Health, Obesity and Happy Calories®

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 …

Food For Thought: Eat To Feel Better

HEAL EMOTIONAL EATING AND OPTIMIZE PHYSICAL RESULTS! WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW There’s a difference between eating to feel better and eating to not feel bad.  And the difference is not between “better” and “bad. ” It’s between FEELING and NOT FEELING.  We can never “not feel. ”  So eat to feel better and as soon as you stop feeling better, …

Food For Thought: You Will Always Lose A Battle With Your Body

BEFRIEND YOUR BODY AND CREATE A WIN-WIN WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW The “diet and exercise” model demands that you disconnect from your body in order to be “successful.” You can’t eat simply because you’re hungry or because something looks or sounds good. You can only eat what and when that diet, that external authority, tells you you can eat. The …

Food For Thought: Food Is Not A “Four-Letter” Word

FOOD IS NOT A BAD WORD WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Food Is Not A “Four-Letter” Word.  Yes. Food does have four letters in it, but it is not a bad word.  We have all of this pain and dysfunction around food because of that diet and exercise model.  The diet and exercise model teaches us that we have to pay …

Food For Thought: Act Without Expectation

EXPECTATION IS THE ROOT OF ALL HEARTACHE WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW One simple way to get out of “Diet Drama Land” is to act without expectation.  Eat without expecting or assuming that what you eat is going to directly impact your body.  Exercise without expecting or assuming that what you do for exercise is going to directly impact your body.  …

Food For Thought: Your Body Is The Vehicle Through Which You Experience Life

YOUR BODY WILL BE WITH YOU FOR LIFE WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is not a problem to be solved. It is not a goal to be achieved. Your body is the vehicle through which you experience this life. Your body is your partner in relationship through this life. It has been with you from the moment you were …

Food For Thought: Exercise Is NOT The “Price” You Pay To Eat

DITCH THE DIET & EXERCISE DRAMA WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Exercise is not a penalty.  Exercise is not a punishment.  Exercise is not the “price” you pay to eat.  All of that dysfunction comes out of that diet and exercise model that suggests you do have to pay a price to eat – exercise or weight gain. That’s where the …

Food For Thought: The Fallacy That Keeps You Stuck

THE KEY TO HEALING YOUR PAIN AROUND YOUR BODY AND YOUR WEIGHT WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Yes – you are absolutely responsible for what you eat and yes, you are absolutely responsible for what you do for exercise.  But the fact that you are RESPONSIBLE for what you eat and what you do for exercise DOES NOT MEAN that therefore …