Month: May 2016

Open Letter to the Lady in the Pink Shirt

Wherein I take issue with the latest fat-shaming wave, and offer the names of health professionals who leverage the healing power of respect and empathy. Dear Lady in the Pink Shirt, On Saturday, a fitness personality named Charles “Strength Sensei” Poliquin posted

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Fatal Distraction

Whether or not you identify as an addict, craving is a distraction, and distractions can kill. It was 2004 and my whole family was at a restaurant talking and laughing. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. We had buried

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