My skin used to make me insecure. I tried antibiotics and obscene amounts of Cover Girl foundation in high-school. I took Accutane in college (now the subject of a class-action lawsuit!). In my early 20s, when my acne returned post-Accutane, I turned to random topical chemicals. Once l addressed ...
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Well-Rounded: August 27, 2019
“Listen to your body” and “you have to be the expert on your body” are often what we hear in the weight loss and wellness space. And while it’s true, how do you do that when all you can hear is, “more carbs please!” Rupa Health asked me about how I accomplished this for myself; I share how ...
Well-Rounded: August 13, 2019
When I was going through cancer as a teenager in the early 90s, the available support groups were comprised of mostly people in their 60s and those who were terminally ill. With cumulative and compounding environmental pollution and treatment advances, more people are getting cancer younger and ...
What a stressful week looks like when you don’t use food to cope.
Last week, Carlos was out of town for work, our roof started leaking, Coffee (our dog) had a cough and was throwing up, and major tech problems arose in my business (during a webinar series hundreds of people had signed up for!). For extra fun, I’m seven months pregnant, my work load is double as ...
Well-Rounded: July 30, 2019
Last Well-Rounded, I shared the root cause of loneliness and overeating. Now, I’m sharing how to resolve the root cause of overeating and loneliness, which doesn’t involve willpower or traditional emotional eating tips like “call a friend when you feel lonely” or “feel your feelings.” If you’re ...
How to Transform the Loneliness-Eating Cycle
In my last post, I discussed the root cause of the loneliness-eating cycle, why we do it and how our reasons for both our actions and beliefs have validity and truth—and aren’t all in our head as self-help may have you believe. With all this being so, how do we break this cycle and use falling ...
Well-Rounded: July 16, 2019
Lately, loneliness has been coming up quite a bit as a key reason that my clients fall off track with their food. Research has found that being attractive, intelligent or popular doesn’t make us feel less alone. Rather, there’s a root cause that makes us feel alone —and this is a common reason that ...
How to Manage Stress to Uplevel Your Nutrition Goals – Insatiable Season 8, Episode 7
Download the transcript (PDF) We often think, “once work gets less crazy” or “once I get through this”, then I’ll get back on track with my eating and health. Stress, otherwise known as “real life” doesn’t have to make us fall off track with our food or goals. In this episode, Ali discusses: ...
Overeating and Loneliness: The Root Cause
Sarah Bray, an online friend I deeply admire tweeted, “Loneliness is the worst of all the feelings. And the weird thing is, it’s not that easy to solve. It’s more about the heart than proximity.” Sarah poetically captured startling research illuminating it doesn’t matter if you’re physically ...
When Motivation Backfires with Kelly Scott – Insatiable Season 8, Episode 6
Download the transcript (PDF) Motivation is the key to consistency. Right? In this episode, Kelly Scott, founder of the Wellness Boulevard will share: When motivation backfires Exercise intolerance from too much fear-based motivation How to motivates ourselves in supporting ways ...