Articles: Written By Me
Over the decades, I’ve written gazoodles of health features for newspapers, magazines and on-line publications. Since writing The Self-Compassion Diet, I’ve narrowed my writing focus to food and body image-issues. Of everything I’ve ever written, the articles listed below are among my favorites. Whatever your interest — hypnotherapy, self-compassion, mindful eating, psychotherapy — read any one of these stories [below] and start taking better care of yourself today. Just click a headline and read.
How The Author Of ‘Midnight Chicken’ Unexpectedly Built A Life Worth Living
A suicidal depression almost ended Ella Risbridger’s life, but the London poet and journalist instead ended up writing an uplifting cookbook that promises “to make you fall in love with the world again.” Like the cookbook, this NPR interview will have you feeling the love and savoring the everyday experience of cooking and eating.
Mindful Eating Authors’ Secret Recipe for Cooking And Living? There is None
Meditation teachers Geneen Roth and Ed Espe Brown championed the idea that how we relate to food affects other aspects of our lives. After Roth and Brown wrote personal essay collections, I asked them both to reassess their past self-help advice for this matched set of NPR interviews.
The Big Problem With Oprah And Other Celebs Who Tout Diets
With their intoxicating blend of impossible expectations, misguided authority and restrictive guidelines, celebrity diets are predestined to fail spectacularly. I explain why in this WBUR post.
To Relieve Post-Election Stress, Bake And Bake Again
Instead of eating your stress away, consider baking a stress-reducing batch of muffins befitting a female president. Read this essay on NPR.org and learn why baking reduces stress and how to bake the oatmeal muffin I commissioned for Hilary’s presidential run.
Can Mindful Eating Really Help You Lose Weight Or Stop Binging?
Mindful eating sounds all well and good, but what are the proven benefits of paying close attention to the everyday experience of eating? Read my WBUR analysis of the scientific evidence to date.
In ‘Eating Lab,’ A Psychologist Spills Secrets On Why Diets Fail
Why should you ditch diets once and for all? Read my NPR interview with preeminent diet researcher Traci Mann.
The Woman Who Couldn’t Stop Buying Self-Help Books
Hard to imagine why the author of a self-help book would criticize self-help books, but that’s exactly what I’ve done in this case study for Boston’s NPR affiliate: WBUR.
10 Ways Hypnosis Can Help You Lose Weight For Good
This Oprah article on hypnotic weight loss is more popular than it ever was. Since writing for O: The Oprah Magazine, my approach to eating issues has evolved beyond weight loss, and, yet, I stand by all 10 hypnotic suggestions described in this article.
The Self-Compassionate Eating Quiz
To find out if you’re too hard on yourself when it comes to food, take my Parade.com quiz.
Oprah’s Life Coach On Achieving Your Goals
What’s it like to get coached by life coach Martha Beck? Nothing like I expected. Read my Huffington Post interview with Beck and discover why.
Health Writer Tara Parker-Pope Reveals Her Weight-Loss Plan
After Tara Parker-Pope interviewed me about my weight-loss views, I interviewed her about hers in this revealing Huffington Post blog.
Eating Disorder Therapist Emily Sandoz On Accepting The Reality Of Bad Body Image
My Emily Sandoz interview is hands’ down the most eye-opening post in my Huffington Post body-image series.