Food For Thought: Exercise Is NOT About “Burning Calories” Or “Losing Weight”
THAT’S “DIET DRAMA” THINKING!! WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Exercise is not a penalty. It is not a punishment. It is not a “price” you pay to eat. That is “Diet Drama Land” thinking! Exercise is about a relationship with your body. Use exercise as a way to heal your relationship with your body and watch […]
Food For Thought: Your Body Is NOT A “Caloric Balance Sheet”
YOU KNOW THIS – BUT DO YOU EMBODY THIS? WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is not a caloric balance sheet. You know this – but do you?? Do you really?? Think about all the unconscious – or perhaps conscious – judging you do about food and exercise. You’re constantly thinking is it “good” food? […]
The Inspiration & Insanity of “Fat Pride”
It is my contention that all of the pain and dysfunction surround food, exercise, weight and well-being can be traced back to the core, conventional, cultural diet and exercise model.
This discussion illustrates that argument by comparing and contrasting Lizzo’s reality show “Watch Out For The Big Grrrrls” with a practical joke perpetrated by Steven Crowder. This episode also demonstrates the differences in responses to physical conditions society deems “medical” versus conditions popularly seen as a result of consequences of choice. True healing and transformation – both on an individual level – and collectively – is possible.
Food For Thought: Your Body Has No Idea What A Calorie Is
CALORIES ARE A HUMAN INVENTION WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is a complex system of Living Intelligence that knows how to optimize its state of health, vitality, well-being, beauty and joy. AND it has no idea what a calorie is. This is because calories are an invention of mankind. They are made up units […]
Food For Thought: If You Could Have, You Would Have By Now
THE “DIET & EXERCISE” MODEL KEEPS YOU STUCK WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW If you could have, you would have by now. The reason you can’t is because you’re stuck in the “diet and exercise” model. Switch from a transaction-based model of “diet and exercise” to a relationship-based model of health and well being and you’ll […]
Health, Obesity and Happy Calories®
The inspiration for this episode was a video clip someone sent me of Bill Maher discussing American obesity with Ben Shapiro. Among the social, political, cultural issues at play regarding body positivity and weight – making a discussion of health a challenge – they also mentioned the idea of a “caloric deficit.”
I hate to break it to them, but a simple caloric deficit (or simple therapy to help one overcome obstacles to beginning and staying on a diet) is not the answer. Most of the contestants from the infamous “The Biggest Loser” show not only failed to keep the weight off – many gained more.
What is needed is a completely new paradigm for weight loss and well-being. This episode describes the unique challenges of obesity and how the Happy Calories Don’t Count® model can help.
Food For Thought: Your Body Is Not A Problem To Be Solved
YOUR BODY IS YOUR PARTNER IN RELATIONSHIP WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is not a problem to be solved. Your body is not a goal or a resolution to be achieved. Your body is a relationship to be experienced. Heal that relationship and watch how your body and your life transform.
Food For Thought: Eat To Feel Better
HEAL EMOTIONAL EATING AND OPTIMIZE PHYSICAL RESULTS! WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW There’s a difference between eating to feel better and eating to not feel bad. And the difference is not between “better” and “bad. ” It’s between FEELING and NOT FEELING. We can never “not feel. ” So eat to feel better and as soon […]
Food For Thought: You Will Always Lose A Battle With Your Body
BEFRIEND YOUR BODY AND CREATE A WIN-WIN WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW The “diet and exercise” model demands that you disconnect from your body in order to be “successful.” You can’t eat simply because you’re hungry or because something looks or sounds good. You can only eat what and when that diet, that external authority, tells […]
Mental Health in a Sick Society
“It’s not really a measure of mental health to be well-adjusted in a society that’s very sick.”
This is one of my favorite quotes from the television show The OA, and it describes this episode well.
This podcast episode was inspired by an advertisement for an eating disorder clinic that I saw on the side of the bus.
In this episode, I deconstruct the underlying psychological assertions of this ad and illustrate the manipulative messages contained therein.
Learning to develop media and marketing literacy skills is an essential component to finding freedom from food drama – especially in the guise of “professional help” for something as serious as an eating disorder.
Enjoy!