If your relationship with food or your body has felt frustrating…
there’s a reason for that
And it's not what you think...
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Why Fighting Your Food Struggles Makes Them Worse
A friend's mom had fallen multiple times without breaking a bone — because she learned to stop fighting the fall and just let it happen. Here's why that's some of the best advice I've ever heard for anyone struggling with food, their body, or their weight.
What Acting Taught Me About Healing Your Relationship With Food
Will Smith memorized everyone else's lines because he was too nervous to just be present. Sound familiar? Here's why the art of acting is actually the perfect analogy for what it takes to truly heal your relationship with food and your body.
Why Women’s Clothing Sizes Are Meaningless — And Why We Still Let Them Define Us
A police officer told my friend she was "lucky they just took clothes." I had to respond. He had no idea what it means for a woman to have her gym bag stolen — or why that number on a clothing tag carries as much weight as the number on a scale. Here's the absurdity we've all accepted without question.
Photoshop Isn’t Causing Your Body Image Issues — This Is
Everyone blames Photoshop for unrealistic beauty standards. But here's a question nobody asks — what if those images were real and achievable? Would the body image problem disappear? Here's why the answer is no, and what's actually causing the pain.
Why Knowing Photos Are Photoshopped Doesn’t Stop the Pain
I knew the magazine cover was retouched. I know every cover is retouched. And yet standing in the grocery store checkout line looking at Gwyneth Paltrow's abs, I still felt it. Here's why knowing something intellectually and really knowing it are two completely different things.
What Is Happy Calories Don’t Count? Here’s the Simple Answer
The first thing people ask when they hear my book title is "what's a happy calorie?" I usually answer with another question — what's an unhappy calorie? Here's what Happy Calories Don't Count actually is, and why it's fundamentally different from every other approach to weight loss.