You may have noticed the diets or eating plans fall into one of two camps: · You can eat any food in moderation · You must avoid certain foods, period WW is an example of the former, saying that with their points system, you can have some amount of any food you want. On the opposite side is a program called Brightline Eating that says you can never, ever have sugar or flour. Seeing such opposing views can be quite confusing to those trying to figure out a healthy wa

Note: I’m on vacation this week, so I hope you enjoy revisiting this post from 2017. Do you think much about how food makes you feel? Or do you consider if you even want food to make you feel a certain way? This isn’t something I’ve consciously thought about, or at least not in those terms, but I do think it’s there subconsciously. For instance, when I eat comfort foods, I’m certainly looking for something that will make me feel secure and cared for. But according to the book

I heard a story recently that resonated with me so much that I wanted to share it in case you can also relate. The story was told by Anne Barker in an episode of the Cracked Cup podcast. Like so many of us, Anne has lived much of her life in a larger body, but for a long time, she wasn’t happy about it. At one point, she went to a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous. She got tears when she saw the “Welcome Home” sign, and those tears stayed as she listened to the stories of the o

I’ve been thinking a lot about forgiveness recently. Part of it was listening to a Stuff You Should Know podcast episode about forgiveness, and I also read Four Steps to Forgiveness by William Fergus Martin, both of which I found very interesting. But to be honest, I’ve struggled with the idea of forgiveness. I know in my head that it’s not about condoning the other person’s behavior or absolving them of any responsibility, that it’s really about the forgiver being able to le