One Facebook Post, a Masterclass, and Why Accountability Won’t Save You
A three-page Facebook post. Over 100 comments. And not one person in the thread looking at it from a Happy Calories® perspective. In this episode, Carmela reads through a real post from someone doing everything the diet and exercise model tells her to do — the cookbook, the water bottle, the weights, the drug, the accountability group — and breaks down word by word why the ship itself is the problem, not the passenger.
Does the Law of Attraction Actually Work for Weight Loss? Here’s the Real Answer
So many people come to the Law of Attraction hoping it will be the workaround they’ve been looking for — a way to get the body they want without the pain of the diet and exercise model. But there’s a reason it so often creates more frustration than freedom. In this episode, Carmela breaks down where the Law of Attraction is genuinely true, where the logical fallacies live, and why Happy Calories Don’t Count® lets it work through you without you having to think about it at all.
The 5 Steps of Happy Calories Don’t Count® — All of Them, Right Now
Back to school, back to basics — all five steps, laid out clearly in one episode. From embracing a model of alignment to clearing the channel, Carmela walks through the complete Happy Calories Don’t Count® framework and explains not just what each step is, but why the order matters and how they work together as a flexible, sustainable system that moves with you through real life.
It’s All About Being Happy — And Here’s What That Actually Means
The first sentence of the book Happy Calories Don’t Count was ‘I have learned that it’s all about being happy.’ Twelve years later, Carmela has a more sophisticated way of explaining why — and in this back-to-basics episode, she traces how that original insight connects directly to the two assumptions that make the diet and exercise model so painful, and why switching from a transaction-based model to a relationship-based one is the thing that actually sets you free.
How Staying Present With Your Body Leads to Sustainable Weight Loss
My husband and I were walking on railroad tracks at a park when something unexpected came out of my mouth — and it taught me everything about how we’re supposed to relate to food, exercise, and our bodies. Here’s what happened.