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When They Won't Take Your "NO"
The holidays are coming, and with them come a great deal of socializing—often around food. It can be daunting. But what’s the worst that can happen?
I have three stories for you about times when the worst did...
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Two Visits to the ER
Today I’m coming off a near-all-nighter at the emergency room with a loved one. It’s my second night this week in the ER—with two unrelated circumstances.
Sometimes this happens. And it occurs to me that it might be...
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The Pathways to Relapse
In today’s vlog, I want to talk about fiber tracts. These are neural pathways that your brain builds every day. Your brain is always changing. You are either learning new things or strengthening pathways that...
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Arousal Theory
I want to introduce you to something called arousal theory. Understanding the arousal mechanisms in your nervous system can help you see how you may have used food in the past to moderate it, and how you can avoid...
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4 Essential Tips to Kickstart Boot Camp Success
Today’s a big day: it’s the start of registration for the Fall Food Freedom Boot Camp. It’s usually our biggest cohort of the year. It’s a wonderful time to start because it takes you through the holidays— the hardest...
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Motives in Restaurants
Restaurants are my Achilles’ heel, and I want to share with you a few meals recently that didn’t go well—and what I did about it. I used to try to game the system and get the biggest, sexiest meals when eating out,...
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An SOS Post From Italy
I was coaching someone yesterday on an Accountability Call who is going to Italy, and it reminded me of something I wanted to tell you about my very first trip to Italy this past summer.
While I was in Italy, I...
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Diet Mentality
Wendy Reynolds wrote in with a great question about diet mentality: “This term is used repeatedly in coaching calls. I have asked several people in my own circle how they would define it. And I'm hearing so many...
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A Sugar Addict with No Weight To Lose
Today’s topic is a great one, and I’ll follow it with an announcement. A woman wrote: “I am embarrassed to join the community because I don’t have a weight problem, but I have a food addiction. I’m a nine on the...
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Behind the Scenes with ON THIS BRIGHT DAY
I’ve been waiting to do this vlog for months!
A few months ago, someone wrote in about the book, ON THIS BRIGHT DAY, to find out what happened after our launch. What about the contest? Did it make the New York...
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Bunny Slipper Mantras
I’ve been sharing a great deal about anniversaries lately, and today I have another one: it’s nine years this month since I began doing the weekly vlog. That’s roughly 270 vlogs. In all that time, I’ve only missed...
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30 Years of Coin Flips
On Friday, August 9, I celebrated 30 years clean and sober. When I lay in bed that morning, I felt suspended in time: then, and now, and all the points in between.
I want to talk with you today about the passage of...
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