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 …