The Plus SideZ: A GLP-1 Guide to Metabolic Health

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In this episode, we sit down with Hannah, a featured member of Ro’s Healthier with Ro campaign and the focus of Ro’s new documentary on her weight loss and health journey. Hannah joins the show to go beyond a transformation story and dig into the deeper realities of obesity as a chronic disease, GLP-1 treatment, and what lasting change actually feels like.
Hannah shares her experience navigating weight stigma and shame, becoming a runner in a bigger body, and using GLP-1 medication as part of her care. For the first time in her life, she is living in a smaller body, without ever having had a “skinny Hannah” before. She reflects on how that shift has impacted her identity, mental health, and sense of self, including the emotional work that comes with a body changing faster than the mind.
This conversation offers a real-world look at GLP-1 weight loss, body image, and mental health, exploring who we become when our bodies change and how we learn to live in that new reality.

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Hannah 
Hannah’s Documentary 
https://ro.co/weight-loss/hannah/

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Listener note: This episode includes candid discussion about sexual health and intimacy. Private listening is recommended if children are nearby.
For many women in their late 30s, 40s, and 50s, treating metabolic dysfunction with a GLP-1 is only part of the story. Labs may improve. Weight may shift. But sleep changes. Mood feels different. Body composition moves in unfamiliar ways. Libido quietly declines.
Perimenopause and menopause often unfold alongside metabolic treatment, and the hormonal transition can complicate everything.
In this episode, we connect midlife hormone changes with metabolic health. Dr. Cathleen “Dr. Cat” Brown, board-certified OB/GYN and Medical Director at Winona, joins us along with Kelly Miller, Winona Patient Ambassador, to discuss what’s happening during perimenopause and menopause, why hormone replacement therapy is back in the conversation, and what changed after the black box warning.
We also speak candidly about sexual health in midlife, an area that rarely gets the honesty it deserves.
For women navigating GLP-1 treatment or broader obesity care, this conversation widens the lens. Hormones matter. Context matters. And stigma around menopause deserves the same challenge as stigma around obesity.
As always, this episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice.
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Community Guest:
Kelly Miller - Winona Patient Ambassador
Professional Guest:
Dr. Cathleen Brown
fondly known as “Dr. Cat,” is a board-certified OB/GYN with over 12 years of service as an Army physician, where she gained deep experience caring for women’s unique health needs. Today, she works as an OB laborist at Jefferson Abington Hospital near Philadelphia and serves as the Medical Director for Winona.
In her role with Winona, Dr. Cat leads bi-monthly live Q&A sessions with Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michael Green, answering questions about menopause symptoms and treatment and diving deep into related topics
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We sit down with Michael Donnelly-Boylen, a leading advocate in the GLP-1 community known as Mike on a Mission, and his husband, a psychiatrist who became certified in obesity medicine. We explore how GLP-1 treatment influenced their relationship, how they grew together, and how advocacy shaped their shared journey, highlighting the ripple effect of health, understanding, and purpose.
Community Guest Mike 
Instgram: mike.on.a.mission2
TikTok:  mike.onamission2
SubStack: https://mikeonamission2.substack.com/
Professional Guest Kevin Donnelly-Boylen, MD 
is a board-certified psychiatrist and obesity medicine physician who combines clinical expertise with lived experience as a patient living with obesity. He is married to Mike Donnelly-Boylen, an obesity care advocate, known on TikTok as Mike on a Mission.
Dr. Donnelly-Boylen earned his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2012. He completed his psychiatry residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital program in 2016, followed by a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2017.
He has worked in emergency psychiatry and consultation-liaison psychiatry at a safety-net city hospital and currently practices public psychiatry at a state hospital. After witnessing the high rates of co-occurring psychiatric and metabolic illness among his patients, he pursued additional training in obesity medicine and became board-certified in 2025. He now integrates psychiatry and obesity medicine to improve quality of life and long-term health for patients with serious mental illness.
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In an industry that rarely shifts quickly—especially for those with obesity, facing stigma and barriers—so much has changed in just three years. How did we see GLP-1 prices drop, and how did we break stigma? We did it together—through community, social media, and podcasts. This episode is my piece of that story. The GLP-1 Holistic Podcast invited me to share how my personal journey evolved into leading a movement. If you’ve ever wondered how we got here—this is how.

Holistic GLP-1 Podcast Links:

Apple Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-holistic-glp-1-podcast-with-elizabeth-mcgann/id1502491952

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https://open.spotify.com/show/1zUjNm1hGwV4gYR7utRBiN

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What happens after weight loss, when biology pushes back and maintenance becomes the hardest part?
In this episode of The Plus SideZ Podcast, we explore weight loss maintenance on GLP-1s through the lived experience of Ro patient and fitness instructor CeCe, who lost over 100 pounds through diet and exercise before turning to a GLP-1 to help sustain her progress. CeCe shares what it’s like navigating hunger, identity, and bias in the fitness industry while living in a changing body, and why weight maintenance often requires more than willpower alone.
Ro Chief Medical Officer Dr. Melynda Barnes joins the conversation to ground CeCe’s experience in science, explaining obesity as a chronic metabolic disease, how GLP-1 medications support long-term weight maintenance, and why movement and nutrition matter regardless of body size. Together, they unpack the impact of weight stigma in healthcare and fitness spaces, and what compassionate, evidence-based obesity care should actually look like.
This episode is for anyone questioning why keeping weight off is so difficult, feeling judged for their body while prioritizing health, or seeking a clearer, stigma-free understanding of GLP-1s and long-term care.
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CeCe’s - Socials https://www.instagram.com/ceceolisa/?hl=en 
Professional Guest:
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Melynda Barnes
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melyndabarnes/
Bio - https://ro.co/weight-loss/dr-melynda-barnes/ 
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