Why Figuring Out the “Cause” of Your Weight Struggle Keeps You Stuck
My cat was very sick and I kept torturing myself — what if I’d caught it earlier? What caused this? If I can just find the cause, I can fix it. Sound familiar? Here’s why looking for the cause of your food drama keeps you trapped — and what to focus on instead.
Why Positive Thinking Alone Won’t Heal Your Relationship With Food
There’s a moment in the movie Enchanted where the eternally cheerful princess finally gets angry for the first time — and becomes ecstatic. Because she’s finally fully alive. Here’s why that moment explains everything about why stuffing emotions with food never works.
The Doctor’s Office Question That Reveals Everything Wrong With Diet Culture
The first question on a medical intake form wasn’t about heart disease or diabetes. It was about “unplanned changes” in my weight. That word — unplanned — stopped me cold. Here’s what it assumes about you and your body, and why it matters.
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.
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.
Why You Don’t Have to Love Exercise — You Just Have to Find What Works Right Now
I am not a treadmill person. Ask anyone. And yet last week, stuck in a hotel gym on a rainy travel day, I loved every minute of it. Here’s what that experience reminded me about exercise, motivation, and why the “right” workout is never what you think.
Why Nutrition Information Is Making Your Relationship With Food Worse
In the same five-minute segment, the evening news told me that calorie counts on menus don’t change what people order — and that maple syrup is full of antioxidants. Here’s what that contradiction reveals about the information overload keeping us stuck.
Your Body Is Telling You Something — Are You Listening?
I once pulled an April Fools prank that gave me a knot in my stomach before I even got to the punchline. My body knew before my brain did. Here’s what that moment taught me about body wisdom — and why your body might be your greatest ally.
Why the “Right” Approach to Weight Loss Looks Different for Everyone
I was in the audience listening to Dr. Daniel Amen talk about brain health when he pulled out the calorie budget analogy and my blood pressure spiked. And then I had a moment of clarity. Here’s what it taught me about why alignment looks different for every person — and why that’s actually good news.
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.”