Thrive Beyond Size

Hello friends! I am so excited to share this week’s episode with you. I interviewed the amazing Diana Dimmock, founder of Accessibility 4 Every Body, who I found in a Facebook group when I asked if anyone would be willing to share their stories of experiencing anti-fat bias or weight discrimination in healthcare. Diana wasn’t only willing, she was so articulate and had so many important points to make and such a strength for advocacy, that I knew I had to have her on the podcast right away. Diana shares personal experiences and also advice on how to advocate for yourself when navigating daily life.

Diana is a consultant who works with people with disabilities and people who live in larger bodies to assist them in learning to advocate for themselves with businesses, governmental agencies, and public spaces. Diana says she takes her life experience as a fat person and her own honed ability to advocate for herself and applies that to other people. We share stories about times when we’ve come up against fat bias or weight discrimination. Diana also shares how advocacy can affect change by relating a story about a business that changed everything to accommodate bigger bodies due to a comment she made. One very important aspect of what we discussed was how to learn to advocate for ourselves, even when it’s hard, even when we’re afraid of being shamed. Diana shared a list of how to prepare and assess your readiness for advocacy, and things to evaluate: 1. Awareness, 2. Get curious, 3. Look at the best options, 4. Capacity, and 5. Follow up. Our conversation is vulnerable but hopeful, full of lived experience and a determination not to be silenced on what we need. Perhaps Diana said it best when she said “Our bodies are not a problem to be fixed.”

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About Diana Dimmock:

Diana Dimmock is the founder of Accessibility 4 Every Body, a consulting service dedicated to educating and advocating for individuals with disabilities as well as promoting inclusivity for people of all body sizes. Accessibility 4 Every Body provides educational resources that raise public awareness and empower individuals to effectively articulate their concerns regarding the inclusion of larger bodies within businesses and regulatory agencies.

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Resources discussed in this episode:

• Bare Affair Waxing in Sherwood Park, Alberta

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Learn more about Diana Dimmock:

• LinkedIn: Diana D
• Facebook: Accessibility 4 Every Body

Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:

• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
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Welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size! This week I have another great interview for you all, with Coach and Founder of The Ally Method, Allison Yamamoto. Allison’s business is built around helping active women stop over-training and under-fueling in order to regulate their periods and assist them in achieving freedom around food and exercise. While it’s common to not have a period for a while, especially while training hard, it’s not normal and it’s a sign that something is wrong. Allison’s story is compelling, she’s a dynamic speaker and very relatable. I think this episode will resonate with a lot of us. 

We tend to applaud when anyone says they’re doing something for their health, even if that thing is contributing to disease or lack of health or wellness. It’s a hustle culture where discipline and overwork are prized, especially in sports training, and we’re celebrated for that. But whether the issue is eating too much or not enough or exercising too much or not enough, we can all learn from what Allison has to share about the underlying causes. Allison first talks about being a cheerleader in college and her interest in running, training, and nutrition after college. She was exhibiting a lot of control over her exercise and food, which earned her praise for being healthy, but she also wasn’t getting a period. We talk about how medical professionals dismissed her lack of period because she was focused on healthy activities, how there are a lot of ways to experience disordered eating, how we compare ourselves to the standards and discipline of others, and how with nearsighted goals we can tend towards over-exercising and falling into behaviors that are too disciplined and rigid to be healthy. Allison shares how she works with women now to understand their motivations and how they can have healthy goals that are not rigid and detrimental to well-being. This is such an important conversation and I’m so grateful for Allison for having this talk with me.

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About Allison Yamamoto:

Allison is a founder and coach who has built a business that helps active women stop overtraining and under-fueling in order to regulate their period and gain freedom around food & exercise.

As a former NCAA cheerleader, health tech executive, and marathoner, Allison struggled with disordered eating and RED-S for years, and her recovery journey inspired her to help others do the same.

Her business Ally has now helped hundreds of others improve their relationship with food, exercise, and their bodies.

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Resources discussed in this episode:

• Free resource from Allison to help us understand what's keeping us trapped in our routines around food and exercise

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Learn more about Allison Yamamoto:

• Website: TheAllyMethod.com
• Instagram
• TikTok

Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:

• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
• Follow me on Facebook and Instagram
• Email Michelle: [email protected]

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Hello friends, welcome back to Thrive Beyond Size! Today’s episode was born out of some things I’ve been thinking about and some things my husband Rob and I have been discussing. Specifically about our future. What do we want for our future? What do we have to do today to get out of our own way, take care of our health, and achieve the future we want in our retirement? We made a dream list and thought “Well that will never happen” but then I wondered “Why not?”. Nothing was outrageous. So today I welcome Lucie Ptasznik to talk to us about getting what we need and want out of life. Lucie is a speaker, coach, and entrepreneur who teaches people specific tools and techniques to rewire subconscious minds and take action toward goals. She wants us all to step outside our comfort zones and be the best version of ourselves we can be. 

One of the first things Lucie shares is her very inspirational entrepreneurship journey involving horses. She self-trained herself to train horses and manifested a wild opportunity to buy and sell horses en route to the slaughterhouse to save them. From there she opened the most popular public trail riding company in Michigan then went on to corporate America. But now she’s interested in connecting us all with the power we have within to be intentional about what we focus on, intentional about our desires, and how meditation and mindset can truly help us achieve our goals. Lucie talks about how the thoughts we harbor about ourselves can affect us physically either positively or negatively, she explains how awareness is the key to accepting that we have the power to change, and she speaks to the truth of how affirmations work. Our conversation is about not limiting ourselves, about freeing ourselves from the judgements of others and embracing the potential we have inside ourselves to tap into the power of the universe for the betterment of our lives. I really hope you find this as fascinating as I did.

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About Lucie Ptasznik:

Lucie is a speaker, coach & entrepreneur who quit corporate America to pursue her passion for horses. She went on to create a 7 figure business buying, training & selling horses all over the country. Today she teaches people specific tools & techniques to rewire their subconscious mind, transform their identity and take massive action toward their goals. She challenges you to step outside of your comfort zone & become the best version of yourself mentally, physically, financially & spiritually.

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Resources discussed in this episode:

• Dr. Joe Dispenza
• UltimateSuccessBlueprint.com code: THRIVE
• Transformation Nation on Facebook

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Learn more about Lucie Ptasznik:

• Website: LucieLynn.com
• Instagram
• Facebook
• YouTube

Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:

• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
• Follow me on Facebook and Instagram
• Email Michelle: [email protected]

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CW: conversations on binge eating and disordered eating

Friends welcome to another episode of Thrive Beyond Size. Many of you regular listeners may recall that this podcast went by a different name for the first one hundred episodes and had a different focus. It was called Mindful Weight Loss and was very focused on the weight loss and diet space. When I made the pivot for Episode 101, I shared the main reason why I wanted to shift to a health at every size focus but I didn’t fully share everything. You’ll hear that story today in my conversation with the absolutely wonderful Erin Murnane. Erin is a Dietician working in Australia and the UK with a virtual private practice that specializes in binge eating disorders. I connected so deeply with Erin and her work in our talk.

One of the things I struggled with during the pivot to Thrive Beyond Size was feeling deeply alone in this health at every size space. I felt lonely in the sea of intense talk about weight loss from every angle. Meeting Erin was a breath of fresh air as she shares a mindset and career focus similar to mine. She helps people who struggle with disordered eating from a non-diet and intuitive eating framework. Erin shares openly about her work, what motivated her to move in this direction, and information on how disordered eating can be approached. I suffered from binge eating disorder early in my medical residency and I keenly remember the feeling of shame. Erin wants to help people move past that shame into healing relationships with food and themselves. She is a marvellous person, understanding and knowledgeable, very upfront. This conversation brought back memories that I am happy now to share in the hopes that it helps others struggling as I was.

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About Erin Murnane:

Erin Murnane is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with ten years of experience working in Australia and the UK. She currently runs a virtual private practice specializing in binge eating disorders.

Erin uses HAES, non-diet and intuitive eating frameworks to help her clients feel their best without dieting or restricting their favourite foods. She's on a mission to free people from body hate, unrelenting food (and beauty) standards, and noisy diet culture so we can enjoy our one freaking fabulous life!

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Learn more about Erin Murnane:

• Website/Podcast: BalanceAndBite.com.au
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• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• TikTok

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• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
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• Email Michelle: [email protected]

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Welcome back, friends! Today’s episode is about something I don’t have personal experience with but something that many of my clients live with and have questions about. And that is children. Specifically pre-teens. I don’t have children but so many of my clients do and they constantly ask how to talk to their pre-teens, and how to effectively communicate with them. So I’m thrilled to introduce you all to M. Aurelius Higgs. Marcus is a Communication Coach for Parents of Preteens. He specializes in teaching parents how to show up for and connect with their pre-teens. I had a conversation with Marcus where I asked him all the questions you want answers to.

Marcus uses beautiful language when speaking about his work and the pre-teens he helps parents navigate, you can just hear how much he loves communication. He describes what’s happening in the pre-teen mind and world, what their mindset is, and what the parental role should be. So how do you talk to them? Well, Marcus shares a lot of insights on that, including working to grow trust between you, learning the skill of empathy, understanding their need for a safe and supportive environment, and how to model and talk with them about vital things like body image and nutrition. The need for pre-teens to have a safe space from which to explore independence is paramount. But so is a sense of supportive framework. Marcus has so much experience with kids that he draws on and so much knowledge about communication to share. Our conversation was enlightening and fascinating and I hope all of you who are parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and friends of someone parenting a pre-teen find this episode engaging and useful like I did.

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About M. Aurelius Higgs:

Marcus is a communication coach for parents of preteens. He helps parents effectively show up and connect with their preteen during their key formative years, in order to secure a relationship that lasts a lifetime. In his 15+ year career, he has worked with learners from over 20 countries, giving him a deep insight into how young people relate to their parents, family, and our world. 

And on a lighter note, when he’s not deep in conversation with parents or teens, he’s Latin dancing or doing Crossfit, and he’s passionate about positive psychology, philosophy and what it means to live a good life.

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Resources discussed in this episode:

• “Grit” by Angela Duckworth
• “Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection” by Charles Duhigg
• “The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens” by Ellen Galinsky

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Learn more about  M. Aurelius Higgs:

• Website: MarcusHiggs.com
• LinkedIn

Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:

• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
• Follow me on Facebook and Instagram
• Email Michelle: [email protected]

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Hello everyone, welcome to another episode that I’m so excited to share with you all. It focuses on a topic that’s talked about a lot these days, and that’s trauma. Trauma happens to us all but there are a lot of misconceptions around it. So I’ve invited Ramona Kossowan, a personal empowerment coach and Gentle Trauma Release Practitioner, to join me in discussing how things we experience induce patterns in our lives that keep us stuck in cycles that don’t serve us well. Ramona has made it her business to help women process these patterns to feel empowered and at peace with their bodies.

Trauma can cause an unconscious bodily response that originally functioned to keep us safe, but that response gets embedded into our daily lives so we aren’t breaking free of what hurt us. Ramona explains how she works with women at the emotional level but also the physical in terms of fitness for strength in order to calm the nervous system and reconnect with their bodies. We talk about addressing the trauma that’s holding us back and how if self-love is too big a leap we can start with self-kindness. Ramona shares some of her own story with me and we really talk a lot about how trauma looks, why we hold onto the patterns it forms, and why we deserve freedom from it. We deserve to feel strong and empowered. We deserve to heal. Ramona gets right to the heart of that, right to the place where we’re being held back. She’s so insightful and warm and knowledgeable that I just know you’ll enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

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About Ramona Kossowan:

An authentic, insightful catalyst for change, Ramona Kossowan walks her talk. Having taken charge of her own life at a point where she felt directionless and disempowered, she intentionally transformed herself, moving from a place of unfulfillment, exhaustion, and self-sabotage to become the strong, centred, confident leader she is today, now thriving in her rewarding role as the founder of Ramona K coaching.

Extremely passionate about making that same profound difference for her clients, Ramona makes their ultimate well-being her priority for real, readily accessible results. Employing her talents and training as a personal empowerment coach, fitness professional and Gentle Trauma Release Practitioner, this compassionate thought leader guides women to reconnect with their own innate wisdom and reaffirm their true essence, and feel fabulous in their own bodies again. Thus, they have the means to heal any debilitating feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness that are holding them back from the vibrant, exciting, limitless life they deserve. It’s never too late to stop living life by default. Choose to embrace your greatness and live life by design!

Ramona Kossowan - dedicated to helping generations of women finally heal the effects of generations of pain.

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Learn more about Ramona Kossowan:

• Website: RamonaKCoaching.com
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Facebook

Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:

• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
• Follow me on Facebook and Instagram
• Email Michelle: [email protected]

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Welcome, friends! I’ve missed you! I’m so glad to be back with you. Over the past few months, I’ve had interviews with some absolutely brilliant women who have excited and challenged me, given me new ideas to share, and just helped me grow. It’s so amazing and I love it. Through my conversation with Frankie last week I started thinking about my journey into self-confidence and how much I’ve learned and grown. I haven’t had a chance to share that with you all because I’ve been so focused on interviews. So today I’m giving you an update on what’s happening in my life: where I’m working, where I’m rocking, where I’m struggling, and everything in between.   

May was a month, I had a lot going on, and if you’re a regular listener you know that perimenopause has been a regular feature in my life of late. It’s fascinating to pay attention to my body and get curious about all the changes and how I’m responding. Sometimes I don’t give myself enough grace but mostly I feel I am treating myself with more compassion. I’ve been to a medical conference with all female doctors that was so uplifting, I ended up in the ER as a patient (I’m alright!) which made me reflect on my future career path, and I’ve been thinking about the idea of weight discrimination and fat bias in medicine a lot. I think I’m looking at the world with a new lens and I have some decisions to make, and courses to launch, that I’ll share with you in this episode. I’ve also seen such triumph in how I relate to food through intuitive eating and listening to my body’s needs. I’m sharing all this and more with you in this episode and I’m so glad you’re with me on this journey!

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About Dr. Michelle Tubman:

Dr. Michelle Tubman is certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine, which means she understands exactly what's happening in your body when you diet. Although she does not provide any medical advice in her coaching programs, this knowledge gives her an edge over most coaches.

She also holds Level 1 and Level 2 Precision Nutrition coaching certifications which make her skilled at coaching nutrition, dietary change, and habit change in general. Realizing that emotional eating and bingeing are complicated for most of us, she also did training in mind-body and intuitive eating. Peace around food is possible.

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Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:

• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
• Follow me on Facebook and Instagram
• Email Michelle: [email protected]

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Welcome, friends, and I have to tell you right away how much I love spending time with you all every week. It’s such a pleasure to record these episodes for you. I am so moved and so lit up by the amazing people I meet through this podcast that it’s just become such a pleasurable part of my life. I was recently at a conference that was just other women physicians, more than 1200 of us, and I attended it with two of my best friends from medical school who still inspire and support me now. The whole week was so uplifting and I thought how amazing would it be if we as women just came together to lift each other up in the outside world. And that’s why I invited the beautiful Frankie Kououho to the show today. Frankie is a Professional Coach at the Space Wellness and Yoga Sanctuary in Cave Creek, Arizona, who works at helping people reclaim their confidence by mastering their mindset and conquering depression.

Frankie shared some of her story with me and it involves a very terrible loss in 2006 that dropped her into a deep depression where she lacked self-esteem and self-confidence and was suffering so much she questioned everything. She shares how she came out of it and how she then began to recognize when other women were struggling with the same things, intense loss, deep depression, and so she dived into becoming a mindset coach to help them. Frankie and I talk about how to understand that we each matter, how to give ourselves grace and find our purpose. She talks a lot about personal confidence in accepting herself. How being healthy emotionally, mentally, and physically starts in our minds and works out from there. Frankie shared so many beautiful thoughts on how to embrace ourselves and reject the criticism of others, how to be patient with ourselves, and how to make the decision to champion ourselves. This conversation was so meaningful and full of inspiration and insight and I’m so excited to share it with you. Frankie is just a wonderful communicator and positive light and I loved talking with her so much.

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About Frankie Kounouho:

Frankie Kounouho is an International Coaching Federation, Master Level Certified Professional Coach. She works virtually and in person at The Space Wellness/Yoga Sanctuary in Cave Creek, Arizona, where she helps individuals reclaim their confidence by mastering their mindset and conquering depression naturally. Outside of coaching, Frankie enjoys yoga, pilates, travelling, and curling up with a great book.

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Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• “Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It” by Kamal Ravikant

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Learn more about Frankie Kounouho:

• Website: MBTCoaching.org
• Instagram
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:

• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
• Follow me on Facebook and Instagram
• Email Michelle: [email protected]

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Hello friends, welcome to an exciting episode of Thrive Beyond Size. It’s exciting because if you’ve been listening for a while, you know I love anything related to the brain. Brain science, neuroscience, neuropsychology, it all fascinates me because we can use the brain to get us closer to our goals and I found an expert in all things brain and science-related, Dominika Staniewicz. Dominika, or Coach D, is a dual elite neuro encoding specialist, Brain Health Coach at Dr. Amen, and author of the No. 1 Kindle release “The Magic of Dreaming Big, Acting Small, and Achieving Success”. I talked with Dominika about the science behind the brain, everything from how it can regenerate itself to the science behind intuition and everything in between. This conversation is full of so many great insights and actionable advice, and I’m so excited to share it with you!

Dominika talks about the science behind meditation and breathwork, activities people dismiss as ‘crazy’ but which have a lot of science behind them. One of the things she stresses is how to treat our brains right and that includes letting our brain soak up the outdoors, morning light, and no less than 7.5 hours of sleep per night for optimal functioning. We talk about the mirror exercise and why it works, why our culture is a quick-fix one and dismisses natural healing like exercise and the outdoors to aid in alleviating depression, and why coaching fulfills her. Our brains have an amazing ability to help us if we help them first and Dominika is so good at explaining the scientific why and how of the brain’s ability. She explains how to make affirmations and meditation work for our brains, and how to train brains into positive thinking, and I just know you’ll get so much out of our conversation.

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About Dominika Staniewicz:

Dominika Staniewicz M.S, a dual elite Neuroencoding specialist, Brain Health Coach at Dr. Amen, and author of the No. 1 Kindle Release "The Magic of Dreaming Big, Acting Small, and Achieving Success." Coach D transcends the ordinary life coaching realm, wielding neuroscience prowess with actionable Neuroencoding strategies. Picture firecracker charisma fused with scientific wisdom. On top of that she is a Founder member of the Neuroencoding Institute, she's advised the Polish president and taken part in national labor negotiations. A Shadow Cabinet Member at the Business Center Club, University Adjunct for 11+ years, and speaker on European Union and US stages, she's earned accolades like Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. Coach D, will help you eliminate, anxiety, depression, overwhelm, and self-loathing head-on. She is the proud mom of 24-year-old twin girls.

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Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• “Unleashing the Power of the Female Brain: Supercharging Yours for Better Health, Energy, Mood, Focus, and Sex” by Daniel G. Amen, MD

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Learn more about Dominika Staniewicz:

• Website: YourBrainCoachD.com
• Book: “The Magic of Dreaming BIG, Acting small, and Achieving success” by Dominika D Staniewicz
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Youtube
• LinkedIn

Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:

• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
• Follow me on Facebook and Instagram
• Email Michelle: [email protected]

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Welcome, friends, to another episode of Thrive Beyond Size. Today’s topic is inspired by a beautiful conversation my husband Rob and I had during a rare lunch date the other day. He told a story about how when he and his fellow firefighters drive the engine past an elementary school while the kids are outside, the kids all run to the fence grinning and laughing as the firefighters honk the horn and blast the sirens for them. Which makes the firefighters grin in turn. And that led us to the topic of joy. We as adults don’t allow ourselves to delight in the small joys anymore and that’s why I invited Kim Mosiman, an author and a coach, to the podcast to talk about spiritual and physical wellness and joy.

Kim’s new book, “Reflections of Joy”, is not a ‘how to’ book, it doesn’t offer diet or exercise plans, but instead, it’s about loving herself and how she learned to do that. And it’s about finding joy and enjoying it. Earlier in her career, Kim was a gym owner and for that, she achieved a certification from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition as well as Precision Nutrition One and Two. The gym was doing well but she closed it intentionally because her husband was retiring and she wanted to travel with him. But without the same drive, purpose, or schedule that she had when she owned a gym, she fell out of love with herself. Kim shares how she found her way back into loving herself, why she embraces the term body responsibility, how she notices little things every day that bring joy to her life, and why the routine of journaling honors her and sparks her creativity. I resonated with so much of what Kim and I talked about. Her wisdom around health, joy, and body responsibility is welcome in a world where we often don’t let ourselves feel joy.

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About Kim Mosiman:

Kim Mosiman is a wife, mom, and loving grandma. As an author and coach, Kim specializes in empowering women embarking on their "second act."  She is a nutritionist, with certifications from Precision Nutrition and The Institute of Integrative Nutrition and a wellness coach. With her faith-driven approach and experience as a gym owner, Kim offers a unique blend of spiritual and physical wellness. Her book, "Reflections of Joy," provides practical, faith-infused strategies to inspire strength, beauty, and holistic growth in every aspect of life.

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Learn more about Kim Mosiman:

• Website: KimMosimanWellness.com
• Book: “Reflections of Joy” by Kim Mosiman
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Pinterest

Learn more about Dr. Michelle Tubman and Wayza Health:

• Website: www.wayzahealth.com
• Follow me on Facebook and Instagram
• Email Michelle: [email protected]

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