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 …
YOUR BODY IS YOUR GPS WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is a complex system of living intelligence that knows how to optimize its state of health vitality, well being, beauty and joy, and it is always guiding you in that direction. All you have to do is take a beat, take a breath and listen to your body.
ACCEPTANCE IS GIVING UP THE PAIN WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW So many people struggle with acceptance – accepting their bodies and accepting themselves – because the “diet and exercise” model says that you can’t. Within the context of the “diet and exercise” model, it suggests that to accept something means that you wouldn’t necessarily have the motivation to do a …
YOUR BODY KNOWS BEST WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW The “diet and exercise” model demands that you disconnect from your body in order to be successful. And that is one of the many reasons it never works long term.
THAT’S “DIET DRAMA” THINKING!! WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Exercise is not a penalty. It is not a punishment. It is not a “price” you pay to eat. That is “Diet Drama Land” thinking! Exercise is about a relationship with your body. Use exercise as a way to heal your relationship with your body and watch how your body – and …
YOU KNOW THIS – BUT DO YOU EMBODY THIS? WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is not a caloric balance sheet. You know this – but do you?? Do you really?? Think about all the unconscious – or perhaps conscious – judging you do about food and exercise. You’re constantly thinking is it “good” food? “Bad” food? “Good” exercise? Does …
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 …
CALORIES ARE A HUMAN INVENTION WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is a complex system of Living Intelligence that knows how to optimize its state of health, vitality, well-being, beauty and joy. AND it has no idea what a calorie is. This is because calories are an invention of mankind. They are made up units of measurement to track and …
THE “DIET & EXERCISE” MODEL KEEPS YOU STUCK WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW If you could have, you would have by now. The reason you can’t is because you’re stuck in the “diet and exercise” model. Switch from a transaction-based model of “diet and exercise” to a relationship-based model of health and well being and you’ll be able to succeed.