People who have experienced positive change like to share their stories. Read through a few and see what resonates with you.
Faye's Story: Planning is Everything
Mariana and Juan’s Story: A Simple Change
Carolyn’s Story: This Doesn’t Happen!
Joni’s Second Story: Closing the Gap
Howard’s Story: Kraut is the New Granola
Margaret’s Story: Numbers Don’t Lie
Susan’s Story: Raw Inspiration
Marcia’s Story: My Affair with Vegetables, Changing Behaviors, Keeping it Romantic
Doreen's Story: I Didn't Know What I Didn't Know
Shri's Story: How I Turned Around Diabetes
Lorna's Story: Give Credit Where Credit is Due
Karen's Story: I Turned My Back on Hunger
Ruth’s Story: If You Give Up, You Lost
Anita's Second Story: Soul Food
Shelley and Dor's Story: One Piece of Fruit
Jane's Story: Miss Information
Lindsey's Story: Better Living Through Chemistry
Melinda and Terry's Story: My Job, His Job
Karen's Founder Story: Suppers for Stable Blood Sugar
Véronique and Camille: Why It Is Important to Cook with Your Kids
Wolfram's Story: It's About Love
Leslie's Story: Diabetes -- We're Doing It Wrong
Ramine's Story: Recovering the Child, One Bite at a Time
Rob and Mom's Story: Rob's Journey Out of the Special Needs School
Kimberly's Story: Practicing Nonjudgment
Libby’s Story: Libby the Guinea Pig
Taylor’s Story: My Primary Relationship
Nina’s Story: A Different Kind of Happy
Eva’s Story: My Hungarian Grandma
Steve’s Story: If You Can Make a Pot of Coffee, You Can Make a Pot of Soup
Marcia’s Story: That Beet Slaw
Francesca’s Story: Empowered to Experiment
Andrea’s Story: Relationship Service
Wanda’s Story: Somebody Please Help Me
Gina B’s Story: The Role of Members
Kathy’s Story: A Recovering Fragile Flower
Mary Ellen’s Story: Sacred Cows
Simone’s Story: Therapeutic Friendship
Emma's Story: It Wasn't What I Expected!
Jennifer's Story: The Triumph of Feelings Over Dogma
Patricia’s Story: Brainwashing or Advertising: Confessions of a Disaffected Former Food Scientist
Skye’s Story: My Suppers Survival Story
Patricia's Story: War and Peace
Grace's Story: Overcoming Autoimmunity
Dr. P's Story: Talk to Your Family
Ellen’s Story: Breakfast Is Key
Lydia’s Story: No Help at the Hospital
Sheron’s Story: I Never Knew I Needed a Ground Floor
Gail’s Story: You Are Not What You Eat
Grett’s Story: Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Tina’s Story: I Forgot My Body
Ingrid's Story: This is Not About Willpower
Norma Jeanne’s Story: Emotional Consumption
Raquel’s Story: The Anger Eater
Bebe’s Story: My Life Revolved Around a Piece of Cheese
Ed’s Story: Play It to the End
Casey’s Story: Salmon for Breakfast
Joni’s Story: Dor Is in My Fridge
Barb and Carl’s Story: Finding a Path Together
Oscar's Story: The Boy on the Bike
stories related to Concept 7: The Diagnosis May Be Inconsequential: If eating processed foods caused your problem to begin with, the right solution – whole food – may be more important than the diagnostic labels.
Alley's Story: The Diagnosis May Be Inconsequential
Kay's Story: When the Student is Ready
Merrie’s Story: Different Diagnoses
stories related to Concept 8: Your Internal Observer: The part of you that notices but doesn’t judge
Anne’s Story: No More Tissues for Jennifer
Charlie’s Story: A Recovering Black and White Thinker
stories related to How You Feel Is Data: Your body is constantly communicating important information to you, if you would just learn to interpret its language.
Lora's Story: Chili for Breakfast?
stories related to Concept 10: Addition and Subtraction: Good health is achieved by adding what the body needs to have and subtracting what the body needs to not have.
Lena and Todd’s Story: Varsity Player
Polly’s Story: I Really Am a Coconut
Rose's Story: Lentils Saved Me
Sonja’s Story: Addition, Subtraction (and Substitution)
stories related to Concept 11: Nutritional Harm Reduction: A gentle transition process that makes healthy change possible
Gillian's Story: Rebuilding the Foundation
Tory's Story: Relapse is the Logical Conclusion
Violet's Story: Blueberries that Taste Like Candy
Diana's Story: The Journey Out
Dylan and Grandpa Danny’s Story: Our Run-In With a Sweet Potato
Oliver's Story: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
Pam's Story: Prisoner of My Own Assumptions
Rose's Second Story: Experiment!
Ruby's Story: Why Am I Crying?
Carmille's Story: She Let Me Get Away Too Soon
Isabelle's Story: Blueberries for Dakota
Jay's Story: Mindful About My Brain
Leslie's Story: Healthier Sources of Pleasure
stories related to Concept 14: Planning Is Everything: If diet and lifestyle are central to your health challenges, the solution will require lots of planning.
Sharon's Story: My Brain for a Sliver of Cheesecake, Part II
Celia and May's Story: My Pleasure
Maryilyn's Story: Fixing My Numbers
Norma Jeanne’s (Second) Story: Sweet Memories
Beatrice’s Story: Unwitting Self-Saboteur
Beth’s Story: My Body Is the Temple of My Soul
Petey and Dor’s Story: The Primary Spiritual Act
Cindy's Story: Prozac Doesn't Come in Cherry
Helen's Story: I'm Good Enough Today
Mary's Beginner Story: They Raised Me to Have Faith
Vicky's Story: Have You Heard This Line?
stories related to CONCEPT 18: TREATS AND TRIGGERS - Can you do portion control or is abstinence needed? To find out, distinguish treats from triggers.
Lucy’s Conference Report on Binge Eating
Sally M’s Story: I Am The Steward
stories related to Concept 19: Palate Development: The process of acquiring the desire for healthy, whole food
Anu's Story: Feedinig My Children in America
Audelle's Story: If Only They Would Change Before It's Too Late
Brad's 2nd Story: Strength in Numbers
Diane's Story: My Little Poo Bear
Gina's Story: In the Face of Food
Ted's Story: Food Sensitivity
Karen and Dor's Story: Checking Our Numbers
Noreen’s Story: Like a Dog with a Bone
Barbara’s Story: Cooks Will Save the World
Bebe's Story: Global Solutions
Kiki’s Story: A Disease of Isolation
Lina’s Second Story: Soul Food
The Anger Eater’s Second Story: Backsliding
Toni’s Story: Emotional Individuality