Law of Attraction, Weight Loss & Happy Calories Don’t Cont®

CAN YOU USE LAW OF ATTRACTION TO LOSE WEIGHT?Is the Law of Attraction real? Does it work? Can it work for weight loss? This episode explores all things Law of Attraction – as it specifically relates to weight loss. It discusses the mind traps and fallacies that occur from the common misunderstandings and misapplication of the Law of Attraction – …

Happy Calories® 101: The 5 Steps

5 SIMPLE STEPS TO CREATE A BODY AND LIFE YOU LOVEPart 3 of the Happy Calories® 101 Series… The 5 Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® Method: The No Diet, No Drama, No BS Way to Create a Body AND a Life You Love. Step 1: Embrace a Model of Alignment Step 2: Connect With Your Body Step 3: …

Happy Calories® 101: Happiness Is The Key

HAPPINESS IS FREEDOM FROM THE “DIET & EXERCISE” MODELPart 2 of the Happy Calories® 101 Series… Happiness is freedom from the conventional, cultural “diet and exercise” model.  The “diet and exercise” model is the root of all of your pain, shame, drama and dysfunction surrounding food, exercise, your body and your weight because it demands that you disconnect from your …

Happy Calories® 101: Back to Basics

THE DIET AND EXERCISE MODEL IS THE ROOT OF ALL…The conventional cultural “diet and exercise” model is the root of all pain, shame, drama and dysfunction surrounding food, exercise, your body and your weight.  From this model two assumptions naturally follow. Assumption #1: You have to pay a price to eat. The price? Exercise – or weight gain. This is …

Culture Wars: Body Shaming vs Fat Celebration

BOTH SIDES ARE MISSING THE POINTThe conventional cultural “diet and exercise” model is the root of all pain, shame, drama and dysfunction surrounding food, exercise, your body and your weight – AND it is the source of the confusion and acrimony in the “culture wars” surrounding health, obesity and fat pride. The diet and exercise model suggests that your body’s …

Time To Move & Shake!

FINDING, CREATING, EXPANDING TIME – TO MOVE AND SHAKE!In this episode, author, podcaster and lifestyle coach, Carmela Ramaglia, teaches actionable strategies to expand time for busy moms who deal with food, exercise, and body-image issues. Sharing personal insights gleaned from her own painful and life-threatening struggles surrounding her body and her weight, Carmela outlines a path for optimizing health, vitality, …

The Inspiration & Insanity of Fat Pride

THE ROOT OF ALL DYSFUNCTIONIt 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. …

Health, Obesity and Happy Calories®

RECLAIM HEALTH & VITALITY 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 …

Mental Health In A Sick Society

RECLAIMING YOUR SANITY, SENSE OF SELF AND PERSONAL POWER“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 show was inspired by an advertisement for an eating disorder clinic that I saw on …

“Systems” of Weight Loss and Well-Being

OPTIMIZE YOUR HAPPINESS, JOY AND RESULTS!“Diet Drama Land” is everywhere and all around you. While some people are so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it (yes, I’m paraphrasing The Matrix) most people are simply unaware. The fundamental assumptions of the cultural, traditional “diet and exercise” model are constantly reinforced with general every day life. …