We’re on the cusp of another holiday season. We all need a respite from the onslaught that was 2017 without adding to the Trump 10. Right now in Truce with Food: Tapas Style, we’re working through automatic pilot eating. When you slow this habit down, underneath is: Eating so we don’t ...
Ali's Think Pieces
Personal reflections on 10 years in the wellness world + business shifts!
This past Sunday was my birthday. But I also have my business birthday coming up on October 15. Ten years ago on that day, I left my corporate job and became a full-time health counselor (that’s what we were called back then). As one of my favorite artists Paul Simon says, 10 years come and gone ...
My client’s weight loss success featured in Prevention!
My client, Laura Jacobs, was featured in Prevention Magazine! You can see her entire feature below of how she lost 40 pounds in my first Truce with Food program back in 2010. Seven years later, she has kept it off (and lost 20 more pounds). There’s two reasons Laura was successful that the ...
This held me back the longest from my own Truce with Food
Each round, I hear from some of those considering Truce with Food, "I've got a lot going on. I'm going to wait till next year." I don't doubt that any of us don't have a lot going on. My definition of being an adult is when you finally accept that it's always going to be something! For most ...
Truce with Food FAQs
I’ve gotten fantastic questions about Truce with Food. I’m sharing them here in case you’ve been wondering the same thing. Can I be reimbursed through my health insurance? Yes, if you have an FSA or HSA account. Please check with your plan to verify health coaching or nutritional counseling can ...
When you eat the cheese and cupcakes you didn’t want to eat…
In a nutshell, Truce with Food is the solution to figuring out why food is worth it in the moment yet not afterwards. Here’s a little peek into the program. In the first month of the program, you discover what makes food harder than necessary. “Seeing” your story is so challenging, because in ...
I Finally Quit Weight Watchers
Rebecca* is very independent, accomplished and an older feminist’s dream. In certain ways, she’s already liberated. She runs her own successful business that aligns with her values; she’s in a true, equal relationship, and she feels fierce (at times). But she holds herself back because of her ...
Post-election thoughts, free coaching offer
How are you holding up after the election? I myself am still sifting through the outcome, and what it has revealed. The truth can be hard. Painful. Difficult. It often feels like a death and not an Oprah ah-ha moment. And, there is tremendous value in a clear ...
Why is weight loss so hard?
A reader wrote into me, “I lack the discipline to say no to the innumerable choices before me that aren't good for my body. I have 3 kids who are constantly at parties, events, etc. where there are so many temptations. Life also regularly gets in the way and it's those times that become hard to ...
Tired of girlfriend advice related to weight loss? Try this.
I was 11 when I first weighed-in at Weight Watchers. Up. Down. Up. Up. Enter college: my eating unraveled. My freshman dining hall had these massive (even for the 90s!) M&M cookies. If you were lucky, you got there when they came out of the oven, with the steam swirling as the M&M ...