As we head into the holidays with altered plans because of COVID and most likely a few relatives and friends you feel very isolated from because of their political beliefs, I’m offering a tool to help you feel deeply connected to the people you will be with, in person or virtually. Loneliness is ...
Truce with Food Election Anxiety Survival Guide
When I surveyed my Instagram community, 95% said they felt election anxiety. As the election results trickle in and most are projecting an election purgatory long after election night, here’s a guide to how I’m managing my election anxiety. To feel pragmatically inspired and understand more about ...
Managing Election Anxiety: Truce with Food guide
When I surveyed my Instagram community, 95% said they felt election anxiety. In lieu of Well-Rounded today, as the election results trickle in and most are projecting an election purgatory long after election night, here’s how I’m managing my election anxiety. Baby’s experience eight ...
Well-Rounded Special Edition: The Rx for Burn Out
How to gently and sustainably recharge In the last Well-Rounded Special Edition: Anxiety and Burn Out, we discussed the root causes of 2020 burn out. This edition offers mindset shifts that will help you recharge in a productive way. We can make COVID count if we use it to reassess our ...
Well-Rounded Special Burnout Edition: Anxiety and Burn Out
Trump’s hard-to-watch debate performance sums up how he’s governed...and 2020. Trailing in the polls and a contender for an all time-worst, the strategy is to create further chaos, distraction, doubt of institutions that provide stability, and intimidation to ultimately cause voter suppression. ...
Well-Rounded: Chrono Weight Loss & Low Sugar Pumpkin Spice Lattes
(deep exhale). This time of year is my personal new year. I was born on the eve of Rosh Hashana, not too long after the Camp David Accords were signed—hence my Arabic name (which is also a nod to my dad’s idol Muhammad Ali; it is NOT short for Allison as I had to explain when giving my “full” ...
Well-Rounded: 3 Practices to Regain Control of Food, Sugar-Free PB & Chocolate Cookies
In lieu of our traditional Well-Rounded this week, I’m hosting a free webinar series on how to get to the root of falling off track with food for more food and life freedom. This webinar series is also a free sneak peak of my Why Am I Eating This Now? 3-month live group program that is now open for ...
Thin privilege is real. But why it can’t and won’t dissolve 2020 trauma
I’ll never forget my last chemo appointment. The nurse removed the needle, patched me up with gauze and those over-sized hospital band-aids and said, “you’re done!” After six months of vomit, blood transfusions, and the fear of death I’d reached the chemo finish line. And, I thought ...
3 Practices to Get Back in Control of Food
This post was originally adapted from the Insatiable podcast Episode 7, Season 8, where Ali discusses stress and how this impacts nutrition and/or healthy eating goals AND, can level-up (versus sabotage) your results. Listen to the full episode here. We think we want control. But really, we want ...
Well-Rounded: Quarantine-Catch 22, Eating Disorders Come in All Colors, Genders and Sizes
The two private spots I had open were scooped up. Never fear. If you still want to turn COVID chaos into deep, transformational change in your relationship with food and health, you have options. My Why Am I Eating This Now? live group program starts September 8. Registration runs August ...