As a body image expert, weight is a very touchy topic for me. I care deeply about how women feel about themselves in their bodies. I care about whether they feel strong physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I care about how they feel energetically. I care about how they see themselves when they look in the mirror. And I care…
There is nothing like the holiday season to bring up pain and suffering for many of you. It is supposed to be a season of light and love and yet many of you find yourself overusing and overeating and feeling guilty for not doing enough or buying enough. It is exhausting! Your critical voice is a common and unfortunate constant…
I love people and I love fat people. I have complete respect for an overweight woman who has the courage and confidence to stride right into a gym full of people with healthy, fit bodies because she is the one who needs to be there most. God bless fat people in gyms! The thing is, it shouldn’t even be about…
I lost my count on how many doctors have asked me how many children I have. They ask because my belly looks like I had kids and in reality I had NONE. Not this lifetime anyway. When I was in my early twenties I was so heavy that my skin couldn’t stand it and stretch marks broke out like a…
I just love birthdays. I’ve always felt that they are my own personal New Year’s. It’s a time to acknowledge accomplishments, goals, setbacks, loved ones by celebrating that extra number being added on. I am about to ring in “53”. I make sure I celebrate my birthday every year with one women who has brought such love and light and…
Americans spend billions supporting the weight loss industry but often fail because they are not diet or exercise ready. They may be sustaining the industry, but are they really supporting themselves in permanent change? How many of us have homes littered with failed attempts at losing weight or attempting exercise plans guaranteed to take the pounds off and give us…
Yesterday I was looking through some old files and I found my first business plan from 2009! That seems like eons ago. I was reading the pages of statistics that I had heavily researched about body image disorders and the obesity epidemic that have plagued the US and many other parts of the world. It made me sad to read…
Do you ever feel like you’ve cheated yourself – sacrificed your wants, needs and values – by lying about how you feel? Perhaps for someone else’s sake? How often have you wanted to say NO but instead responded with YES to please others? It might be last-minute babysitting, staying late at work to cover a colleague’s mistake or it could…