The Body Grievers® Club

In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri shares why she regrets having bariatric surgery, reflecting on undergoing lap band surgery at 19 in 2010 after years of failed weight-loss attempts and undiagnosed Hashimoto's, PCOS, and thyroid issues. She describes how the promised relief and confidence never arrived, how complications mimicked eating-disorder behaviors, and how shame and fear of regain intensified alongside body dysmorphia. Bri discusses how long-term outcomes and the later obsolescence of lap band surgery shape her skepticism about newer weight-loss "solutions," and emphasizes that autonomy over body change remains personal. She explains how true relief came through mindset work: letting go of the thin ideal, rebuilding self-esteem, healing relationships with food and movement, seeking weight-neutral medical care, and finding meaning, joy, and community while living fully in the body she has.



03:23 Why I Chose Surgery
07:19 Dysmorphia After Weight Loss
10:43 Complications And Shame
12:55 Looking Back From 2026
14:13 GLP1 And Long Term Doubts
14:58 What I Was Never Told
17:09 My Healing Without Weight Loss
22:14 Ten Steps To Acceptance
28:24 Living Fully Now
31:03 Finding Joy In This Body



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*Website: https://bodyimagewithbri.com/
*Bri's Free Resource: 7-Step Guide to Shift Body Grief to Radical Body Acceptance
*Bri's How to Rewrite Your Body Image Story E-Book

In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri talks with non-diet nutritionist and cognitive behavioral coach Stephanie Dodier about how many people move from rejecting diet culture into a new "health" identity that still moralizes food as healthy/unhealthy, keeping them stuck in food noise, shame, restriction, and weight cycling. Stephanie explains her "Beyond the Food" methodology, using coaching questions to unpack thoughts, beliefs, and identity, and emphasizes autonomy, self-trust, and "having your own back" through self-compassion and self-care. They discuss grief as a necessary part of radical body acceptance, health diversity, and acceptance in chronic pain, alongside practical movement recovery through lower-dose, supportive choices. The conversation also covers GLP-1s, bariatric surgery, informed consent, weight stigma in medical care, and navigating online fatphobia as fat creators.
 
02:33 CBT vs Coaching Explained
04:04 Unpacking Food Noise
11:54 Self Trust Over Food Rules
18:06 Health Diversity and Chronic Pain
22:23 GLP 1 Decisions and Informed Consent
28:25 Weight Stigma In Healthcare
33:13 Healing Movement Relationship
34:41 Movement And Chronic Pain
40:19 Fat Entrepreneurship Online
43:51 Handling Hate And Shame
46:48 Preparing For Doctor Visits



EPISODE RESOURCES:
"Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle" by Amelia Nagoski
Weight Loss and Informed Consent Newsletter by Ragen Chastain
 
WANT MORE OF STEPHANIE?
It's Beyond The Food Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-beyond-the-food-non-diet-health-coaching/id1172102796  
Non-Diet Assessment Tool for Health Practitioners
Episode 380: Body Grief & Liberation
 
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*Website: https://bodyimagewithbri.com/
*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 reframes body trust as secure attachment to the body and explains that body grief is unavoidable because bodies change, get sick, and experience discomfort and loss. She shares a seven-step, trauma-informed acronym—GRIEVER—as a tangible roadmap for shifting body image work from cognitive fixes to somatic practice, emphasizing that there's no final "arrival," only learning to tolerate and manage distress safely. Using the example of trying on clothes that don't fit, she distinguishes physical discomfort from the emotional story, challenges the idea of "bad body image" as an internal fire alarm, and walks through curiosity, critical self-talk, triggers, "sexy permission," validating needs and capacity, embracing pleasure and living now, and realigning to values to bridge the head-to-heart disconnect. 
 
02:16 Why Steps Matter
05:15 Three Key Premises
08:41 Step One Get Curious
12:02 Step Two Reassess Talk
13:47 Step Three Find Triggers
15:22 Step Four Sexy Permission
19:44 Step Five Validate Needs
23:13 Step Six Embrace Joy
27:52 Step Seven Values Alignment
29:19 Body Trust and Wrap Up
 
EPISODE RESOURCES
Get your ebook "How To Rewrite Your Body Image Story" at http://bodyimagewithbri.com/offers/quLcwv48/checkout 
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*Website: https://bodyimagewithbri.com/
*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 talks with registered dietician and private practice founder Jenna Werner about body grief, body image, and self-trust after Jenna's recent breast cancer diagnosis. Jenna shares how a baseline mammogram required before a planned breast augmentation revealed stage zero DCIS that couldn't be felt, leading to a double mastectomy, reconstruction with expanders, lymph node testing, and ongoing discussions about estrogen-suppressing medication due to recurrence risk. She describes moving through the stages of grief, the loss of feeling "invincible," and the physical and emotional impact of scars, numbness, and fear, while emphasizing that health-promoting behaviors don't prevent illness and genetics can override "doing everything right." 
 
06:35 From Diet Culture to Nutritionist
13:57 Healthy Yet Diagnosed
16:26 Mammogram Surprise Discovery
24:00 Treatment Decisions and Genetics
26:08 Body Grief After Mastectomy
30:41 Diagnosis Shock and Grief
32:27 Genetics vs Lifestyle Myths
38:34 Finding Meaning After Trauma
41:58 Rebuilding Body Trust
47:52 Listen to Your Symptoms


EPISODE RESOURCES
"What The Actual Fork?" episode 248: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intimacy-dating-and-body-image-with-bri-campos/id1505223001?i=1000692194382
 
WANT MORE OF JENNA?
Website: www.happystronghealthyrd.com 
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happystronghealthy.rd/ 
On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happystronghealthy.rd
 
WANT MORE OF BRI?
*Instagram: @bodyimagewithbri

*Website: https://bodyimagewithbri.com/
*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 is joined by Dr. Danica Harris, a counseling psychologist turned somatic experiencing practitioner and co-owner of a trauma-informed group therapy practice, to explore how Pilates can support body-based healing, strength, and mobility. They discuss rebuilding a relationship with movement after burnout, chronic pain, hypermobility, and the pandemic, including grief around changing body size, lost privilege, and internalized ableism. Bri and Danica encourage listeners to get curious about what their body needs today—even if it's rest.
 
 
03:47 Somatic Healing And Body Image
07:18 Privilege Loss And Scarcity
09:58 Movement Shame And Pandemic
14:10 Finding Pilates In 2024
18:20 Rest Burnout And Ableism
26:31 Pilates As Home Base
28:44 Flexibility Over Urgency
31:11 Alignment And Strength
34:22 Finding The Right Studio
43:08 Healing Unsafe Feelings
45:15 Real Life Wins
 
 
EPISODE RESOURCES
Episode 19: Body Pain Is Not Punishment
Superfit Hero Athleisure wear https://superfithero.com/ 
 
WANT MORE OF DANICA?
On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/theempoweredtherapst 
On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theempoweredtherapist
On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@theempoweredtherapist/shorts 
Online https://theempoweredtherapist.com/ 
 
WANT MORE OF BRI?
*Instagram: @bodyimagewithbri

*Website: https://bodyimagewithbri.com/
*Bri's Free Resource: 7-Step Guide to Shift Body Grief to Radical Body Acceptance
https://www.bodyimagewithbri.com/seven-steps