77. Can You Be Fat and Healthy?
In this solo episode of The Body Grievers Club, Bri gets real about the question she hears constantly: "Can I be fat and healthy?" She unpacks why "health" is not a moral scorecard, why definitions matter, and how fear and shame sneak into our health journeys. Drawing from her clinical background and lived experience, Bri reframes health as amoral, explores correlation vs. causation in weight research, and offers practical ways to pursue care without handing your humanity to a BMI chart. TIME STAMPS: 02:10 Why your personal definition of health matters 06:00 How medical fatphobia shows up and why health ≠ morality 13:20 What the research really says 16:00 Why food/movement is only 30% of the picture 20:45 Why "doing everything right" doesn't guarantee health 27:10 Practical tips for navigating doctors 29:40 Exploring what it means to choose health behaviors (or not) without shame RESOURCES: Health Without Weight Loss (with Mackenzie Woolwich) Medical Fatphobia (with Ragen Chastain) Diagnosed With Diabetes: Coaching Through Shame Healing the Medical Narrative Advocating For Yourself at the Doctor Concepts: Social Determinants of Health, Patient Bill of Rights, Stacey Bias's "Fat Archetypes" Bri's 7 Steps from Body Grief to Body Acceptance Want more of Bri? Instagram: @bodyimagewithbri Website: https://bodyimagewithbri.com/ Join the Body Grievers VAULT: https://www.bodyimagewithbri.com/the-vault Use the coupon code BODYGRIEVERSCLUB for $50 off your purchase.