In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri interviews Ashantis Jones, a counselor and ASM-certified personal trainer, about healing body image and movement through an intersectional, weight-inclusive lens. Ashantis shares how her eating disorder recovery, later neurodivergence diagnoses (ADH...
In this episode of The Body Grievers® Club, Bri joins therapist/social worker Monica Freudenreich to discuss eating disorders versus disordered eating, emphasizing that most people with eating disorders often go unrecognized or dismissed by providers who lack specialized training and may be influ...
In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri interviews licensed clinical social worker and parent Keri Baker about body image, food, and raising kids—especially when both parent and child live in larger bodies. Keri shares her history of early dieting, years of chronic dieting, likely undia...
In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri shares her five-year movement journey from having no exercise practice to building an intuitive, consistent, feel-good relationship with movement. She traces how the pandemic disrupted her gym routine, triggered body image distress when back pain ...
UPDATED EPISODE! In this episode of The Body Grievers® Club, re-recorded in 2026, Bri and Anna Sweeney reflect on what they've learned about themselves, body grief, body liberation, and chronic illness since this episode was originally recorded back during the pandemic era. They will share new wi...
In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri interviews dietitian and certified diabetes educator Kristie Messerli (The Type 2 Diabetes Nutritionist) about type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, medication, and the shame and fear that often follow diagnosis. Kristie explains diabetes in lay term...
In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri shares how receiving five perfectly fitting gowns from Sydney’s Closet sparked a corrective experience that contrasted with her 2007 prom season, when a dream dress wouldn’t zip and intensified shame, restriction, and a fixation on weight loss that ...
In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri interviews anti-diet, weight-inclusive personal stylist Dacy Gillespie about clothing grief, style, and size accessibility. Dacy shares how styling clients revealed the need to address body feelings and how “flattering” advice often aims to make bod...
In this episode of The Body Grievers® Club, Brianna interviews TikTok creator and author Allora Dannon, who describes herself as a plus-size “accidental late bloomer spokesperson.” Allora explains how she reframed “late bloomer” to mean not dating or experiencing physical intimacy until her thirt...
