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I Cooked Everything We Ate For Eight Months, Here’s What I Learned

Before COVID-19 I truly thought I understood the full meaning of the phrase “I don’t feel like cooking.” Friends, I was wrong.

12 min readDec 2, 2020

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Steaming pots in a black and white.

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Activism As Self-Care: How to Energize the Most Important Work of Your Life

Tactics to sustain change-makers in overwhelming times

12 min readMay 18, 2020

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Activism As Self-Care: How to Energize the Most Important Work of Your Life

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I guess that Jillian Michaels was desperate to get in the news again because she’s on Yahoo.com

She starts out well, giving (what turns out to be) lip service to the actual truth — that body diversity is normal and bullying and body…

5 min readDec 12, 2019

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I guess that Jillian Michaels was desperate to get in the news again because she’s on Yahoo.com

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Recruiting and Managing a Diverse, High-Performance Volunteer Team

Come quick, your volunteer is drunk and screaming

12 min readOct 11, 2019

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Recruiting and Managing a Diverse, High-Performance Volunteer Team

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Bill Maher, James Cordon, and Fat-Shaming

Bill Maher recently decided to waste breath and airspace in a rant suggesting that what the world doesn’t have enough of, is fat-shaming…

4 min readSep 15, 2019

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Bill Maher, James Cordon, and Fat-Shaming

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The Complete Guide to Getting Your Own Guinness World Record

Setting a world record takes skill and effort. Getting your record officially certified by Guinness takes planning. Here’s how to make…

15 min readDec 10, 2018

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The Complete Guide to Getting Your Own Guinness World Record

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The Complete Guide to Becoming Your Own Medical Advocate

When medicine is big business, we have to become the CEO of our own bodies

20 min readAug 27, 2018

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The Complete Guide to Overcoming Gymtimidation

How to enjoy the gym with confidence—and make it a better place for everyone

13 min readJul 9, 2018

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The Complete Guide to Overcoming Gymtimidation

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How To Leave Toxic Diet Culture Behind And Pursue Actual Health

The real data behind weight loss research points to a radically different approach to healthy living

14 min readApr 26, 2018

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How To Leave Toxic Diet Culture Behind And Pursue Actual Health

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Your Slow, Fat Marathon

How to complete a marathon regardless of your size or speed

20 min readMar 23, 2018

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Your Slow, Fat Marathon

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Ragen Chastain

Speaker, writer, Certified Health Coach, marathoner, fathlete. Thought leader in body image, Health at Every Size, & corporate wellness www.danceswithfat.org

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