I’m seeing a lot of political panic. This is the closest election in modern history, and we are experiencing tremendous levels of stress. People on both sides of the political divide see this election as a fight for the fundamental rights of Americans and believe that democracy is at stake.  You may be experiencing impaired […]

In 1983, Prochaska and DiClemente developed the Stages of Change model, which describes the different stages a person goes through as they attempt to make significant changes. The model includes six well-defined stages that people move through as they work to change a target behavior. Let’s address stage one, Precontemplation – failing to recognize the […]

  Let’s face it. No one is perfect. We all have quirks or flaws that need to be changed. Some changes are harder to make than others.  There are addictions such as smoking, alcohol, and drugs; and then there are what we call process or behavioral addictions. Examples of process addictions are excessive and problematic […]

These are confusing times. Between the body positivity movement and never-ending media images of thinness, we don’t know which way to turn. Lizzo is an American singer, rapper, and flutist. She is large, loud, and proud—very vocal about body positivity. She is an advocate for overweight people. The body-positive movement urges people to love their […]

Here’s the problem: obesity is considered an epidemic. In an analysis of twenty-nine long-term weight loss studies, more than half of the lost weight was regained within two years, and by five years, more than 80% of the lost weight was regained. Here’s what I know: losing weight is one thing, keeping it off is […]

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) commented to Tucker Carlson in 2021 that he thought Democrats were promoting an “antifamily” agenda led by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.” He recently […]

Most of us are familiar with Elizabeth Kuebler-Ross’s five stages of grief. She studied people who were dying. Her model, introduced in the 1969 book, On Death and Dying, identifies 5 emotional stages of grief. These are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These stages are enormously helpful to people as they try to navigate […]

JD Vance said that after the sexual revolution of the 1960s, “It was easier for people to shift spouses, like they change their underwear. He postulated that children suffered when their parents divorced, even when the marriages were unhappy or “maybe even violent.” He told an audience at an Orange County event that his grandparents […]

Biden made a stunning decision to pull out of the 2024 race. Voters have long told pollsters they were concerned about his age, which seems disingenuous given that Trump is only three years younger). Biden sometimes struggled to complete sentences or marshal his thoughts. Social media platforms have speculated that both candidates are unfit for […]

So many people have lost weight, only to have it return. And a lot of us have tried multiple diets, enough to claim, “nothing works for me”. Yet, there we are, clicking on weight loss promises on social media with hopes of a new tool that will melt pounds easily. I understand the desperation of […]