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Interviews

'You're not broken. You don't need to be fixed.'

My wide-ranging interview with dietitian and diabetes educator Megrette Fletcher on what we can do to change how we see ourselves and why weight loss…

Jan 16, 2025 • Kristi Koeter

'You can't hate your body into being thinner'

My interview with athlete and intuitive eating coach Pam Moore who found joy when she stopped counting macros and gave herself permission to eat.

Nov 14, 2024 • Kristi Koeter and Pam Moore

‘The diet and weight loss advice for type 2 diabetes is nothing but anti-fat bias’

Writing instructor Sarah Graves talks about going from fasting to finding a non-diet approach to support her body while navigating type 2 diabetes.

Jan 25, 2024 • Kristi Koeter

'To know that you are accepted for your whole self is worth more than thinness'

A Q&A with writer Jamie Cattanach about finding body liberation after years of eating struggles and atypical anorexia.

Dec 21, 2023 • Kristi Koeter

Book Reviews

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Reclaiming body trust in midlife - a conversation with Deb Benfield

The registered dietitian and author of 'Unapologetic Aging' talks midlife body changes, the pressure to fight aging, and why diet culture makes recovery…

Mar 12 • Kristi Koeter and Deb Benfield

It's not just you, the body pressure is back

But what if the most radical thing you did this season was let go of the need to fix yourself? Plus, two quietly powerful books that can help.

Dec 4, 2025 • Kristi Koeter

When recovery isn't a straight line: What 'SLIP' teaches us about healing

Reflections on Mallary Tenore Tarpley’s deeply reported eating disorder memoir, and what it reveals about the realities of recovery.

Aug 1, 2025 • Kristi Koeter

A quick take on 'No Weight Loss Required'

Between brain fog, book work, and a bit of a reset, it's been a minute since I’ve written here. I’m back with a quick update and a book that rethinks…

May 2, 2025 • Kristi Koeter

Midlife & Perimenopause

Love and change, going gray, gaining weight

On marriage, midlife body changes, and learning to trust my body.

Mar 19 • Kristi Koeter

Have we turned a corner with GLP-1s?

As the conversation shifts, the first wave of eating disorder concerns is beginning to surface.

Feb 25 • Kristi Koeter

The $10 sleep mask that saved my marriage

Or, how blue lights, husbands, Alexa, perimenopause, and women’s guilt almost broke me.

Dec 11, 2025 • Kristi Koeter

Permission to exist as yourself: The greatest gift you can give

How a late autism diagnosis in perimenopause helped me release self-blame and finally feel like myself.

Nov 14, 2025 • Kristi Koeter

Recent posts

Have we turned a corner with GLP-1s?

As the conversation shifts, the first wave of eating disorder concerns is beginning to surface.

Feb 25 • Kristi Koeter

On masking, musical theater, and belonging

What a late-autism diagnosis reveals about performing in spaces that don't quite make sense.

Feb 14 • Kristi Koeter

Shrinking, aging, and honoring the 8-year-old within

This winter, I almost wavered after three years of saying no to diets.

Feb 5 • Kristi Koeter

Gangs of wine moms just might save America

But it requires us to stop shrinking, in every sense of the word.

Jan 24 • Kristi Koeter

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