Why “Think Positive” Didn’t Work for Me (And What I Did Instead)
A host introduced me as a “Law of Attraction Weight Loss Expert.” I paused — because Law of Attraction didn’t actually work for me. It created more pain than peace. Here’s what I figured out instead, and why it changed everything about how I teach women to heal their relationship with food.
Why Accepting Your Body Isn’t Giving Up — It’s the Most Powerful Thing You Can Do
“How do I accept my body the way it is when I can’t stand it?” It’s the question I hear most. And I get it — in the diet and exercise world, acceptance means defeat. But that’s not what acceptance actually is. Here’s the distinction that changes everything.
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.
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.
What Happens When You Stop Linking Diet and Exercise Together
A friend posted that she needed to “burn off” her Fourth of July calories with a run. I didn’t comment — because what I had to say would have taken more than a Facebook reply. Here’s the mindset shift that actually sets you free from the diet and exercise trap.
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.
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 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.