This week includes thoughts on a bike ride I almost bailed on, something I did quit years ago, and a dog who takes his time but commits, fully, once he knows he's safe. It’s about staying. It’s about quitting. And it’s about not rushing either choice. 🍽 The Main Course:  Staying  Yesterday I got ...

I had one of those weeks where my brain decided to replay a two-minute conversation like it was playoff footage. Which got me thinking about that moment right before we say the thing. You know the one. 🍽 The Main Course:  Two Versions of Me at Lunch I’ve had two social moments recently that my br...

It's always okay to enjoy dessert first. Sweet things make excellent beginnings. Then we’ll settle into the Main Dish and explore a question that keeps coming up in different forms. Last issue, it showed up around GLP-1s. This week, it shows up around veganism. 🍰 Sweet Moment(s) The Seahawks won ...

Welcome back to Beyond Diet Dogma - a space for nuance, real life, and the  mindset, food and body conversations that don’t fit neatly into boxes. This issue touches on one of those places where things get complicated. I’ll start there, then we’ll ease into something lighter (and yes, there are d...

Welcome to Beyond Diet Dogma (finally!)...a weekly-ish newsletter for thoughtful humans who are curious about mindset shifts and unlearning, real-life coaching tools, midlife perspectives, mind-body-eating, and the occasional dog wisdom from my rescue pups, Benny and Ramona. Each issue serves up ...