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Welcome to Thrive Beyond Size, the show where clinicians, researchers, advocates, and everyday women share how they’re redefining health far beyond the number on a scale.
Hosted by Dr. Michelle Tubman, triple-board-certified physician, intuitive-eating counselor, and founder of Wayza Health, each episode blends personal stories with evidence-based insights on intuitive eating, body-trust practices, and holistic well-being.
Guests open up about the science of behavior change, the realities of weight stigma, and practical tools that foster self-compassion, joyful movement, and true nourishment.
If you’re ready to heal emotional eating, advocate for weight-neutral care, or simply make peace with your body, these conversations will inspire and equip you to thrive—body, mind, and soul.
What do you do when you don’t know what comes next? When clarity feels just out of reach and the uncertainty itself feels uncomfortable—even unsettling?
In this episode, Michelle reflects on her own experience of
As this episode drops on New Year’s Day, I’m sharing a reflective vision for 2026—rooted not in resolutions or goals, but in patience, presence, and trust. I talk about how my work and personal life
In this Christmas Day episode, Michelle reflects on the past year through the lens of her word for 2025: rhythm. Rather than measuring success by productivity or transformation, she explores what it meant to honor
Boredom is an emotion many of us quietly struggle with—and one we often buffer with food, scrolling, or staying busy. In this episode, Michelle shares an insight from a yin yoga class where boredom showed
In this episode, Michelle shares a surprising, soul-stirring experience at a fine dining restaurant that reawakened her senses and her relationship with food. She explores what happens when we bring sight, smell, sound, touch, and
In this episode, Michelle talks honestly about hitting a wall in early December—bone-deep exhaustion, endless cravings for warm, cozy foods, and a brain that just feels slower. She explores why this isn’t a personal failing,
In this episode, Michelle unpacks what she calls “chaotic eating” — those seasons when life gets busy, hormones are shifting, food feels confusing, and meals become irregular, reactive, and accidental. She shares honestly about her
In this episode, Michelle pulls back the curtain on a word we’ve all been taught to accept as “neutral” and “medical”: ob*sity. She explores the racist roots of anti-fatness, how BMI became a proxy for
Michelle unpacks the loaded term “food porn” and how diet culture turned food imagery into something to fear. She contrasts her past—hiding cookbooks and avoiding cooking shows—with her present: peacefully thumbing through soup recipes and
