BOTH SIDES ARE MISSING THE POINT!! 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 – 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 …
FINDING, CREATING, EXPANDING TIME – TO MOVE AND SHAKE! My guest episode for Zibby Owens’ podcast. In this podcast, I teach actionable strategies to create more time for busy moms who deal with food, exercise, and body-image issues. Sharing personal insights gleaned from my own painful and life-threatening struggles surrounding my body and my weight, I outline a path for …
THE ROOT OF ALL DYSFUNCTION It 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 …
RECLAIM HEALTH AND 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 …
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 podcast episode was inspired by an advertisement for an eating disorder clinic that I …
BUCKLE UP BUTTERCUP – THE MOST IMPORTANT EPISODE TO DATE Your weight is not your fault. It’s not to your credit either. Your pain is not your fault. But your healing is your responsibility. An important episode for anyone struggling with food, exercise, weight or body image issues – whether you have been diagnosed with an eating disorder or not. …
FREEDOM FROM FOOD DRAMA BY CLAIMING PERSONAL POWER How do you create true freedom from food drama? How do you claim your personal power? You are allowed, you have the right, you have the freedom to be who you are and do what you want to do and exist how you want to exist – and to want to look …
THE NORMALIZATION OF DIET CULTURE Are you in charge of your own thoughts and beliefs about your body and yourself? Are you sure? This episode illustrates how complex systems – including economic profit motives and slick psychological marketing – influence your thoughts and sense of self like you never imagined. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE BELOW SPREAD THE LOVE! CLICK SHARE …
TRANSFORM YOUR BODY THROUGH “EMOTIONAL EATING” Why is it so hard to come to a place of peace and acceptance around your body and your weight? This episode offers a conversation on “emotional eating” like you’ve never heard before. By the time you are done listening, you will never think of “emotional” eating in the same way. You will have …