Thoughts about “Fitness” What do we mean when we talk about fitness? It seems that the word “fitness” has come to be synonymous with thinness in our culture, and that … Keep Reading

Talking with Kids about the “F-Word”   Recently I had a conversation with a young mother who asked me about dealing with children and body-based insults. Her two middle-school aged … Keep Reading

Covid Blog – Vaccine February 7, 2021   What responsibility does the individual have to the community and what responsibility does the community have to the individual? This question is … Keep Reading

Recently I read an article about a Famous Celebrity Couple and their life together. The text implied that their energy in their chosen fields is because The Wife makes health … Keep Reading

Weight Stigma: An Introduction July 18, 2020   In a recent conversation, I mentioned attending the International Weight Stigma Conference and the other person responded, “Weight Stigma! What’s that?”   … Keep Reading

Covid blog: Kobayashi Maru   In the fictional world of the Star Trek movies, the Kobayashi Maru was a computer simulation used to teach and evaluate  cadets. In the role of … Keep Reading

I like words. One of my favorite words is “Liminality.” It comes from the Latin word for “threshold.” Liminality refers to a sense of standing in the doorway, having not … Keep Reading

Content warning: sexual assault The United States Secretary of Education has expressed concern that accusations of sexual assault on college campuses have been handled in ways that are biased in … Keep Reading

Birds nests   The spring that my daughter graduated from high school, I had two bird’s nests in my life.   An ambitious pair of robins chose the overhang above … Keep Reading