FOOD, BODY IMAGE, AND THE WHOLE DIET-AND-EXERCISE DRAMA
There’s a lot more to our struggles with food and our bodies than calories, willpower, or trying harder.
Here, I explore the assumptions behind the traditional diet-and-exercise model, why so many familiar solutions keep us stuck, and what changes when we approach food, exercise, and our bodies from a completely different perspective.
Some posts are personal. Some challenge conventional wisdom. And some might make you laugh.
Browse the articles below. Start wherever you're curious.
Why New Year’s Health Resolutions Fail Before February (And What Actually Works)
The "diet and exercise" mindset sets up every New Year's resolution to fail. Not because you lack willpower — but because the whole on-the-wagon, off-the-wagon structure guarantees you'll eventually fall off. Here's a different way to think about it.
The Only Holiday Eating Advice You Actually Need
Every year the same tired tips show up — eat a salad first, use a smaller plate, drink more water. And every year people either white-knuckle through the holidays or give up entirely and wait for January. Here's why all that advice is making it worse.
Fake It Till You Make It?Why “Fake It Till You Make It” Doesn’t Work (And What Does)Fake It Till You Make It?
I was on a TV set, supposed to play a woman who thinks she's the most beautiful person in the room — and all I could see in the mirror was a tired, haggard actress with every line on her face showing. That's when I figured out what "fake it till you make it" actually means.
Why Tracking Calories Is the Wrong Investment for Your Body
A friend of mine who teaches social media marketing said something that stopped me cold: "It's not about return on investment — it's about return on relationship." She was talking about Facebook. But she accidentally described everything wrong with the diet and exercise model.
The Truth About the “Pilates Body” (It’s Not What You Think)
People always ask me how I learned to connect with my body. My honest answer is Pilates — but not for the reason you'd expect. It wasn't the workout that changed my body. Here's what actually did.