Why the “Diet and Exercise” Model Is Based on a False Cause and Effect
A friend challenged me when I called diet and exercise “a lie.” She had a point — so I looked up the definition of lie. What I found, plus a story about a banana and a tunnel, changed how I talk about this forever.
Why Every Weight Loss Program Keeps You on the Same Broken Teeter-Totter
Every weight loss program — from basic calorie counting to emotional healing to spiritual alignment — eventually reduces back down to the same thing: the diet and exercise teeter-totter. Here’s what that means, why no one questions it, and what it looks like to finally get off it entirely.
Why the Diet and Exercise Model Is Like Believing the Earth Is the Center of the Universe
Before Copernicus, astronomers could explain a lot of what they observed — they just couldn’t get to Mars. The math was based on a fundamentally flawed premise. The diet and exercise model has exactly the same problem. Here’s what that means for every woman who’s ever blamed herself for not getting results.
The Yoplait Ad That Accidentally Proved Everything Wrong With Diet Culture
My husband told me about a Yoplait commercial he thought I’d love — a woman doing mental gymnastics over a slice of cheesecake while a thinner woman just reaches for the yogurt. He was right. It perfectly illustrates the difference between the diet mindset and food freedom. Then the ad got pulled — and that’s where things got interesting.
Why Understanding Happy Calories Don’t Count Requires a Light-Bulb Moment
Teaching Happy Calories Don’t Count is like pulling someone out of the Matrix — except this Matrix pulls you right back in. Here’s why making the shift requires more than just learning new information, and what that light-bulb moment actually feels like.