The Body Grievers® Club

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 (ADHD/autism traits and ARFID), and experience with fibromyalgia shaped her approach to care, emphasizing that diagnoses can be useful but aren't always required to provide support. They discuss body positivity as a social justice movement, how privilege and systemic oppression—including racism, fatphobia, ableism, and capitalism—shape access to care and eating disorder treatment, and why decolonizing mental health matters. Ashantis explains that weight-inclusive fitness can look the same as weight-centric training, but focuses on functional goals, accommodations, rest, and building body trust rather than weight loss.
06:38 Recovery Origin Story
11:47 Eating Disorder Realizations 
13:19 ARFID ADHD Nuance 
15:58 Diagnoses And Shame 
19:34 Intersectionality Basics 24:10 Decolonizing Mental Health 
31:02 Defensiveness And Learning 
32:26 Learning Beyond Your Bubble 
33:12 Pandemic Backlash and Diet Culture 
40:12 Movement as Body Trust 
42:45 Chronic Illness and Ableism Realities 
56:13 Read Books Not Hot Takes
 
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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 influenced by diet culture trends. They describe how diagnostic labels can shift, how insurance and treatment systems affect care, and why focusing on functioning and quality of life matters more than whether someone meets a specific DSM threshold. They critique applying abstinence-based addiction models to food, highlight how "health" is often reduced to weight, and explore the roles of rest, connection, joy, and reducing shame in healing. They also preview an upcoming master class for providers and individuals on assessment, blind spots, body image, and practical strategies.


04:18 Recognizing Disordered Eating
06:58 Monica's ED Work Journey
09:55 Bri's ED Center Reality
12:41 Provider Dissonance Dieting
18:57 Labels Don't Matter
25:42 Healing Inside Diet Culture
35:36 Rest as Radical Health
37:25 Rethinking Addiction and Connection
38:54 Comfort Coping Without Shame
47:55 Rejecting Diet Culture
50:18 About the Masterclass
 
EPISODE RESOURCES:
Join our upcoming masterclass: Eating Disorder vs. Disordered Eating
Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY9DcIMGxMs 
Episode 37: Rest Feels Unsafe
Get on the waitlist for Body Image Bootcamp for providers at https://bodyimagewithbri.mykajabi.com/bootcamp-waitlist-2025 
 
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*Bri's Free Resource: 7-Step Guide to Shift Body Grief to Radical Body Acceptance
https://www.bodyimagewithbri.com/seven-steps

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 undiagnosed eating disorder symptoms, and finding intuitive eating and anti-diet care through supportive providers. They discuss parenting a child with ARFID (avoidant restrictive food intake disorder), how it's often mistaken for picky eating, and the added difficulty of seeking medical care when professionals dismiss concerns or focus on weight. 
 
04:02 From Diet Culture to Intuitive Eating
09:43 Parenting With ARFID
13:04 Weight Stigma in Healthcare
22:30 Talking Body Image With Teens
28:33 Intuitive Eating Starts With You
29:51 Division of Responsibility Basics
31:04 When Kids Eat Differently
37:45 Good Enough Nourishment
39:30 Habituated Foods and Interoception
44:25 Advocating at Doctor Visits
 
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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 arose on a short walk, and revealed deeper body grief tied to internalized ableism rather than weight loss. Bri outlines five needs for healing and answers questions about "enough" movement, limited mobility with others, pushing vs listening to the body, and much more.

TIMESTAMPS:
03:12 Pandemic Routine Collapse
10:21 Curiosity Over Criticism
12:50 Sexy Permission to Rest
22:58 Joy as Real Rest
36:42 Intentional Movement Prep
41:09 Pain Without Punishment
42:40 Listener Questions
43:24 Finding Your Why
50:25 Mobility With Friends
01:05:38 Where To Begin


EPISODE RESOURCES:
80. How ADHD Can Impact Your Body Image with Dani Bryant
37. Rest Feels Unsafe
Dr. Saundra Dalton's Seven Types of Rest
Seven Types of Rest Quiz
Examining 12 "Good Fatty" Archetypes We Depend On
66. Core Belief Exploration: Why did I refuse a wheelchair in the airport?
70. Reclaiming Movement + Enoughness with Hannah Husband Get a special discount for the Body Liberation Playground HERE: https://www.hannahhusband.com/bodyliberationplayground-bri
19: Body Pain Is Not Punishment 
OrthoFeet Hands-Free Shoes
 
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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 terms, emphasizing insulin resistance as the underlying issue, genetics as a major driver, and the nuance beyond "cut carbs, lose weight, exercise more," especially for women already dieting and exercising. They discuss complications as largely tied to unmanaged diabetes, the reality that medication may still be needed as the pancreas becomes less efficient, and myths about reversal, prediabetes, and weight loss. Kristie also breaks down GLP-1s, cautions against CGMs for people without diabetes/prediabetes, and shares resources, including her Balanced Blood Sugar Method and provider training group.


03:19 Diabetes Explained Simply
06:14 Is Type 2 Your Fault?
12:54 Common Fears and Complications
17:56 Myth or Fact?
21:55 Hormones, Thyroid, and PCOS
29:36 Genetics Loads the Gun
31:45 Healing Trust With Food
43:03 GLP1s Explained
49:20 Medication Fear and Risks
55:58 Diabetes Shame and Culture
59:08 Resources and Next Steps
 
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Connect with Kristie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/type2diabetes.nutritionist/ 


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*Bri's Free Resource: 7-Step Guide to Shift Body Grief to Radical Body Acceptance
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