April Williams
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Bariatric care with honesty, warmth, and support.
The BariNation Podcast is a warm, interview-led show about bariatric surgery, metabolic wellness, and life after treatment begins. Its strongest moments come when patients and clinicians name the awkward, scary, or misunderstood parts of obesity care without stripping away hope.
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The BariNation Podcast is a bariatric and obesity-care show with the emotional texture of a support room and the structure of an interview series. It treats surgery as one part of a larger medical, mental, social, and practical journey. The show’s recent episodes move from mindset and stress to metabolism, whole-person treatment, advocacy, movement, nonprofit growth, and the daily work of staying connected to care. It is warm without pretending everything is easy. A conversation with Dr. Rachel Goldman, Ph.D. brings stress, confidence, toxic positivity, and small-step progress into plain language. An episode with Aimee Rothe makes room for the breaking points that can come when a person is tired, frustrated, afraid of food, or unsure how much of their identity still belongs to bariatric surgery. That is where the show is most specific. It does not just celebrate outcomes. It names the unstable middle, then looks for support, vocabulary, and a next usable step. Katie Booker LCSW brings the mind-body connection into focus, especially for a community asking how emotional health and physical care keep affecting one another. Monique Coleman’s conversation adds advocacy and representation, including race as a barrier to ongoing obesity care. The foundation episodes widen the frame. Jason Smith, Natalie Turney, Melanie Lindell, Christine Mason, and Lori Dustin appear in discussion of BariNation becoming a federally recognized nonprofit and building a longer-term support structure. Clinical episodes with Dr. Damon Tanton, Dr. Sita Hall, and Dr. Baglu bring in metabolic health, surgical qualification, and whole-person bariatric care through AdventHealth Central Florida. Kayla Girgen’s episode adds movement and metabolic wellness through rucking. Across these conversations, the show keeps translating expertise back into patient life. It is not polished in a detached way. Its authority comes from recognition, repeated reassurance, and a willingness to say the scary part clearly. The result is a practical, affirming show for people who want obesity care discussed as disease treatment, community work, and lived experience at the same time.
Made for: For people considering bariatric surgery, living after surgery, or seeking obesity-care support that includes emotional health, community, and medical education. It also suits caregivers and care professionals who want to hear patient language alongside expert guidance.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by treating bariatric care as both clinical treatment and lived community experience. It moves easily from surgeons and metabolic health leaders to patients naming fear, shame, frustration, and advocacy needs in everyday terms.
Welcome to The BariNation Podcast, your go-to resource for all things bariatric surgery. Hosted by real patients, we're here to support you on your weight loss journey, whether you're considering surgery or have already taken the plunge. You will find bariatric surgery insights, expert interviews, nutritional tips, and strategies to maximize and maintain weight loss here. We dive deep into our emotional health and well-being before and after surgery and share success stories from real patients so you know you can do this, too! BariNation is your home for bariatric community and support.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Patient experience and clinical perspective meet in clear conversations about bariatric care, stigma, access and the uneven emotional life of treatment.
The BariNation Podcast treats bariatric care as an ongoing lived experience, pairing patient testimony with conversations involving clinicians and professional leaders.
This is the show that lets you say "something's off" before anyone demands a diagnosis.
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A practical, community-minded talk about closing the gap between knowing and doing.
Dr. Rachel Goldman keeps the discussion anchored in the gap between knowing what helps and actually putting it into practice. Its best moments treat change as a chain of small steps rather than one big leap, and it is willing to push back on toxic positivity instead of…
A patient-first bariatric discussion that normalizes fear, frustration, and identity questions.
The episode looks at what changes when a bariatric nurse is also a bariatric patient, and it keeps its attention on the lived realities that follow: fear, frustration, identity questions, and the need to keep talking.
A supportive bariatric community story that treats belonging as part of care.
This episode presents Chris D.'s first year in her bariatric journey as a portrait of what a steady support community can make possible. Its strength lies in the warmth it gives to practical help, and in the easy sense that questions, setbacks, and small wins all belong in the…
A patient-centered bariatric conversation about leadership, community, and advocacy.
Barri Nation follows the arrival of Dr. Richard Peterson as the new ASMBS president and the direction he brings to a year centered on obesity care.
A hopeful, patient-first look at obesity care moving beyond shame.
Dr. Ann Rogers joins BariNation for a conversation about obesity care that pushes away from shame and toward a less BMI-bound way of thinking.
Weight loss coaching with the hard parts included.
Body data, translated into daily fitness decisions.
Nutrition coaching without the restart cycle.
Barrier Nation welcomes Dr.
Barrier Nation welcomes Amy Roth, a board-certified bariatric nurse who is also a bariatric patient.
This episode features Katie Booker LCSW discussing the mind-body connection in bariatric care and its importance for personal wellness.
This episode features Monique Coleman discussing the importance of representation and self-advocacy in obesity care, highlighting the Barrier Nation Foundation's mission to eliminate barriers like racial disparities in healthcare.
The hosts announce the official launch of the BariNation Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to supporting the bariatric community through education, hope, and improved obesity care.
This episode features an interview with Kayla Girgen about her new book and discusses adding weight for metabolic wellness in the bariatric community.
This episode features an interview with Dr.
This episode features an interview with surgeons discussing who qualifies for bariatric surgery and the patient process.
Hosts discuss the deep, ongoing transformation required in the bariatric journey beyond surgery and planning.
A podcast supporting the bariatric community with humor, humility, and honesty, featuring an interview with a nurse and program coordinator about obesity medicine and post-op life.
Hosts discuss attending a bariatric solutions conference and being asked to demonstrate patient lifting equipment using a simulation suit.
Hosts discuss their recent ASMBS conference and preview an interview with incoming president Dr.
This episode features an interview with Dr.
Hosts discuss hair loss after bariatric surgery with Dr.
A bariatric surgery support podcast featuring patient stories, expert interviews, and tips for weight loss and wellness.
A podcast supporting the bariatric community with humor, humility, and honesty, offering resources and expert interviews for weight loss journeys.
This episode features an interview with Dr.
This episode introduces a past president of the ASMBS Integrated Health section to discuss the importance of the bariatric care team beyond the surgeon.
This episode discusses the importance of Vitamin B1 supplementation for brain health in patients undergoing bariatric surgery or starting GLP1 medications, featuring expert insights from Dr.
This episode promotes the TRIO Foundation's Fall Walks for bariatric patients and previews an interview with Dr.
This episode explores how ADHD, neurodivergence, and executive functioning challenges impact bariatric patients, featuring insights from Dr.
Barrier Nation Stories opens with Chris D.'s first year after bariatric surgery.
An interview with Dr.
This episode emphasizes the importance of community in overcoming obesity and supporting bariatric surgery patients.
Barri Nation welcomes Dr.
April welcomes Dr.
This episode features an interview with Nina Crowley discussing body composition and its importance for bariatric patients.
Host April interviews Dr.
A podcast supporting the bariatric community with humor, humility, and honesty, featuring an interview with a new practice partner.
A bariatric surgery podcast featuring an interview with a nurse and program coordinator about obesity medicine and patient support.
A bariatric surgery support podcast featuring patient stories, expert interviews, and tips for weight loss and emotional well-being.
This episode features an interview with Dr.
This episode features interviews with bariatric surgeons discussing who qualifies for surgery and the patient process.