Many think they have to hate their body to do something about it. However, body hatred actually makes fear, anxiety, and chronic body dissatisfaction worse, it makes body image worse. You end up feeling terrible about yourself, and that makes it hard to take good care of yourself. Dump the body hatred if you want to get healthy!

Medical professionals often fat shame and blame medical conditions on weight. Find out how to deal with it, and how to find a doctor that will treat you with respect so that you can get good medical care. (And fat shaming hurts thin people too). Includes list of recommended doctors in the Gainesville FL area.

The Enneagram is a powerful personality typing system, intriguing in its depth and accuracy. It is also an ancient tool used for personal and spiritual self-discovery. Learning the Enneagram, and its 9 key personality types, and discovering your own, is eye-opening.

The Enneagram is a powerful personality typing system, intriguing in its depth and accuracy. It is also an ancient tool used for personal and spiritual self-discovery. Learning the Enneagram, and its 9 key personality types, and discovering your own, is eye-opening.

You have a deeper knowing self that rebels against food rules! This Rebel Self hates those imposed rules, hates the constraint, and hates the disrespect of these simplistic solutions. This Rebel Self is tired of the disrespect implied in, "Just follow this rule, it’s easy to get healthy or lose 10 pounds." So what are you supposed to do?

There are two forms of eating that can feel out-of-control: deprivation-driven eating and emotional eating. Most people think that out-of-control eating is mostly emotional. Actually, it is far more likely that ‘over’eating is deprivation-driven.

Perfection promises joy but brings exhaustion. Find freedom in choosing “good enough.”

Exercise is often used as a way to lose weight or shape the body, to enhance our sense of self-worth, or simply because we think we should. It's not fun, and we don't think it is supposed to be. You may think you are lazy or have a character flaw, and need to force yourself to get to the gym. But what if you have actually become "exercise resistant?"

For those confident enough to bring food into your home, a “full fridge” embodies much more than the foods inside. Let’s reach inside and discover what’s in a “full fridge.”

Heading into the New Year, weight loss and get fit advertisements are everywhere. But what if this year, instead of making resolutions to lose weight, you decided to set your intentions to take care of yourself differently? To give yourself more of what you really need?

We began our careers putting people on diets, as we were taught to do. It did not take long to realize that there was no magic in food restriction. In fact, it became painfully obvious that dieting is fraught with failure, heartache, and deprivation. Simply put, we learned that diets cause problems. To find out how, simply read on.

Do you feel driven to be physically active? You may feel in total control of what you are doing and others probably envy your "dedication," but deep down you don't really have a choice, you must exercise. It is as if you are addicted to exercise. And you are probably fine with this, even if it interferes with your life.