Let’s dream bigger this year. Here are 10 ways to focus on being more, rather than less, in 2017… Try a new hobby. It’s hard to overstate the value of a creative outlet. If you work a desk job, it might be fun to find a hands-on hobby, like woodworking, knitting, cooking, gardening, or playing an instrument. If you work with…
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New year’s resolution: Stop the madness
If you ever doubt for a second that the diet industry is playing us like a fiddle, check out this graph: It’s not a nice healthy heartbeat. It’s a five-year insight into how the diet industry has programmed us to begin each year with self-loathing, self-punishing behavior that has been cleverly marketed as “normal.” This…
Have a perfect, and present, day
If you’re celebrating Christmas today, I wish you a beautiful, delicious day — guilt-free. Join the conversation at the table, not the one in your head. Listen to your body’s hunger and fullness cues, not the diet culture foolishness that other people might choose to disseminate. Tune into your own tastebuds — eat what you…
If you gained a pound or two this holiday season
Then you’ve been weighing yourself. STOP THAT!!! Sit down, let me give you a pep talk. I lived in a constant state of yoyo dieting for more than a decade. Starting around age 13, if I wasn’t actively on a diet, I was planning the next one — and always, always living in fear of…
A big meal is not a binge
This holiday season, I keep hearing the word “binge” tossed around really casually, online and in conversation. Like: “How to recover after your Thanksgiving binge”-type stuff. This is a ludicrous misuse of the word. And pretty reckless, too: are we seriously teaching our kids that big family meals are binges? Imagine a typical holiday meal. You’re…
Sneaky little diet triggers
It’s not easy to detox your life of diet culture. Even after you’ve stopped counting calories and weighing in, you might be surprised at the diet detritus lingering around. If you are still feeling guilt about who you are, how you look, or how you’re living your life, it’s time to dig a little deeper and…
six months to sanity 