Failing to navigate the double binds in our lives keeps us stuck in the stories that other people tell about us for us.  But failing to navigate the cognitive dissonance in our own brains keeps us stuck in the stories we tell ourselves.  In these last fifteen months, I’ve learned that keeping my glucose low and steady does lead to weight loss.  But, more important – low and steady glucose gives me the mental agility I need to navigate the double binds and cognitive dissonance of every day modern life.