My first guest for Season 3 of my Fix Yourself Podcast, Susan Hyatt, has some answers to share on the topic of diet culture!

Listen to our discussion on my podcast to understand how to become a person who takes "exceptional care" of yourself. Susan and I will discuss the steps involved in the 7-week program which include:

• Clean up Your Environment
• Add Pleasure into Your Day
• Eat with Attentiveness
• Exercise with Love
• Declutter Your Closet
• Detox Your Mind
• Show Up and be Seen

Susan Hyatt and I discuss these topics and so much more about health, happiness and why diet culture is so toxic.

Millions of white people are finally sitting with the truth of our white privilege. We are encouraged to have difficult conversations with black people as part of our education. This week, I decided to have that conversation with a close friend of mine. In this week's podcast, I have a deep conversation about race with Daniel Ward. You will hear one man's views on how we can become allies to the Black Lives Matter movement.

If you are feeling lost as a parent, or need some advice on how to get through this tumultuous time, I hope you listen in to my conversation with early childhood development expert  Karen Lock Kolp. Karen's take on how to handle life as a parent right now is empowering and calming. She uses "compassionate empathy" amongst other tools to help kids and parents thrive, not just survive, during the pandemic.

I have become increasingly aware at how judgmental we are becoming. This is truly a country divided, and things just keep getting worse. Because I am someone who wants to be involved in the solution, not the problem, I recorded a podcast on judgment versus empathy and how Dolly Parton lives in a way that could save this country. I hope you'll listen in and read this long letter.

This week's guest could not have come at a better time. Dr. Jill Stoddard, author of, Be Mighty—A Woman's Guide to Liberation from Anxiety, Worry & Stress Using Mindfulness and Acceptance, is a psychologist who specializes in anxiety. Her book is a wonderful tool for any of the estimated 264 million people worldwide who will suffer from anxiety disorders during their lifetime. Her tools are helpful for each and every one of us right now.

This week's podcast will blow your mind. When my guest Brian Bogert was seven years old, a truck drove over him, ripping his arm off his body. Years of painful surgeries and physical therapy followed. He is now a coach and speaker who teaches people to approach their pain in order to avoid suffering. If you are someone who is worried that you will never break through to the next level, listen in. Brian's story is inspiring and his message is clear. We can all do so much more than we think.

I am noticing a huge theme in my private practice this week. People are talking about loss of control and feelings of helplessness. It makes sense since we are all at the mercy of a virus we don't fully know or understand. We do know that it is wreaking havoc on our lives. It seems like a good time to discuss empowerment as a means of taking back some control, or at least the feeling of control.

Almost every family I know has been affected by alcohol and drug addiction in some way. My own life was changed forever by my 13 year marriage to a man who suffered with opiate addiction. Despite not being an addict, I lost almost everything because of addiction. Today I interview author Andrew Man, whose book Such Unfortunates recounts his experience with drug addiction. This interview was incredibly powerful and healing for me.