by Barbara Spanjers
It is my God-given right to bear baguettes. When someone asks what I do for a living, I tell them, “I help people feel peaceful around food and in their bodies. Really, it’s all about having a healthy relationship with food and our bodies.” And often, as I’ve noted...
by Barbara Spanjers
ABC’s My Diet Is Better Than Yours Is Just Another TV Show Hawking Diet Culture What fresh TV hell is this? Why, it’s ABC’s new program, My Diet Is Better Than Yours. Apparently, we needed another network besides NBC (home of the bully-fest, AKA The Biggest Loser)...
by Barbara Spanjers
Oprah Winfrey and Weight Watchers Try Again Weight Watchers debuted its new advertising campaign with Oprah Winfrey recently. I first saw it during New Year’s week – that sacred time of the year when we collectively don our metaphorical hairshirts in the form of...
by Barbara Spanjers
It’s not only the time of year that people make New Year’s resolutions; it’s also the time of year we get to read about whether or not it’s a reasonable venture to make those resolutions. I spend much of my professional time helping people...
by Barbara Spanjers
In the classic book Anna Karenina, Tolstoy declared, “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” In my work as a therapist, I learned this is not true. Behavioral patterns in families tend to repeat over and over, no matter whose...
