Thrive Beyond Size Podcast

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

Listening to your body sounds simple… until your brain gets loud. In this episode, I share how I’m navigating movement and rest across yoga, walking, and strength training — teasing apart true body cues from

After a listener kindly called me out for using the phrase “junk food,” I was reminded how powerful our words really are. In this episode, I share what that moment taught me about language, self-judgment,

Fresh home from Morocco, Michelle unpacks the real lessons a three-week adventure can teach about body trust, joyful movement, food satisfaction, sleep, water, and the power of routine. This honest debrief explores the messy middle

“If I could just control my eating, my body, my schedule…then I’d finally feel at peace.” Sound familiar? In the final episode of Michelle’s myth-busting series, we take on the seductive promise of control—and why

“Thin equals healthy” is one of the most stubborn stories in modern medicine and culture—and it’s costing people care, dignity, and health. In part three of our myth-busting series, Michelle traces how BMI became medical

Is sugar really “like cocaine”? In part two of our myth-busting series, Michelle unpacks the popular claim that certain foods—especially sugar and carbs—are addictive in the same way as drugs and alcohol. Drawing on neuroscience,

n this first instalment of Michelle’s myth-busting mini-series, we take a hard look at the cultural story that “more discipline” is the magic key to success—in food, movement, work, and life. From ER shifts that

September can feel like a clean slate—but that “reset” energy often sneaks in as diet culture in disguise. In this episode, Michelle shares how she personally got pulled into back-to-school mode, why resets backfire, and