I used to hate my body and started obsessing about it at sixteen, when I started getting curves. I was self conscious before that, but it did not center around my weight. I got serious (stern voice) about managing my weight and controlling my body and was a bit neurotic. I thought I needed the perfect body to get what I wanted in life, so I started dieting and became … an aerobics instructor. Seriously, I did that, it was the 80’s, please forgive me.

I studied Nutrition so I could control my body thin. I’d decode things and help others do the same, boom! I learned all the science and was left wanting. I looked elsewhere for deeper answers. I found a wise teacher away from campus.  Slowly, I lightened up, and began to embrace the wisdom of my body.  I discovered I was not broken, I’d just been listening to the wrong voice, the mean girl (head) voice, not the sweet and wise girl (heart) voice.

The funniest thing happened, as I let go of the negative attitudes about my body, my body healed.

I lost sight of this learning in times of stress, so gained and lost weight over the years. It was always emotional stress that drove the scale, even if I wasn’t overeating. In looking back, I can see that I lost weight, when I was living my life fully and moving forward. I was aligned, I was in flow, I was having FUN.

If you’ve experienced this kind of flow you may know, I didn’t really think about food, just ate when and what felt right. When I was fully engaged and living on purpose, the weight just fell off. I had fallen into alignment, even if it was after a breakup, it was because the break up was needed and I could move forward.

I can remember the time after finishing my masters thesis, I had to re-learn how to have fun. I was so busy making art and being engaged in my life that my mean girl didn’t have a chance to sabotage me, my heart was leading, and the weight fell off effortlessly.

I don’t struggle with my weight anymore. It took me decades to arrive here, but you can get here so much faster because I’ve paved a way.

My want for you?

• I want you to feel good in your body
• I want to hear you talk nicely about your body
• I want you to tap into the wisdom of your body

How does that sound?

What I know to be true, is that when your head and your heart are aligned, it’s easy to love your body and it’s easy to make satisfying choices that serve you short and long term, no matter what the scale says or how those jeans fit. This starts with letting go of mental baggage and embracing your truth. Easy weight loss or peace with food happens when you fall into alignment, and one of the great ways to do that is to have more FUN!

Will you play with me?


My challenge for you is:

• Look at where you’ve been mean to your body with your thoughts and words and choose to be kind
• Have more fun, especially when you don’t have enough time to blink (seat dance in your car!)
• Look in the mirror and smile at what reflects back at you, knowing you’re a gift to the people in your life

Will you pick one and let me know you did it?

And, know at least intellectually, you can shift whatever you’re struggling with, because that’s the nature of life, to heal, grow and move forward.

It’s taken me many decades to learn to love and trust my body, and it’s not perfect.  I still have stuff to work on, but I’m doing it. Serving others has been such a gift over the years as I’ve been witness to many amazing examples of the incredible healing power and wisdom of the human body.

In case you’re wondering, FUN is my secret weapon for weight loss!

When you’re having fun, you’re nervous system is in the rest, digest repair mode, which is also fat burning mode. So have some fun!

Yours in Health,

PS. That’s me in the photo above. I was just about to enjoy the most delicious fries, at a French restaurant in Berkeley, CA. They’re THE best fries, expect maybe for my Dad’s famous fries.