On this episode Sirius, Dana, and Hilary share some exciting news about the future of Center for Body Trust. They discuss the current political and cultural moment, including the marketing and expanding use of GLP-1 medications to include pediatrics. They announce certification will reopen, with a refreshed approach aimed at helping practitioners develop nuanced, practical tools for today’s context, and preview an upcoming workshop on ethical guidelines and applying Body Trust as a decision-making framework.

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Body Trust Certification - Begins February 11, 2026

SAVE THE DATE: December 11, 9 am to 12 pm PT
Navigating Health Decisions, GLP-1s, and Other Interventions Using the Body Trust Framework

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On this episode Hilary, Dana, and Sirius discuss what it really means to be “embodied,” aiming to rescue the term from being used as a prescriptive “should”. They frame embodiment as a quality of presence and a spectrum of positive to negative experiences, not a 24/7 state, and connect disembodiment to dominant culture, control, and mistrust of bodily knowing, including diet culture and objectification. Drawing on Niva Piran’s research, they outline five dimensions of embodiment, highlighting how social location shapes embodiment and how equitable community and affinity spaces support reconnection.

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Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture: The Developmental Theory of Embodiment by Niva Piran

Camp Take Up Space

Reclaiming Body Trust

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Dana, Hilary, and Sirius are joined by eating disorder dietitian Anna Sweeney (Dietitian Anna) to discuss chronic illness, eating disorders and wellness grifters.

Anna shares her path into dietetics, and the professional unlearning and repair involved in her work. The conversation explores body grief, disability and ableism and feeling betrayed by the body. Anna critiques wellness grifters, “root cause” marketing, anti-inflammatory cure diets, and current GLP-1 weight-loss culture, linking these to capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. She describes her course Chronically Nourished, focused on ending outsourced body wisdom and building body relationship.

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Anna Sweeney / Chronically Nourished / Instagram

Anna’s IG post on Detoxes

Anna’s IG post on The Freshman 15

Anna’s IG post on Root Causes

Anna’s IG post on Gut Health

Anna’s IG post on Food Sensitivity Tests

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Dana, Sirius, and Hilary return from their sabbatical to share personal updates—creative projects and rest, a major home remodel, travel to Minneapolis and San Francisco, and reflections on making space to think. In Fat Liberation Month, They discuss Fat Liberation Month, fat joy and discrimination, the cultural normalization of extreme thinness and disordered eating, and the debate about commenting on people’s bodies; emphasizing nuance, context, and the harms of casual “Ozempic” language as a verb/adjective. They announce an October 16 webinar, “GLP-1 and Kids: What Ethical Care Requires Now,” co-facilitated with Regan Chastain.

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Reclaiming Body Trust

Our Groundwork Training

National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)

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October 16, 10 a.m. to noon PDT

GLP-1 and Kids: What Ethical Care Requires Now
with Regan Chastain and Rachel Petersen Nguyen

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In this rerun of episode 43 Hilary, Sirius and Dana welcome Center for Body Trust program coordinator and coach Meg Bradbury to discuss orthorexia. Meg shares their background and describes growing up with body shaming, prior eating disorder histories, and how “healthy eating” escalated into orthorexia. The hosts unpack the overlap orthorexia has with influencer culture, toxic masculinity, and white-supremacist-coded “purity” narratives, and warn about restrictive medical/naturopathic food advice. Meg underscores the importance of recovery support by way of community, patience and non-linear healing.

02:52 Meg discussing their journey to Body Trust

11:10 Meg shares how their Orthorexia developed and escalates

31:43 The impact of Influencers and Wellness Culture on orthorexia

41:38 Medical Nuance and Restriction Risks

44:37 ED Risks Beyond Size

45:51 Food Advice and Performative Health

01:06:48 MAHA and co-opting body liberation language

01:08:41 How To Start Healing

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How White Nationalists Infiltrated the Wellness Movement

Orthorexia & Diet Culture in the Family (Meg with her daughter Carson)
Healthism: The Desire to be Healthy Gone Wrong

Coaching with Meg Bradbury

Certified Body Trust Provider Directory

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In this rerun of episode 42 hosts Dana, Sirius, and Hilary welcome fat activist and researcher Ragen Chastain, author of the Weight and Healthcare Substack and founder of the Dances With Fat blog onto the podcast. Ragen discusses her entry into fat civil rights and healthcare advocacy and describes focusing her work on intersections of weight science, weight stigma, and healthcare practice, arguing that the weight-loss industry and drug companies manipulate healthcare and media with “science” marketing. She outlines how she evaluates studies (funding, conflicts of interest, methodology, dosing, outcomes, and comparisons to existing treatments), critiques GLP-1 claims and secondary-indication narratives, and emphasizes bodily autonomy, collective harm from anti-fat bias, and the necessity of ethical informed consent, including risks, limited long-term outcomes, and denial-of-care pressures.

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Weight & Healthcare Substack Newsletter by Ragen Chastain
Prediabetes: Dubious Diagnosis
Novo Nordisk Report: Building the Market from Scratch (see page 30)

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In this rerun of episode 36 hosts Dana, Sirius and Hilary discuss the importance of 'body stories,' defined as the narratives of living in one's own body, often shaped by cultural perceptions and lived experiences. The episode underscores the significance of these stories in body trust work, explaining how understanding them helps externalize self-blame, shame, and anger, ultimately contributing to healing and empowerment. They also touch on how oppressive systems impact body stories and suggest various ways to explore and reclaim these narratives. Additionally, upcoming events like the Body Story workshop and a GLP-1 webinar are highlighted. The episode features excerpts from body stories shared by members of their community, further illustrating the transformative power of this practice.

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Explore Your Body Story online workshop: January 31, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. PST

Annual Webinar on GLP1 Medications: February 6, 2026 from 10 a.m. to noon PST

Reclaiming Body Trust book (Chapter 2 on body stories)

A Letter from My Body by Sirius Bonner

Read some body stories on our blog here

Body story prompts

Men Unscripted Podcast

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In this rerun of episode 32 hosts Sirius, Dana, and Hilary delve into the topic of beauty through the lens of body trust, following a reflection on their recent menopause summit. They discuss the profound impact of the summit, how it broadened conversations around menopause beyond medicalization to include power, bodies, and gender. Transitioning to the podcast's main topic, they critique western beauty standards, the commercial and cultural forces behind them, and the societal implications, including gender norms and eugenics. They also explore the coping mechanisms people employ, such as shapewear and skincare, and discuss the deep-seated desire for desirability and safety, especially amongst younger generations. Along the way, they touch on regional differences, the impact of economic shifts on beauty norms, and the concept of the 'new chill girl' in current gender dynamics.

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The Menopause Summit by Center for Body Trust

As boys shift to the right, we are seeing the rise of the “new chill girl”

Reclaim Ugly - Vanessa Rochelle Lewis

The MAGA Beauty Esthetic Tells the Story of America Today

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