Therapy with Bria

Having a bloated tummy can be physically and mentally uncomfortable and distressing. In this episode I touch on movement compulsion and give you a little update on my ED recovery journey. THEN, we dive into why women bloat and I give you specific, tangible strategies to help you move through days when you're experiencing bloating. *NEWS FLASH* it's not possible to stop your body from bloating, it's a very natural bodily function and it happens to everyone. If you're experiencing intense, painful, or frequent bloating - it's probably time that you talk to your doc. BUT generally, we all experience regular bloating in some capacity.
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Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.

How do YOU move toward change that works for YOU? How do YOU move through shame and into worthiness and honour your full potential? We are discussing all things body image and moving past limiting beliefs.

Connect with Jess - @jessicaashleygill
The Expanded Podcast - @expandedpodcast (I LITERALLY LOVE THIS PODCAST!! -Bria)
To Be Magnetic - @tobemagnetic
https://tobemagnetic.com/
Use code: 'EXPANDED' for $20 off the first month or $20 off A La Carte courses

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Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.

This week's listener submission is both a Q & A as well as a listener experience. If you've ever felt like you won't be loved or accepted by your friends and family based on your weight, shape and size, AND you've wondered about your late night cravings for ALL THE FOOOODDDSSS - then this episode is for you!

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Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.

If you're struggling with self-respect, self-worth, self-love - take a pause, listen to this episode, and connect to your spiritual side (we all have one, we are all energy), and practice gratitude for all that you have. You are GOOD and you have so many gifts to share with others - can we please build ourselves up, take the best care of our own physical and mental health so that our cup is over flowing and so that we can give to others? THAT is the type of world I want to live in. How about you?

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Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.

This conversation is so important! If you are constantly picking yourself apart, wishing you had something or didn't have something,  comparing yourself to others, and just basically feeling shitty in your self-esteem - you need to listen to this. I had the opportunity to chat with the brilliant and empowered Lindsay Landry of The Hair Extension Room + Academy. We talked all things mental health, ADHD in women, body image, surgeries, social media, and judgement from others on changes in our own bodies. LISTEN UP - it's a juicy one!

Connect with Lindsay at:
@thehairextensionroom.ygk on Instagram
https://thehairextensionroom.com/


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Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.

I know that you are going to connect with this episode. This week's listener submission is from Nicole who took a moment to send me a voice note to share her experiences and it's just so powerful and refreshing. Join us on this journey to figure this shit out together!
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Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.

What the heck is cognitive flexibility!? Let's explore some techniques that we can try out in our daily lives to help foster FLEXIBILITY in our thinking and in our actions. Follow these 3 steps to change your behaviour and your thinking so that you can be present and interact with people and the environment around you!

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For more information on cognitive flexibility, here is a useful resource: https://www.foothillsacademy.org/community-services/parent-education/parent-articles/cognitive-flexibility

Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.

Coming at you every Friday with a listener submission!!! Special thanks to a client of mine and podcast listener this week who shares her difficulties with this much needed MINDSET SHIFT "How do I accept that I'm still FIT, ACTIVE, and STRONG in a LARGER BODY!?" Let's dive in and explore this societal pressure and stigma with some helpful takeaway tips to shift your focus.

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Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.

What if restricting your food intake isn't about control, trauma, or in an effort to gain attention?? What if, there's a biological component to why some people develop and sustain eating disorders? Well, in today's episode, you'll hear from Tabitha Farrar - Author, Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, former Podcaster, & strong as f*ck resilient woman who recovered from her lived experience with anorexia. After reading one of her book, "Rehabilitate, Rewire, Recover!" I had to reach out to her because there's so much rich information that she has to offer. I know that you'll learn so much from our conversation & check out the links below to connect more with Tabitha's content to help you on your healing journey. 

https://www.youtube.com/c/TabithaFarrar

https://tabithafarrar.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Tabitha-Farrar/e/B00Z1CFUSE%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

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Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.

Coming at you every Friday with a listener submission!!! Special thanks to an Anonymous listener this week who shares her story as a mom of 3 boys and asks "How do I become more conscious of the little bits here and there that add up?"

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Connect with your host Bria Wannamaker on Instagram & TikTok @bria.wannamaker

To work with me visit https://briawannamaker.com/ 

Here’s what I do:

·         B. Wannamaker Psychotherapy (group therapy and 1-on-1 counselling services) – online/virtual

·         Bodies by B (group fitness classes and 1-on-1 personal training) – online/virtual

·         Andddddddd obviously, keep on tuning in to The Better Bodies Podcast!

Bria Wannamaker, RP.
@therapywithbria_
www.briawannamakerpsychotherapy.com

As always, please remember that these podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for medical healthcare or mental healthcare. Podcasts are available as an educational and entertainment resource and are not advice, recommendations, or suggestions. Please seek out the necessary professional services if you require assistance.