“Wo! I feel good I knew that I would now I feel good I knew that I would now So good, so good I got you" – I Got You (I Feel Good) lyrics by James Brown Play or even just think about this well known James Brown song and I bet some part of you will automatically start...

“The addiction really isn't over until I can see the emptiness of the behaviour: not good, not evil...just an outside "thing" I've been using unintelligently to dull the suffering edge of life.” – Daniel Mate As the years bring more character to my face, it's...

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor E. Frankl I have in my home office a wall of books, each shelf groaning under the weight...

It took years of struggling with the same 30 pounds for me to realize I didn’t need to lose the weight so much as I needed to lose my weight issue. Weight loss is first and foremost about personal growth. Losing the weight without addressing the preoccupation or...

Restoring my natural relationship with food and reconnecting with my natural desire to move my body has required a lot of exploration and experimentation. It’s been interesting to notice how my choices have naturally evolved from this — my best days now tend to start...

There’s an interesting phenomenon that happens when I begin working with each new client — the people in their life begin to notice a kind of “glow” about them. But this happens far sooner than any significant weight loss so what exactly is it they’re noticing? It’s...

“The Loss Years” is a term I use to describe the years (or decades) lost to a preoccupation with one’s weight and the resulting loss to self-esteem. This speaks to whether you’ve been trying to lose weight during this time or whether you’ve been living in fear of...

When was the last time you pulled out the owner’s manual for one of your more complicated gadgets? Assuming you gave it the once over before you tucked it away, it was probably seeing the light of day again because something wasn’t working quite the way you expected....