Shine In & Out: Where Science Meets Soul

What if the body you've spent years trying to control, criticize, change, or fix was never the problem?
In this episode of Shine In & Out, Samantha Stoltz sits down with Paula D. Atkinson, a liberation focused psychotherapist, educator, speaker, and advocate whose work challenges conventional ideas about health, body image, eating disorders, and wellness.
Paula has spent nearly two decades working with people experiencing disordered eating, food obsession, exercise addiction, and body hatred through a weight neutral, anti diet, body liberation approach. She also taught the history of fat phobia, eating disorders, and body fascism as a professor of Weight & Society at George Washington University.
This conversation goes far beyond body image.
Samantha and Paula explore how we learned to associate thinness with health, appearance with worth, and control with virtue. They question the cultural and economic systems that teach us to treat our bodies as problems to solve, and they explore what can happen when we stop fighting our bodies and begin listening to them.
Paula also shares her own journey from childhood body shame and anorexia to discovering a deeper sense of peace, freedom, and sanity around food and her body.
At the heart of the conversation is a powerful idea:
Your body is on your side.
✨ In This Episode:
• Paula’s personal journey from body shame and anorexia to body liberation• Why fatness and thinness are not measures of character or worth• How beauty standards have changed throughout history• The connection between body ideals, capitalism, racism, misogyny, and control• Why the concept of “healthy” can become another form of pressure• The difference between physical health and true wellbeing• Why your body may be communicating rather than punishing you• How diet culture keeps people trapped in restriction and shame• Why extreme body control can create obsession around food and weight• The relationship between health, pleasure, joy, and freedom• How body image can affect relationships and parenting• Why shame does not create sustainable change• Weight stigma and the experience of navigating healthcare• The history behind weight being treated as a measure of health• Health at Every Size and weight neutral healthcare• Why diet culture can feel like a cult after years of conditioning• The idea of “infinite permission” and why permission creates choice• Learning to tolerate the discomfort of changing deeply ingrained beliefs• Why sustainable change requires patience, grace, and trust• Letting go of the plan for future restriction• Reconnecting with intuition and the wisdom of the body• What it means to stop abandoning yourself• Paula’s powerful definition of what it means to “Shine In & Out”
⏱️ Chapters
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Welcome to Shine In & Out
01:50 Paula’s Journey Into Body Liberation
05:24 From “Healthy Weight” to Body Justice
07:06 The History of Fat Phobia
08:06 How Beauty Standards Shape Body Ideals
11:04 When Body Size Becomes a Measure of Worth
14:09 What History Reveals About Beauty
17:14 When Health Becomes Unhealthy
19:19 Physical Health and Mental Health
21:05 Your Body Is Not Working Against You
23:24 The Problem With Controlling the Body
27:42 Body Fascism and Impossible Ideals
29:40 How Diet Culture Creates the Cycle
33:08 The Wisdom of the Body
34:29 How Paula’s Beliefs Transformed
35:20 Feminist Rage and Reclaiming the Body
38:09 Beauty Is Subjective
39:28 Pleasure, Food, and Enjoying Life
41:33 Perfectionism and Self Judgment
44:20 Why Shame Does Not Create Health
47:05 Parenting and the Mirror Effect
48:24 Relationships as Mirrors
49:08 The Cost of Hiding Your Authentic Self
50:22 Body Liberation and Healthcare
53:55 Where Weight Charts Came From
54:33 Escaping Diet Culture
56:27 Infinite Permission and Choice
58:41 Why Real Change Takes Time
1:00:14 Eating Disorders Across the Weight Spectrum
1:01:07 Defining Health for Yourself
1:03:07 Permission, Pleasure, and Trust
1:04:14 Why Letting Go of Restriction Feels Scary
1:05:30 The Restriction, Binge, Shame Cycle
1:06:31 Love Instead of Discipline
1:07:03 Why Abundance Changes Our Relationship With Food
1:09:12 Learning to Trust Your Body
1:10:11 Releasing the Programming
1:11:06 Your Body Knows More Than You Think
1:12:24 Your Body Has Never Abandoned You
1:13:00 What Does It Mean to Shine In & Out?
1:14:16 Samantha’s Closing Reflection
🎙️ About Paula D. Atkinson
Paula D. Atkinson is a queer, liberation focused psychotherapist, educator, speaker, and advocate. She has worked for nearly two decades with people experiencing disordered eating, food obsession, exercise addiction, and body hatred.
Her work is grounded in a weight neutral, anti diet, body liberation approach. Paula has also taught courses on the history of fat phobia, eating disorders, and body fascism and trains professionals, clinics, and organizations in doing less harm in a thin obsessed world.
Paula is also a second generation yoga teacher, psychic healer, artist, writer, and co host of a podcast exploring the ways psychotherapy can sometimes become entangled with the systems that contribute to human suffering.
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Website:
https://www.pauladatkinson.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauladatkinson/
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💬 If this conversation resonated with you:
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What if health wasn’t something you had to prove through your appearance?
What if you could replace surveillance with curiosity, restriction with choice, and shame with compassion?
Your body has been working for you all along.
Maybe the beginning of body liberation is simply refusing to abandon yourself.
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This content is for educational and inspirational purposes only and is not intended to provide medical, psychological, nutritional, or professional advice. Please consult an appropriately qualified professional regarding your individual circumstances.
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What if the life that looks successful on the outside still doesn't feel fulfilling on the inside?
In this episode of Shine In & Out, Samantha Stoltz sits down with Dr. Judith Wright, inspirational speaker, world class coach, best selling and award winning author, and founder of LiveWright, to explore what it really means to create a fulfilling life.
Dr. Wright shares how her own dissatisfaction with constantly striving for more became the starting point for decades of research and work around human potential, fulfillment, and personal transformation.
Together, Samantha and Dr. Wright explore why achieving the next promotion, award, accomplishment, or goal does not necessarily create lasting fulfillment. They discuss "soft addictions," including overworking, scrolling, over eating, over busyness, and other seemingly harmless habits we can use to distract ourselves or seek relief.
The conversation also explores the difference between striving to prove yourself and pursuing something because it is genuinely connected to your passion and purpose.
Samantha and Dr. Wright talk about defining your own values, making small decisions that align with those values, questioning automatic thoughts, understanding your emotional reactions, discovering your purpose, and learning to treat yourself with greater compassion.
Because transformation doesn't always happen through one dramatic decision.
Sometimes it happens through one small choice at a time.
✨ In This Episode:
• Why success and achievement don't always lead to fulfillment• The difference between relief, distraction, and genuine fulfillment• What "soft addictions" are and how they can keep us from what we really want• Why we keep chasing the next accomplishment• How perfectionism can keep us from fully living• The importance of defining your own values and your own version of success• How small decisions can create meaningful transformation over time• Why your thoughts are not necessarily a reflection of who you are• How triggers and reactions can reveal parts of ourselves we haven't fully integrated• Why discovering your purpose requires experimentation and a willingness to make mistakes• The importance of allowing yourself to feel your emotions• How self compassion can change the way you relate to yourself• Why caring for yourself can help you have more to give to others• Creating a life that feels authentic, purposeful, and deeply fulfilling
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Introduction & The Search for a Fulfilling Life06:08 When Dissatisfaction Becomes a Turning Point08:00 Striving, Achievement & Authentic Success10:33 The Problem With Chasing the Next Thing10:50 Understanding Soft Addictions24:34 Creating Your Own Definition of Success29:01 The One Decision That Can Change Your Direction31:08 Values, Meaning & What Really Matters32:22 The Power of Small Steps33:16 Your Thoughts Are Not You36:45 Questioning Fear & Automatic Thoughts38:17 The Brain, Change & Neuroplasticity45:57 How Other People Can Become Mirrors46:40 Triggers, Judgment & Disowned Parts56:44 Staying Open to Different Perspectives60:51 Allowing Yourself to Feel62:00 Discovering Your Gifts & Purpose65:18 Learning Through Mistakes67:07 Self Care & Putting Yourself Back on the List69:02 The Power of Self Compassion71:03 Finding Your Own Way to Live Your Purpose72:34 Creating a Fulfilling Life73:42 Recognizing Your Own Preciousness
🎙️ About Dr. Judith Wright
Dr. Judith Wright, known as "America's Ultimate Expert" by Woman's World Magazine, is an inspirational force in personal and professional development.
She is a dynamic speaker, world class coach, best selling and award winning author, and CEO of LiveWright. Dr. Wright has dedicated her life to helping people achieve their fullest potential through innovative coaching methodologies informed by decades of research.
She co founded the Wright Foundation and Wright Graduate University, both focused on human potential, and SOFIA, the Society of Femininity in Action, which empowers women through leadership.
Dr. Wright has made more than 1,000 media appearances, including appearances on Oprah, Good Morning America, and ABC's 20/20, sharing insights on relationships, personal development, and fulfillment.
Her books include The Heart of the Fight and The Soft Addiction Solution.
🌐 Connect with Dr. Judith Wright:
Website: https://livewright.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjudithwright/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJudithWright
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjudithwright/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/livewright
📖 Author: The Heart of the Fight📖 Author: The Soft Addiction Solution🎙️ CEO: LiveWright
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What if your home isn't just the place you live—but a reflection of who you are, what you need, and the life you're becoming?
In this episode of Shine In & Out, Samantha Stoltz sits down with Kim Costa, author of Live in Your Wheelhouse and creator of The Wheelhouse Method, to explore the deeper connection between our homes, identity, emotional wellbeing, and the seasons of life we move through.
After 27 years in residential design and construction and a bold midlife reinvention of her own, Kim built her work around a powerful question:
Does your home actually fit the life you're living right now?
Together, Samantha and Kim explore why the environments we create can either support us or quietly drain us—and why sometimes the discomfort we feel in our home, routines, relationships, or surroundings is a sign that we've outgrown something.
They also talk about letting go, familiarity, emotional attachment to possessions, personality and environment, community, intuition, and how our spaces can evolve as we do.
✨ In This Episode:
• The connection between home, identity, and emotional wellbeing• How your environment can influence how you feel and live• Recognizing when your life no longer fits who you're becoming• Why letting go of possessions can be emotionally difficult• How familiarity can make positive change feel uncomfortable• Designing your environment around your personality and needs• The importance of creating spaces that support different areas of your life• How community and relationships influence where we feel at home• Midlife reinvention and creating a more aligned life• Redefining success, peace, and purpose in a new season
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Introduction & The Wheel House Method04:00 Understanding Your Home & Your Life08:00 Personality, Identity & Environment12:00 Creating a Home That Supports You16:00 Letting Go & Emotional Attachment21:44 Why Letting Go Can Be So Difficult24:34 Why We Resist Change29:00 Designing for the Life You're Becoming37:36 Creating Purposeful Spaces39:29 Your Home, Work & Community44:00 When Your Environment No Longer Fits50:00 Reinvention, Alignment & Living Intentionally
🎙️ About Kim Costa
Kim Costa is the author of Live in Your Wheel House, creator of The Wheel House Method, and a Top 5% Realtor® serving North Atlanta.
After 27 years in residential design and construction and an unexpected midlife reinvention, Kim built her work around helping women navigate seasons of change with greater honesty, alignment, and intention.
🌐 Connect with Kim Costa:
Website: https://lifestylefoundations.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kim.e.costa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimecostarealtor
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimecosta
📖 Author: Live in Your Wheel House🏡 Creator: The Wheel House Method
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What are men actually hungry for beneath the pressure to be strong, successful, capable, and in control?
In this powerful episode of Shine In & Out, Samantha Stoltz sits down with Paul Hennessy, a Jungian embodiment coach who helps capable men become their own men and live from a genuine sense of “this is who I am, this is what I want.”
Together, Samantha and Paul explore the expectations that can shape a man's identity—and what happens when those expectations begin to feel disconnected from who he actually is.
The conversation goes beyond traditional ideas of masculinity and self-improvement, exploring parental conditioning, self-sabotage, vulnerability, authenticity, emotional depth, purpose, and individuation.
Paul shares his perspective on why becoming your own man doesn't necessarily mean rejecting or cutting off your parents. Instead, it can mean separating from the psychological expectations and patterns you've inherited so you can begin making choices from your own inner authority.
Samantha and Paul also explore the pressure men can feel to be perceived as strong and successful, and what may exist underneath that performance. What happens when a man becomes more intimate with every part of himself—including the parts he may have learned to hide?
Ultimately, this is a conversation about moving beyond who you were told you should be and beginning the process of discovering who you actually are.
✨ In This Episode:
• What men may be hungry for beneath strength, success, and performance• Why men can feel pressure to appear strong and have everything together• How parental expectations can influence a man's identity• Individuation and becoming your own man• Separating from parental complexes without cutting parents off• Understanding self-sabotage and destructive patterns• Masculinity, vulnerability, and emotional depth• Why becoming intimate with all parts of yourself matters• Discovering “this is who I am, this is what I want”• Developing inner authority and self-trust• Moving beyond inherited expectations and into your own life• Taking small, conscious steps toward becoming more fully yourself

Chapters

0:37 : Introduction to Self-Discovery 
1:48 : The Journey to Self-Discovery 
4:21 : Understanding the Father Complex
6:57: Radical Accountability and Personal Responsibility
8:59: The Role of Community in Growth
11:51: Meeting the Internal Father 
14:30: Breaking Destructive Patterns 
17:26: The Modern Man’s Struggles
20:08: Finding Meaning and Connection 
22:57: Embodiment and Grounding in Personal Development 
33:19: Reshaping Relationships and Self-Perception 
34:55: Understanding Individual Experiences and Self-Sabotage
35:48: The Role of Goals in Personal Development 
36:57: Mirrors of Self: Learning from Others
38:18: Awareness and Curiosity in Personal Growth 
40:43: The Complexity of Human Interactions 
44:04 : Men’s Emotional Landscape and Societal Expectations 
50:03 : Parenting and the Development of Young Men 
54:12: Unconditional Love and Authenticity 
55:34: Taking Steps Towards Authenticity 
58:35 : Introduction to Transformation 

🎙️ About Paul Hennessy
Paul Hennessy is a Jungian embodiment coach who helps capable men become their own men so they can pursue and achieve the things they want in life.
His work centers on developmental work around separating from parental complexes within a man's psyche, allowing him to develop a genuine sense of identity, inner authority, and direction.
🌐 Connect with Paul Hennessy:
YouTube:https://youtube.com/@modernmensacademy
Free Guide — Unbound: A Man's Guide To Ending Destructive Patterns, Reclaiming Inner Authority, And Finally Living On His Own Terms:https://modernmensacademy.com/unbound
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What if music is more than something we listen to?
What if it can influence how the brain moves, remembers, connects, and heals?
In this fascinating episode of Shine In & Out, Samantha Stoltz sits down with Dr. Alexander Pantelyat, MD, FAAN, neurologist, movement disorders specialist, and co-Founder and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine, to explore the growing science behind music as medicine—and the deeply human experiences that make music so powerful.
Dr. Pantelyat's work focuses on movement disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease, while his research explores how music-based rehabilitation may support movement, memory, cognition, and quality of life.
Together, Samantha and Dr. Pantelyat explore why music can affect people so differently, how rhythm can influence movement, why certain songs can unlock powerful memories and emotions, and why personalized approaches may be essential when using music therapeutically.
But the conversation goes beyond neuroscience.
They also explore music as a source of stress relief, emotional connection, social cohesion, and even some of life's most profound experiences. From playing music together in community to the chills and peak emotions music can create, this episode asks what music might reveal about the brain—and about what it means to be human.
✨ In This Episode:
• How music can influence the brain and body• The science behind music as medicine• Music-based rehabilitation for Parkinson's disease and neurodegenerative conditions• How rhythm can help support movement and motor function• Why music can trigger powerful memories and emotions• Why different people respond to music differently• The importance of personalized and precision music medicine• How making music together can strengthen social connection• Music, memory, cognition, and aging• How music can help prevent or reduce burnout• Why music may be deeply connected to human evolution and social cohesion• What music can teach us about being human
🎙️ About Dr. Alexander Pantelyat
Alexander Pantelyat, MD, FAAN is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Atypical Parkinsonism Center and co-Founder and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine.
His research focuses on atypical parkinsonian disorders, cognitive aspects of movement disorders, and music-based rehabilitation of neurodegenerative diseases.

     Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction and Dr. Pantelyat’s clinical focus
(00:13) Becoming a movement disorders neurologist
(00:53) A family legacy of neurology
(02:09) Why observation-based diagnosis drew him to the field
(03:53) Playing violin since age seven
(05:21) Keeping music as solace instead of a profession
(07:32) Orchestral, chamber, and solo music life
(09:25) The occupational injury risk for musicians
(10:39) Mental pressure, identity, and self-sabotage in music careers
(12:51) Burnout, music, and protecting joy
(13:37) Music, womb rhythms, and evolutionary theories
(14:05) Drumbeat, social cohesion, and battle trance
(16:31) Why music reaches where language cannot
(16:56) Stroke patients singing despite language loss
(18:18) Melodic intonation therapy and music-based rehab
(19:23) Dopamine, chills, and personally meaningful music
(21:10) Anticipation, reward, and the caudate nucleus
(23:22) Expectations, emotion, and physiology
(25:25) Music before surgery and reduced anxiety and pain
(26:47) Precision music medicine and personalization
(29:49) The Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire
(30:45) Overstimulation, silence, and different calming music needs
(32:15) Music, memory, and dementia
(34:29) AI, playlists, and scalable music tools
(35:27) FDA cleared rhythm-based devices for stroke and Parkinson disease
(36:54) Adaptive shoes, sensors, and closed loop rhythmic stimulation
(38:02) Fall prevention and gait symmetry
(39:30) Music, memory, and lifelong neuroplasticity
(41:44) Active engagement versus passive listening
(43:09) Dancing, clapping, and movement as music engagement
(45:02) Communal music as healing and spiritual connection
(46:35) Choirs, drum classes, and community programs at Johns Hopkins
(48:47) Realistic expectations for music interventions
(50:43) Early signs of Parkinson disease
(51:55) REM sleep behavior disorder as a warning sign
(54:02) The TRAP mnemonic for Parkinson motor symptoms
(55:25) Rhythmic entrainment and brain wave alignment
(57:48) What music teaches about being human
(60:06) Alive Inside and music in dementia care
(61:18) Music, authenticity, and mutual emotional impact
(63:09) Why live group music will not be replaced by AI
(64:08) Making therapy fun so people keep doing it
(66:04) Closing reflections on music, healing, and trauma
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