About this episode

Bri and Aaron Flores discuss men's body image, the impact of grief, and the journey from control to body trust.

In this episode of The Body Grievers Club, Bri sits down with Registered Dietitian and Certified Body Trust® Specialist Aaron Flores, RDN. They dig into how grief shows up in men's body image work, why "optimization culture" keeps so many dudes stuck, and what it really means to move from control to trust without the shame-fix-rush. Bri and Aaron unpack the lifelong messages men receive about "fixing" their bodies, the pressure to perform masculinity, and the quiet grief of losing the hope of thinness, rippedness, or former abilities. They talk about straddling two ships, diet culture and body liberation, and why permission to be in the in-between is often the bridge to values-aligned change. They also explore community as an antidote to isolation, how empathy (not fixing) rewires the story, and why acceptance = "the willingness to receive my body as it is." From Big Mouth's "shame wizard" to Yoda's wisdom, this convo uses metaphor to make the work doable. If you've ever felt like you should just "hack" your way to a better body, this episode offers a different path: zoom out, name the grief, and build trust - slowly, gently, on purpose. TIMESTAMPS: 02:10 Aaron's story: from…

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