This week on Thrive Beyond Size, Michelle shares a powerful story of envisioning her future self—a vibrant, joyful, fat elder woman—and the unexpected emotional release that followed. But what started as a profound moment of body acceptance was quickly disrupted by a trip to TikTok that served up a harsh reminder of the world we’re still living in.

What Michelle saw was a spectrum of extremes:
🔹 Reel after reel celebrating weight loss, scale numbers, and GLP-1 injections
🔹 Defiant “What I Eat in a Day” videos where rebellion replaced nourishment
🔹 Performances of control vs. performances of resistance—with little true peace in sight

In this deeply personal and reflective episode, Michelle explores:

• Why both extremes on social media—weight loss obsession and anti-diet overcorrection—can be harmful
• The emotional toll this content can take, especially if you're in the messy middle of healing
• How the diet mentality sneaks back in through your feed, even when you’ve done the work
• Why real healing is quiet, nuanced, and doesn’t make for viral content
• How intuitive eating invites you to stop performing and start listening inward

You'll also learn practical, compassionate strategies for protecting your healing while navigating social media:
✨ How to curate your feed like your mental health depends on it
✨ Ways to recognize when you’ve been triggered—and how to respond
✨ Tools for reconnecting with your body and creating boundaries with content
✨ A reminder that you are not alone in the messy middle

“The most radical thing you can do in a world obsessed with food and body performance… is to eat, live, and exist without needing to prove a damn thing.”

Join the conversation: Have you ever felt derailed by social media content while doing healing work? Michelle would love to hear your story—reach out and share your experience.

If this episode resonated with you, please share it with a friend who’s also trying to find peace beyond the extremes.

This week on Thrive Beyond Size, we’re lightening things up with a more personal, vulnerable episode. Michelle shares how her intuitive eating journey unexpectedly led her into the world of tarot cards, moon rituals, crystals, and meditation—and why she now embraces practices she once would’ve rolled her eyes at.

Far from being flighty or irrational, these “woo woo” practices helped her anchor into her body, slow down, and reconnect with a part of herself that had been buried beneath the hustle of medicine, productivity, and diet culture.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• The surprising story of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer tarot deck that started it all
• Why slowing down was the most powerful shift in Michelle’s healing
• How intuitive eating helped her reclaim a sense of spirituality and play
• The feedback loop between spiritual connection and body trust
• Specific practices Michelle uses to stay grounded in her body (yes, including Reiki for her dog!)

Whether you’re curious about spiritual practices or simply want a fresh perspective on what healing can look like, this episode invites you to explore what might be waiting in the space you create when you slow down.

Reflection prompts at the end to help you connect with your own intuition
Join the conversation: What’s your version of “woo woo that works”? Let me know! Email Michelle at michelle@wayzahealth.com

Check out Dr Tubman's signature course, Nourish Yourself: Body+Mind: https://wayzahealth.com/nourish-yourself-body-mind/

In this follow-up to last week’s conversation about trauma and weight, Dr. Michelle Tubman explores a crucial truth that doesn’t get talked about enough: you can’t listen to a body you don’t feel safe in.

While intuitive eating is often positioned as the antidote to food struggles, it’s not always the right starting point—especially for those navigating trauma, chronic stress, or deep disconnection from their bodies. If you've ever tried intuitive eating and felt like it just didn’t work for you, this episode will help you understand why that might be—and why it’s not your fault.

Dr. Michelle shares:

• Why trauma makes it difficult to “drop into” your body
• What it actually feels like to be unsafe in your body (hint: it might show up as numbness, dissociation, or shutdown)
• The difference between chaotic eating and restricting patterns—and how both can emerge from trauma
• Why trying intuitive eating too soon can feel overwhelming or even backfire
• How “scheduled eating” can be a gentle stepping stone—not a diet, but a bridge to body trust
• What healing the nervous system looks like, and why that work may need to come before food work

She also shares her own story of struggling with intuitive eating in the early days of her healing, and why she’s now training to offer gentle trauma release sessions—a new offering coming this fall, designed to help clients who feel disconnected or unsafe in their bodies begin to rebuild trust and safety from the inside out.

If this episode resonates with you, please share it with someone who needs to hear that it’s not their fault. And if you’re ready to explore body reconnection and trauma healing, stay tuned for more about upcoming trauma release sessions—or reach out to learn more.

Learn more about Dr Tubman at wayzahealth.com.