Ep 530: MVP: The Freedom Of No Longer Feeling Controlled By Food with Michelle
Thinner Peace in Menopause
Dr. Deb Butler
4.7 • 833 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Do you feel like food has too much power over you?
In this deeply personal conversation, Michelle shares how years of stress, overwhelm, food rules, and self-criticism kept her stuck in a cycle that felt impossible to break.
Like many women in menopause, she believed her struggles were caused by stress and cravings. What she discovered was that the way she was thinking about those challenges mattered far more than the challenges themselves.
As Michelle worked through the ThINNER Peace process, she learned how to stop labeling foods as good or bad, enjoy joy foods without guilt, and experience cravings without feeling controlled by them. She also found a level of self-compassion that extended far beyond food and weight loss.
If you've ever felt exhausted by cravings, restriction, or self-criticism, this conversation will give you a completely different way to think about what's possible. Enjoy the show!
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What You'll Learn From This Episode
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Why stress wasn't actually the cause of Michelle's eating struggles
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How food stopped controlling her thoughts
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The surprising difference between urges and true hunger
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Why restriction and deprivation kept her stuck
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How curiosity replaced self-criticism and changed everything
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dr. Deb Butler and you are listening to Thinner Peace and Menopause and Beyond. |
| 0:05.4 | This is episode number 530. |
| 0:13.3 | Welcome to Thinner Peace and Menopause and Beyond. |
| 0:16.5 | This is Dr. Deb Butler, Master Life and Weight Coach. And as always, your coach. If you're a woman |
| 0:24.4 | and you're smart and you're successful and you've been struggling with weight your whole life |
| 0:29.8 | and now menopause is making it harder than ever and you are ready to make this the last time |
| 0:37.4 | you ever have to go on a diet again, |
| 0:39.8 | then this podcast is for you. |
| 0:42.5 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:46.1 | Hello, all my dear friends all over the world. |
| 0:49.6 | I have some very exciting news that I would love to share with you today. And it's all about this |
| 0:56.7 | podcast today. So as you know, I work one on one a lot with many different women from all |
| 1:03.7 | over the world. And you may be one of those women and you're listening. And today I have another |
| 1:10.7 | one of those women on my podcast today on video |
| 1:15.1 | to talk about her experience with going through the centerpiece process with me. And we just |
| 1:21.7 | finished working like a week ago. So it's pretty fresh. And I just thought you hear a lot about the tools that I teach, |
| 1:30.5 | how to eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full, main things. |
| 1:35.1 | But to really hear somebody else's experience really helps you believe that you too |
| 1:42.7 | can get out of this burden and this diet mentality that you have |
| 1:48.2 | probably been in for years. If you're anything like me, 30 or 40 years. So today I want to |
| 1:54.0 | introduce you to Michelle. And the thing about Michelle is that she's a hard worker and she's so happy with where she is now. |
| 2:05.4 | But I want you to listen to this interview that I do with her because I want you to hear about her process. |
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