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The Tao of Barbie

Warning: This post contains spoilers. What did you think of the Barbie movie? I already wanted to see it, but the passion and commentary it has inspired – with fans making an event of it by dressing in pink and posting thrilled photos on social media, the hot takes that…
August 11, 2023
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Are You a Heroine?

“I have a confession to make.” After three days together and almost non-stop catching up, my friend was getting vulnerable. “I’ve never read Middlemarch.” I sputtered for how to respond. Not because she had committed some crime. Because I was groping for an explanation as to why I am so…
July 14, 2023
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The Heroines Retreat

My coaching group, Be the Heroine, just had its first in-person retreat. We met for a long weekend in beautiful Ojai, California. It had been a cold, wet winter there, but spring sprang on the day of our arrival. The rain stopped, the sun warmed, and the hillsides from Los Angeles…
April 11, 2023
Stop Suffering, Start Living

Can Self-Love and Weight Loss Go Together?

Some of my clients want to lose weight but feel ambivalent about that desire. In this body-positive moment, to diet feels retrograde: a failure of self-love, a triumph of patriarchal conditioning, and fat-shaming masquerading as “health.” Is it possible to love yourself unconditionally and want to change your body?I’ve thought…
March 10, 2023