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LIVE LAUGH PLAN
January 3, 2026
Sure but … have you TRIED it?? As Atsuko has said, “Live laugh plan*. We all mock but … HAVE YOU TRIED IT??” *I’m paraphrasing the greats here! Why bother?...
January 1: magic or not?
January 1, 2026
Let’s level up your Make it so! January 1: Magic or not? Spend some time contemplating this if you want, but I can also just give you the short answer: Magic...
Is that your heart stirring...?
December 29, 2025
Get ready for your best year yet! Twas the night before Twixmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring except… Except wait!! Is that creature...
Planners in the shop now!
December 27, 2025
Get ready for your best year yet! Just in time for the quiet hours of Twixmas, it is: Peace Love Planning 2026 My annual planner, completely updated and...
Plan ahea...
December 22, 2025
Oh, sh… Plan ahea... You can see that this awesome bakery girl has a sunny disposition. With her left hand in a food safety glove, I only saw the tattoo on...
Giveaway + Vietnam + Thailand
December 8, 2025
The owner of the best snail restaurant I have ever been to. Never not wearing a quarter of a million dollars worth of gold on his person, until the price of...
Husband realizes he's bisexual. What now?
November 6, 2025
Ah, the good old days, when “wedding finery” meant “fur-trimmed poncho.” Image: The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck, 1434. Dear friends—new and old—this Q&A...
How do I find more time for what I love?
October 17, 2025
Sleeve drama + embroidery + chain-wallet tiny book! This woman and her bangin dress do not illustrate anything herein. I just dig the brown velvet...
3 month GLP1 update: Nothing in my closet is too small.
September 19, 2025
What’s at the end of the rainbow? Relief, sanity and the soft soft life of regulated eating. No More Binges, The End. Before there was Meals at Mealtimes,...
Livin in the USA
September 5, 2025
How much of these hills is hope? No More Binges, The End! It’s back: my self-guided 30-day get-your-eating-under-control program. Like my book, it is funny,...
95% complete.
July 6, 2025
Me, next week at Ten Thousand Waves, contemplating the nature of phenomena. Image: Hot Springs Inn (Onsen yado) 温泉宿, Hashiguchi Goyō 橋口五葉, 1920, Harvard Art...
No shame in store bought.
June 25, 2025
My brain on tirzepatide.Image: Te raau rahi (The Big Tree), 1891, Paul Gauguin. Art Institute of Chicago. Used with permission. Why not me? As I’ve written...
Respect your own dang boundaries (+ Hong Kong 🏯 advice?)
June 10, 2025
You can have two swords. But just one boundary statement, I hope. This week, back to your questions. Today’s questions—about boundaries—come from recent 1:1...
You used to recommend...
May 23, 2025
Some things really are just simple. A short question with a (pretty) short answer today. Anonymous writes: You used to recommend Gillian Riley's book Eating...
Before buying another course, do this.
May 16, 2025
First tho: Want to solve it NOW? Hi friends! I want to just tell you how you can work with me upfront because the newsletter part is a bit longer. Coaching...
Forever divorce: What's helped.
May 2, 2025
NGL: doin pretty good! This whole newsletter is a recommendation. Because I’m doing SHOCKINGLY well. So I shall tell you why. As you know, I am getting...
It might be serious. What do I tell my friends?
April 25, 2025
The last place you look… Friends, I ❤️ Buttondown, my new email provider, but it was hiding all your sweet emails two layers down into the analytics. Instead...
Grief: Universal and yet unpredictable.
April 2, 2025
Inevitable and yet shocking.Image: De Taj Mahal, Marius Bauer, 1898, Rijksmuseum. Used with permission. Universal and unpredictable. This week’s question is...
Would I take Ozempic?
March 27, 2025
Oh the equanimity! First, could you use a coach right about now? If you need steady, skillful support right noware getting ready to begin an important...
Did you have a question?
March 25, 2025
Ask me anything.Image: Sfinx van Gizeh, Jean Pascal Sébah, 1888—1895, Rijksmuseum. Used with permission. Note: Short one today; normal newsie later this...
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