaudreau, who is a strength nutrition specialist and lifting coach helping women lift weights, get stronger, and experience the life-changing magic of focusing on what you can do instead of only focusing on what you look like.

Today we’ll chat about her transition away from restrictive diet culture and how that experience frames her work today. Her experience with Paleo and the restrictions that went with it led her to learn how intuitive eating really is better for your body, especially when it comes to fitness goals.

In the wellness space, a lot of it is oversimplified into “just eat this way.” With that comes the moralization of how well you’re able to do that, and if you don’t follow the program perfectly at all times that makes you less of a person. There’s also a disregard for marginalized peoples - the vast majority of industry “leaders” are cishet white dudes.

We have a long way to go when it comes to examining our internal and external biases about who can and can’t be a health or nutrition expert.

The 5 stages of grief are commonly known, so in this episode i’m going to discuss how this relates to my Body Grief Method.

Body grief is the loss or losses accompanied by the conscious choice to stop attempting to change one’s body size. Moving through the 5 stages of grief is much the same: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The acceptance stage doesn’t mean loving every curve and dimple, it just means the absence of distress.

Peace requires discomfort. We know peace because we know discomfort.

The steps of the Body Grief Method:

1. Building awareness around how we talk to ourselves, how we talk about our bodies, and how we interpret the world of bodies.
2. Active unlearning, which requires us in the moment to choose differently.
3. Over time, the wound of grief still exists, but it’s more familiar. Everything takes time.
4. In community, you don’t have to feel alone.

I hesitate to use the word “war,” but when I think of my own journey with my body, that’s what it felt like. It felt like a war I couldn’t win. Diet culture sells us a vision, but the game is rigged. There is no end to the road.

Some things folks have shared with me about grieving their bodies:

• Believing their bodies need to look a certain way
• Fitting into the world
• Ability to get medical advice that isn’t fatphobic

Part of ending the war on our body is to deprogram from diet culture. Society tells us that having fat is bad and immoral, while having a small body is preferable. In reality, malnutrition can literally kill you. Weight loss and gain should be amoral, without judgment.

The way to get all the way on the body positive boat is unconditional positive regard.

What does body love mean to you? For example, the ability to accept and love your body how it is. This goes totally against diet culture’s emphasis on loving how your body looks.

I can promise you that if you can let go of what you’ve always done, if you’re willing to let go of the praise for your “effort,” that makes space for grief. In order to heal, you need to sit in the suck. Grieve what you’re going to be losing in order to allow your life to change for the better.

CONTENT NOTE: In this episode I discuss weight loss surgery.

I used to think that acceptance was a destination, that peace was a place of arrival. After my lap band surgery, I thought that the weight would just melt off and I would love how my body looked. That’s the promise I was sold, and it was a lie. Turns out, there’s no surgery to go from hating your body to loving it.

Body image has very little to do with your body. It’s about how you FEEL about your body, or how you believe other people see you.

One of the things we talk about in my Body Grievers Course is body scapegoating. That’s when we put the blame or responsibility on our bodies. If my body was smaller, I’d get more dates. If my body was smaller, I’d love myself more. That may work for a short time, but it’s not sustainable. Letting go of the expectations can suck.

Visit my free webinar about how to sit in the suck:

1. Investigate why it’s bothering you.
2. Decide if you can manage it.
3. Honor the grief work that’s happening.
4. Assess the suck. You don’t have to find a solution or reframe, just whether you’re able to explore it.

Sometimes the solution is the process.

CONTENT NOTE: In this episode I discuss weight loss surgery.

As long as I can remember, I hated my body. I was encouraged from a young age to diet, for “health.” The result was that I was striving for ultimate health and despite following all the diets and exercise plans to a T, I was never satisfied with the amount of weight I had lost.

I still had a strong sense of self-worth for 2 reasons:

1. I had some strong emotional and parental attachments with people who made me feel valuable.
2. I had strong faith that God loved me.

Even still, my self-esteem was low. I would worry about whether the world would love me, or a partner would love me. I hit my breaking point at 19 years old. I decided I was done dieting, it wasn’t working, and with the influence of my family I had weight loss surgery.

The surgery promised better health, a smaller body, and exponential weight loss and like dieting, it didn’t deliver on what it promised. Instead, I couldn’t eat and my hair was falling out.

Part of the thing with body dysmorphia is looking at a part of our body convinced that it’s wrong, working to fix it, then moving on to another part, and another. Unfortunately, in the clinical definition of eating disorders, a disordered eating pattern isn’t necessarily diagnosed unless certain physical characteristics are present, such as low body weight in the case of anorexia.

Working in an eating disorder center and going to therapy highlighted the cognitive dissonance that I didn’t believe that I could be healthy in a larger body. That depression in the area of body image brought me to the concept of body grief.

Body grief is the loss or losses accompanied by the conscious choice to stop attempting to change one’s body size. Grieving sucks, but you don’t have to grieve alone.

Welcome to The Body Grievers Club Podcast – a podcast aimed to support those people struggling to make peace with their body image. In my experience of grief it often feels like a club. A club that no one wants to be a part of but when you meet someone with that shared experience, you understand them. This has been my same experience with body grief.   So I made the Body Grievers Club.

Body Grief is a part of body image that we don’t talk about enough. Grief is described as deep sorrow. In the process of making peace with my body, one of the pinnacle parts was grieving the loss of intentionally pursuing weight loss.

I’m an admitted people pleaser. I felt that by reaching a certain size or weight that I was a personal failure. Thing is, the game was rigged from the start.

Arielle Juliette from Madison, WI is the owner of Dance Life, an in person and livestream dance community specializing in body positive and fat positive belly dance, burlesque, ballet and cardio classes for adults. Arielle believes that dance is for EVERY single body, especially those who feel left out of a traditional class, and that movement should be fun! Arielle is passionate about Health At Every Size and spreading the body liberation message, and loves to help her students declare a truce with and connect positively to their bodies.

In this episode, Bri & guest Kate Rosen discuss the nuances of being a fat performer and hurdles they have faced in the industry.  They also discuss the parallels to vocal work and body image work as the importance of fat-positive representation in the media.

Kate Rosen is passionate about helping others discover greater joy in singing.

In this episode, Bri interviews Elizabeth Armstrong (she/her) is a therapist in Dallas, Texas who works with people living with PCOS. She is passionate about helping women heal their relationship with their body, find freedom from diet culture, and advocate for better health care of PCOS.

Together, they dissect how Elizabeth's experience of the seasonal ritual of going through clothes can to lead to body discomfort. They delve into how our childhood traumas can inform us on how we react to body change, and in result our view of our bodies. Even something as simple as shopping with a parent for new clothing can be an impressionable experience. More importantly, Elizabeth notes how body trauma does not have to be physical or violent to hurt us. The medical field, social media, and entertainment industries can amplify the alienation and discomfort when oneself reflects on their body.

Elizabeth busts the biggest myths told about PCOS, and goes over the methods she uses with her clients. Her techniques and mindset are always rooted in body neutrality and the HAES perspective. Bri and Elizabeth discuss exactly what that means, why "positivity" is not incredibly helpful for self love, and how do we get there. She also goes in depth about how having a supportive partner can make all the difference in the world.

In this episode, Bri speaks with certified holistic wellness coach Ivy Felicia about her journey to becoming a coach and creating a space in the wellness industry for people of all sizes. Ivy helps clients of all backgrounds realize that body peace is possible, that self-love is a choice, and that body freedom is a birthright for all. They discuss how multiple marginalized identities play a part in health and wellness, and how the traditional concept of wellness must change to reflect diverse perspectives and abilities. 

Ivy Felicia is dedicated to helping people strengthen their love for themselves. Ivy is a certified holistic wellness coach, a motivational speaker, a body image expert, a coach with over 5 years of acclaimed service, and a passionate public advocate for fat acceptance and body diversity. She has offered body image coaching to people of all sizes, offering body peace, and radical self-love to all who struggle to achieve it.

Through the combination of her education and her own powerful journey to body peace, Ivy has developed an innovative system of Body Relationship CoachingTM. This powerful system is a unique combination of weight-neutral holistic wellness and radical self-care. By using simple strategies, mindful accountability techniques, intuitive listening, and ongoing training, Ivy facilitates shifts in mindset and perspective that help people achieve positive, sustainable changes in their relationship with their bodies.

No matter what stage of life a person is in, no matter what body they have, no matter their health status, or their feelings about their image, Ivy teaches that body peace is possible, that self-love is a choice, and that body freedom is a birthright for all.

In this IGTV Live turned episode, Bri answers her followers' questions about how to handle body changes. In a society where we're constantly told that our changing bodies are bad, how do we begin to rebuild body trust? How do we manage when we find ourselves unlovable? And how do we cope with the reactions of family members and friends who've noticed our changing bodies? She answers important questions like what can we do right now to feel better in the bodies we have? And the big question, who profits off of the thought that there's something wrong with our bodies in the first place?

Rebecca Moravec is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Denver, CO where she has been practicing therapy for over 10 years. She loves the Enneagram (She leads with an enneagram 2!) and is training to become a Certified Enneagram Practitioner through The Narrative Enneagram.  She's a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor which intersects with her work with clients healing from disordered eating. She is committed to fat-acceptance, and Health at Every Size, and to dismantling diet culture so that people may live deep and meaningful lives with authentic relationships with themselves and with others free from distraction and shame.

In this episode, Becca and Bri dive into Becca's experience of needing to have her wedding band cut from her finger when it no longer fit her. They talk about how the thin ideal affects our sense of belonging and our perception of failure and explore body grief, letting go of "thinness," and processing the feelings that arise when looking at old photos. Together they discuss how exposure therapy, along with reparenting, self-care, and holding onto meaningful relationships can help body grief to fade and allow us to live fuller lives. 

Becca co-hosts the Two Therapists in Therapy podcast with Sarah Brill. When she's not with clients, she is reading or snuggling with her partner, Chad, and their sweet dog, Pumpkin.

Christyna Johnson (she/her/hers) is a weight-inclusive registered dietitian who works with disordered eating, eating disorders, and intuitive eating. She practices from a Health at Every Size ®, social justice, trauma-informed, and person-centered approach. She advocates for equity and inclusion at all levels of eating disorder treatment. She uses social media to provide education and awareness around issues that intersect with food and bodies. She is the host of the podcast Intuitive Eating for the Culture. Her other passions include plants and exploring the outdoors.

In this episode, Christyna and I discuss body trauma and body terrorism, and how they impact body image and autonomy. We delve into diet culture and the "trend" of body positivity, and Christyna even shares some of her favorite brands that are committed to social justice. 

In this episode, Dr. Morgan Francis and I discuss how body grief along with many other forms of more traditional grief intertwine and interact throughout our lives. Dr. Francis talks about how in her intuitive eating journey, the process of replacing old thought patterns that contributed to disordered eating, to the new thoughts that helped heal her relationship to her body, food, and movement. We dive in and sit in the suck for a lost in our lives we both happen to share; the passing of each of our brothers. For Dr. Francis, this created a domino effect that had many ramifications for her entire family. Lastly, we delve into the many facets of grief, and how validation and providing space for those feelings can be incredibly beneficial for our well being. 

Dr. Morgan Francis is a Doctor of Clinical Psychology and a Licensed Mental Health Therapist. She is the owner of Scottsdale Premier Counseling, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her mission is to break through the mental health shame game. Dr. Francis is a mother to three children ages 7, 6, and 4 years old and resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband of ten years.

In this episode, @dietitananna & I discuss more on body grief. We talk about how hard it can be when our body no longer does what it used to and normalizing that experience (and the emotions that come with it). Anna uses her experience in a disabled body, and I use my experience being in a large/ fat body. We explore how body love isn’t the only destination on a body image journey and provide tangible resources for challenging and changing your automatic thoughts.

Anna has organized a virtual connection for each day of the week to provide consistency for those struggling with being in quarantine.

Anna also created the hashtag #inaccessibleviews. If you live in an abled body, please remember to use this hashtag on your adventures to take Anna (& others) with you.