Part Two: Body Image, Fat Phobia, and Structures of Inequality In the last post I wrote about the costs of approaching health and healing from the perspectiv...

This is the first of a multi-part series Part One: Illness and Pain The language that we use to talk about our relationships with our human bodies is adversa...

Just say "no" to the COVID food police. I entered “COVID weight gain” in Google and got 161,000,000 hits. Here’s what I learned. That COVID-19 now also refer...

No, I am not planning to read the book as my “quarantine project.” No one needs to do anything extra right now - anything more than what they must. Seriously...

This is Ruby, who always reminds me to keep things in perspective. She and I rescued each other 6 1/2 years ago. She is thrilled that her humans are home all...

If you could wave a magic wand and have one wish, what would it be? For me, it’s always been peace. Yes, sure a little extra cash would be fabulous. But much...

We live in a culture that teaches us, consciously and subconsciously, to equate fatness with death. No wonder we are afraid.

To the tune of "The Authority Song," John Mellencamp. My father used to say, “some lessons in life need to be learned more than once.” It was his gentle way ...

My last blog post describes my new understanding of my relationship with my body – an understanding that had been there below the surface all along. What had...

A month ago, I added a big Roman numeral to the timeline of my life. (Imagine life divided into major parts, like a book, marked by Roman numerals. Mine woul...

What comes to mind when you hear "health coach?" You probably expect to be told, among other things, what to eat and what not to eat. Many health coaches' we...