✨ Curiosity: Your Secret Bariatric Superpower ✨

Hi Reader,

When it comes to your bariatric journey, curiosity isn’t just a nice trait, it’s a game-changer. Instead of judging a choice, a feeling, or a setback, curiosity invites you to notice what’s happening with kindness and without shame.

Curiosity sounds like:

“Why might my body be asking for this right now?”
“What can I learn from this moment?”
“How could I support myself differently next time?”

This gentle shift helps turn guilt into growth, fear into clarity, and confusion into confidence. And the best part? You can start being curious at any point in your journey, no perfect timing required.

This week, we are excited to share with you one of our top-loved podcasts of 2025, and it's all about how April, Jason, and Natalie are using curiosity to power through the ups and downs of their own bariatric journeys.

🎙️ Ep 230: Bariatric Success Redefined: How Curiosity Fuels Thriving

👥 The Hero's Journey

Our mission is to ensure bariatric patients have the tools, education, and resources needed to find success in every stage of their journey, and we know that when we learn with peers, the learning sticks.

We are in our second week of the Hero's Journey experience, and it is never too late to join us. As patients, we often seek a "roadmap" of sorts, especially when things seem to have returned to normal.

The Hero's Journey offers us a pathway forward in every stage.

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You got this and we got you.

With Gratitude,
April, Jason, Natalie, and the BariNation Team