Why Releasing Emotions Is the Most Underrated Weight Loss Tool
I was at a seminar from hell — freezing cold room, no schedule, chronic delays — and I was about to lose it. Then I found a bathroom stall on the other side of the hotel and just sobbed. Here’s what happened next, and why it explains everything about what I mean by “clearing the channel.”
Which Philosophy Is Actually Dangerous — Diet Culture or Food Freedom?
Someone tweeted that Happy Calories Don’t Count was a “dangerous philosophy.” They may have meant it as a compliment. But it made me wonder — do they really think it’s dangerous to eat when you’re hungry? Here’s a look at what’s actually dangerous, backed by the numbers.
Why Weight Loss Experts Are the Only Ones Still Telling You to Just Work Harder
Financial gurus will tell you the wealthiest people love what they do. Relationship experts will tell you that self-sacrifice isn’t love. But weight loss experts? They’re still telling you to suck it up and diet harder. Here’s why that’s the one area where nobody has questioned the model — until now.
Why Embracing Change Is the Secret to Lasting Weight Loss
Life can feel like a day in March — warm one moment, a snowstorm the next. Here’s why that in-between, unsettled feeling is actually where all the real change happens, and what that has to do with your body.
The Moment a Mother Taught Her Daughter to Fear Her Own Body
I was shopping when I heard a mother tell her daughter that the sparkly bikini she was holding up would cost her two months on the treadmill and no ice cream. The girl’s smile disappeared. Here’s why that moment broke my heart — and why it explains everything about how diet culture gets passed down.
Why Losing Weight Is Exactly Like Going Bankrupt (And What Actually Works Instead)
A friend posted on Facebook that dieting is like deficit reduction — painful, with no easy way out. Four people liked it. Here’s why that analogy is exactly right, but not in the way anyone meant it — and what a financial guru accidentally taught me about why weight loss never sticks.
Why the Women Who Need This Most Are the Hardest to Reach
I gave a presentation on food freedom and two women walked out. Another sat right in front of me with glazed eyes until she realized I was making a case against diet and exercise — and by then she’d missed everything. Here’s what I learned that day about why the people who need a new paradigm can’t always hear it.
Why Real Change With Food and Your Body Feels So Hard at First
Twenty years ago a friend passed along a passage that I tucked into a folder and never forgot. I didn’t fully understand why it resonated so deeply until much later. Here’s the quote — and why it might be the most honest thing ever written about what it actually takes to change your relationship with food and your body.
The Hidden Message Behind Every Weight Loss Ad (And Why It’s Keeping You Stuck)
While waiting to go on air for a radio interview, I heard one of the hosts say he liked to figure out “the message behind the message” in advertising. That phrase stopped me cold — because it’s exactly what nobody does with weight loss ads. Here’s what they’re really saying.