Podcasts about bright lines

Are you familiar with the concept of 'bright lines'? These are the clear, non-negotiable boundaries that can be the game-changer you need for personal development and achieving your goals.  Whether you're struggling to stick to a health regimen, maintain work-life balance, or enhance your relationships, Brig's discussion on Bright Lines offers a no-nonsense approach to setting firm boundaries. She gets real about the struggles we face when we don't set clear boundaries for ourselves. From decision fatigue to indecision, Brig doesn't shy away from discussing the obstacles that keep us from sticking to our commitments. If you're ready to stop the endless renegotiation with yourself and start living with increased confidence, better stress management, and a clear path to your goals, then tune in, take notes, and embark on a journey to becoming truly unfu*kwithable.    RESOURCES  — Join my Newsletter, Unlearn and Unleash Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here  Register for the Next Melanin Hour here  Book a Breakthrough Call here Share Your Takeaways With Me at brig@brigjohnson.com    LET'S GET SOCIAL — Website - http://brigjohnson.com/  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnsonbrig/?hl=en  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/coachwithbrig

Tackling sugar addiction is more than a battle of willpower; it's a journey of understanding the neuroscience behind our cravings and learning how to heal our brain for lasting change. Dr. Susan Pierce-Thompson's podcast episode is a deep dive into this process. She shares her personal story of overcoming drug addiction and obesity, highlighting her transition from a life ensnared by addictive behaviors to one where she could exercise control over her eating habits through the Bright Line Eating program.The episode addresses the human brain's intricate landscape, which is highly responsive to rewards and susceptible to addiction. Our brains are wired to remember and seek out the cues that predict these rewards, a mechanism that can lead to an increased susceptibility to addiction in environments where food cues are omnipresent. This conversation between the host and Dr. Thompson offers an in-depth exploration of how we can transition from a dopamine-driven existence to one where serenity is achieved through balanced brain chemistry, a state influenced by a mix of neurotransmitters including serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins.Embarking on a journey toward better health often means rewriting one's identity, and the Bright Line Eating program is designed to facilitate this transformation. The conversation emphasizes the difference between a temporary diet and a lifestyle change, where new eating habits become an integral part of one's identity. The four Bright Lines—no sugar, no flour, eating only at meals, and measuring quantities—provide clarity and a structured path for those seeking sustainable weight loss, challenging the promises of quick fixes offered by diet medications.Dr. Thompson also shares her insights on the concept of 'crystal vase recovery,' likening the fragility and strength of recovery to a rare and valuable object that must be cared for diligently. This analogy reinforces the ongoing vigilance required to maintain recovery from addiction. The episode further delves into the healing potential of internal family systems and parts work in psychology, illustrating how engaging with different aspects of our psyche can lead to healthier coping strategies and a more harmonious internal family system.As the episode concludes, there's an expression of gratitude for individuals like Dr. Thompson who have dedicated their lives to improving health and nutrition, inspiring listeners to strive for a balanced existence. The heartfelt appreciation for the work done in distinguishing between effective and ineffective dietary practices is palpable, as is the collective effort to address food-related issues and guide others toward happiness and balance.This episode not only shares the remarkable journey of Dr. Thompson but also serves as an educational resource on the science of addiction and recovery. It's a beacon of hope for those seeking freedom from the clutches of sugar addiction and offers practical, scientifically-backed advice for achieving a healthy relationship with food.For anyone struggling with food addiction or simply seeking to improve their relationship with eating, this podcast episode with Dr. Susan Pierce-Thompson is a must-listen. It's an inspiring reminder that recovery is not only possible but can be sustained with the right knowledge and tools.Florence's courses & coaching programs can be found at:www.FlorenceChristophers.comConnect with Florence on:FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

Rahim Taghizadegan joins me to discuss his published paper, “The Praxeology of Coercion: A New Theory of Violence Cycles". Rahim Taghizadegan is an economist, author, physicist, philosopher, investor, and entrepreneur. He is the last Austrian economist of the Austrian School in the direct tradition. // GUEST // Twitter: https://twitter.com/scholarium_at Website: https://scholarium.at/ Paper: https://mises.org/library/praxeology-coercion-new-theory-violence-cycles// SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/NetSuite: https://netsuite.com/whatismoneyiCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/Mind Lab Pro: https://mindlabpro.com/breedloveCrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveWasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.comCarnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/// OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:43 - Intro 00:02:16 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 00:03:02 - Introducing Rahim Taghizadegan 00:03:47 - Abstract of Rahim's Paper 00:11:00 - Subjectivism and Marginalism of Praxeology 00:17:50 - Catallactics vs. Cratics Methods and Structures 00:27:59 - The Worst Aspects of Cratic Society 00:34:26 - Economic Implosion of Large Empires 00:36:10 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite 00:37:15 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:38:11 - Bright Lines in Persuasion, Psychological Manipulation, and Coercion 00:43:56 - Fate of a Coercive Society 00:46:51 - Negative Impact of Long Peace 00:49:16 - The Problem with Distortion from Reality 00:51:40 - Does Bitcoin Provide an Alternative? 00:55:55 - Reliability of a Hard Material Incentive 00:57:06 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro 00:58:13 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth 00:59:15 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 01:00:06 - Is Fiat Currency a Deception in the Marketplace? 01:04:12 - Does Private Property Actually Exist? 01:09:20 - How to Manage the Vulnerability of Social Technology 01:12:26 - The Rule of Law and Cratic Structure 01:18:12 - Where to Find Rahim on the Internet // PODCAST // Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/// SOCIAL // Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22

Bonny, Robin and Meagan talk about the nuts and bolts of Bright Line Eating. What are the Bright Lines? How does it work?

In this episode we explore the importance of boundaries and how they are our friends!  Boundaries and expectations enable us to be more aligned within our business,  they allow us to protect our energy and say and do what WE know to be for our best interests. Work with me : CLICK HERE Join my Free FB community : CLICK HERE Building boundaries quick checklist = Look at building in a boundary, create bright lines around it, enforce/aid your success with it.  Then mark out what is acceptable to warrant crossing it (if anything!) and make protocols for that!   

In todays MM, we continue on with our study of willpower but we discover Nutritional Bright Lines in the process.   Our guide to share this wonderful tool with us is Susan Peirce Thompson and her excellent book, Bright Line Eating:   The Science of Living Happy, Thin and Free.Key Points from the Episode:Modern foods are very addictive and our brains don't know how to navigate them thus the reason why the world's population is ever increasingly becoming obese.Based on cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, and biology, this book helps us to understand what is happening in our brains.Nutritional Bright Lines is another sword to conquer our demons with and to overcome the Willpower Gap.Other resources:More goodnessGet our top book recommendations listWant to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much!Because we care what you think about what we think and our website, please email David@teammojoacademy.com, or if you want to leave us a quick FREE, painless voicemail, we would appreciate that as well.Be sure to check out our very affordable Academy Review membership program at http:www.teammojoacademy.com/support

In this MOJO Minute, we capture our last nugget of wisdom from  Roy Baumeister and John Tierney and their spectacular  2011 book, Willpower:   Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength but it is in fact, our most important nugget of wisdom!Key Points from the Episode:Eric Clapton shares his story on losing his sonWe are ALL pilgrims along our progress toward the Celestial CityShiny Bright Lines can act as a sword to slay your dragons of vice Other resources:More goodnessGet our top book recommendations listWant to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much!Because we care what you think about what we think and our website, please email David@teammojoacademy.com, or if you want to leave us a quick FREE, painless voicemail, we would appreciate that as well.Be sure to check out our very affordable Academy Review membership program at http:www.teammojoacademy.com/support

Shit hits the fan. It happens. A wrench is bound to be thrown. It's inevitable.And the way we deal with things when that happens is what makes or breaks our success.So, what do we do? HOW do we keep ourselves even-keeled when life is not the norm? How do we decide what we can control?YOU ARE NOT POWERLESS.That's what we're talking about today.And a bonus tangent about how NOW is the time that matters for your lifestyle and goals… not the holidays that people always lose their minds over.“What we're not changing, we're choosing. So, you can choose to browbeat yourself, you can choose to control the controllables, or you can say ‘fuck it, I'm just going to let everything go to shit… and then I'm going to complain about everything going to shit even though I have control over it.'” – Brooke “We don't have to learn or really practice anything when it's all smooth sailing.” - Iris This week on Tater Talks: Two Bitches Talk Fitness:·      How to get back on track you've veered off·      Bright lines and minimums·      How to keep REASONABLE bright lines and minimums·      How not to go balls to the wall every time you go out to eat·      What actions help us kick-start back into our routines·      Getting SPECIFIC with your goalsThanks for listening to this week's episode of Tater Talks: Two Bitches Talk Fitness! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media and join us on Instagram (@getyouabrooke & @irisdeadlifts).

There are lines in faith, boundaries we cannot cross! Today we revisit an important message.

God has established His kingdom with non negotiable. We must live with these “lines”. 

The busier we get, the more we tend to rely on bright lines to help us navigate the world around us. Easy rules to make work simpler. But as trusted advisers in a profession the public relies on, easy rules don't always cut it for accountants. Sometimes, as Sarah Brack, CPA, says in this episode, you have to use that big brain in extraordinary ways. As our profession transitions from a rules-based approach to a more principles-based approach, the AICPA is here to help. Listen as we discuss the zeitgeist, the changing profession, and the help you can find in our ethics library when you need it. AICPA resources Conceptual Framework for Independence Conceptual Framework for Members in Public Practice Conceptual Framework for Members in Business Toolkits – Look on this page for the list of interactive toolkits we discussed in the episode. Ethics hotline: 888.777.7077 (option 2 then option 3) or ethics@aicpa.org International resource IESBA fact sheet: If you're interested in diving deeper into how international standards are evolving, you can start with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' fact sheet on the role and mindset changes.

The Saint Louis University School of Law professor with analysis on City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed, as well as current and former aldermen Jeffrey Boyd and John Collins-Muhammad, being indicted on federal bribery and corruption charges.

Attorneys will often talk about the bright-line rule. Basically, this means that there is no confusion on what is and what isn't.    In today's episode, Coach Ashlie Walton and Detective Walton discuss why this one simple rule can change the way that you live your life.    CLICK HERE for ways to document your bright lines.    Like what you hear? We are honored. Hit that subscribe button and share your thoughts in a review. If you or someone you know may be a fit to be a guest on our show, please reach out to us! Balance. Optimize. Tactics. Hit that subscribe button so that you don't miss a day of the added value that I am dedicated to sharing with you weekly. Let's Connect! Facebook Instagram Email: ashliewalton555@gmail.com LinkedIn www.leowarriors.com   The above links may be affiliate links. This means that by clicking our link, we are able to continue to provide you value without any additional cost to you. 

We're chatting with Sheela Lal and Fatema Haque about the Unerased Book Club, building community through Asian American Literature. The Book Club was founded by Sheela in Ann Arbor in 2018--but she currently resides in Ferndale. Fatema joined as a co-facilitator and that forged a partnership with the non-profit organization Rising Voices of Asian American Families. More info at: https://www.unerasedbookclub.com/ And follow: www.instagram.com/unerasedbc  Their next book is Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam Music by Zunsette. 

I recently heard a “success coach” say we have no self-control, our willpower sucks, and thinking we have discipline is delusional. He even said willpower is a "terrorist" that must be fought against. He suggested an "all-powerful alternative," which, ironically, requires willpower to execute. The research is voluminous: willpower is absolutely critical—especially at the beginning—to any and every conscious attempt to improve our lives. Some changes require a "little" willpower energy, and some require a lot, but they all require some. When it comes to change, being "energy efficient" with our willpower requires a long-term strategy, starting with clear goals and bright lines. Thanks so much for listening to Better Mind, Better Life! I genuinely hope this content helps you improve your life in some way. Now it's your turn to help someone else. Here's how you can do that. Think of the one person you know who would most benefit from listening to this episode today. Now simply share it with them, and consider including an encouraging note explaining why you sent this episode to them specifically. You never know how that one simple act can help someone else have a better life! And don't forget to SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW so that you never miss an episode.

In Part 2 of our Bright Line Eating episode, I explore Susan Peirce Thompson's grand claims that her weight loss program is "the most effective in the world", and come to a very different conclusion. I also chat with Dr Martina Zangger, who spent 2 years as a "Bright Lifer" and has literally been to hell and back. Not only is she thousands of dollars out of pocket, but she's had to overcome a Bright Line induced eating disorder. And she is NOT HAPPY! Diet culture constantly sells us the glossy testimonials, but the ANTI-TESTIMONIAL is much more important. The only winner here is the Bright Line Bank Account - you will not believe how much cash Susan Peirce Thompson is raking in from selling starvation. It's enough to run a small country, yet strangely, Bright Line Eating can't even squeeze out any decent research? CW for this episode, which has LOTS of explicit talk about eating disordered practices, numbers, and extreme dieting. Show Notes Welcome to part two of our deep dive into Susan Peirce Thompson’s program Bright Line Eating - if you missed the last episode, go back and have a listen. Last episode we talked about the rules of the Bright Line Eating program, which is basically a monetised version of Food Addicts Anonymous. We talked about neuroscience with Dr Susan Aamodt, and how she found some peace in the non-diet approach. Susan also gave us a great overview of how our brains regulate body weight, and how the food addiction model isn’t well supported by evidence. Now we’re going to continue by looking at the alleged ‘research’ that ‘backs up’ Bright Line Eating, and then hear from  Dr Martina Zangger who nominated Bright Line for the Crappy awards and brought this rant to us. And to round things out - just how much money is this program making, and where is it heading? Content warning - there is some mention of numbers (weights) as we go through some research. Susan Peirce Thompson is always talking about research in her book, her emails and thousands of messages she sends out to program members (and prospective members) - research that supposedly proves the effectiveness of her program. The truth is that the research is much less shiny and sparkly than Thompson makes out. On her website - four publications are listed. Actually, only one of them is a published paper. The other three are posters from conferences. At conferences (for example, in the nutrition world) there are lecture presentations, panels and then ‘poster presentations’. Anyone from an Honours or Masters level student, a weight-loss industry group can put up a poster - they’re not the same as a published research paper. So, on her website there’s actually only one published research paper. And it’s interesting - Thompson has been in academia for most of her life, yet has so little in her name in terms of research publications. It’s usually a requirement of being employed at an academic institution, to be publishing often. So, let’s look at that paper. It’s from the Journal of Nutrition & Weight Loss, and the title is ‘Evaluation of a Commercial Telehealth Weight Loss and Management Program’, published in 2018. Thompson is not one of the authors. The paper overview evaluated her online eight week bootcamp, part of her monetised program. The paper said that between October 2014 - March 2018 (roughly four years), 18,778 people enrolled in the bootcamp. WOW - this program costs US $900 per person, and nearly 19,000 people have been through this program.  9,996 of these people agreed to participate in this ongoing research study of the program, and then eight weeks later 5,374 people completed the return survey. That’s a drop out rate of around 50%. Remember - you’re just paid US $900 and you’ve dropped out after eight weeks. What they found out:  Demographics - people buying this program are mainly white, well off, older, female. 96% were college educated, with an average age of 55. (Targeting menopausal women who are feeling horrible about their bodies?) Average weight at the start of the program (number warning) was 88.3kg, and after the eight week bootcamp where participants are told to eat three times a day only, with strictly weighed and measured food and zero flour or sugar, average weight loss was 7.5kg. That’s not surprising - restricting yourself so much for eight weeks means some weight loss isn’t surprising. But it does mean you’re paying close to $200 AUD per kilo lost - and we know it’s only temporary loss. Take away from reading this paper is that it’s nothing new. Like so many weight loss papers before it, it shows that when you starve you lose weight. There’s no neurological research being undertaken here, and no attempt to search for harm or screen people (such as for eating disorder behaviours). Pretty flimsy, pretty unimpressive.  Compare this rather limp research to the grand claims she is making in her book - “we believe this is the most successful weight loss program on earth”. Any facts to back up that opinion? There’s an effort in the book to put some numbers in to back up her claims, but she’s using pretty stinky tactics. She brags about the rate of weight loss on her program compared to other weight loss programs such as Weight Watchers (WW) and Jenny Craig. She cites research that on those other programs, that shows that after two years people lost 8-10% of their starting weight. Susan says that people lose 10% of their weight on her program, and 12x faster.  But what she’s doing there is comparing weight loss over two years to weight loss over eight weeks. Stopping research sooner to make your program look more effective. The longer you follow people on these research papers, the more weight they regain. Dodgy, sneaky, not a fair comparison. When you’re trying to peddle weight loss, the strongest evidence is not in the short term result. It’s all about proving that your program can “keep their weight off forever”, because that’s really what everyone’s looking for - and we know that in all these programs people overwhelmingly put the weight back on. So the claims Susan is making are leaving us dumbfounded. There are claims about the percentage of people in her program who have reached goal weight, maintained, etc - with no actual research to back it up. Are we talking about four people or one thousand - how many people are in this research pool? Another red flag - in the book, Susan admits that there are people in her program with eating disorders, and people in her program who are already ‘thin’ but doing the program to achieve a ‘goal weight’.  If she’s saying that there’s a cohort of people who have lost 25% of their body weight and are maintaining it, I’m really worried about those people. They very well could be unwell and potentially have eating disorders, but are being represented as success stories. The three posters (not actual published research) are labelled as ‘research publications’ which is misleading. One is a poster version of the published paper we just went through, and there’s a description of the poster that talks about a completely different, smaller sample of people. Perhaps because they’re talking about a smaller group of people who do have a BMI of 25 or above? Which means many of the people featured in the published article were thin to begin with, which muddies the outcomes substantially. “Bright Line Eating: An effective online program for sustained weight loss” is the title of another of the posters. It’s a poster version of the dodgy tactic Susan did in her book, where the sample isn’t actually discussed (who are they? How many?). There’s no actual statistical or experimental design given in this paper, nothing to tell the reader about how the research is carried out.  There are bar graphs presenting information but with no numbers to tell us about the sample being represented. There’s a bar graph titles ‘decrease in body weight over time’ that has 10% body weight lost at baseline - baseline? This poster is worlds apart from a peer reviewed published paper. Shame on you, Susan, for trying to pass this off as research. Please don’t be fooled, if you hear that Bright Line Eating is research based or evidence based. This is abominable - one weight loss research paper that just backs up that weight loss occurs, but no evidence of long term effects. Let’s talk with Dr Martina Zangger! Martina is fired up about diet culture in general, but most particularly fired up about the Bright Line Eating movement - an unconscionable money-making scheme that encourages eating disorders and is marketed brilliantly by a charismatic charming manipulator making at least ten million dollars a year from her various programs.  Martina’s Crappys rant stuck with us, because speaking from her own experience with the program made for a really strong rant! You can’t just pay once for the eight week boot camp - there are follow up programs! Most participants are women, between 40-70 years of age, middle class and white. They’re spending about $3,000 AUD a year on these programs that they become dependent on. You can’t continue this program on your own, you’d just fall off the wagon - it’s so controlled! So, if you’re very controlled, highly anxious, perfectionistic, perhaps mentally unwell - yeah, maybe you could sustain it on your own. It’s basically a restrictive eating disorder. When Martina was ‘succeeding’ in the program, she had an eating disorder. She developed orthorexia and was close to anorexia, which all developed during the program. It’s a really frightening slippery slope.  Susan suggested some weird things. ‘Goal weight’ was a huge topic of conversation - suggesting that we should go back to our ‘high school weight’ when we were 15 or 16, ‘at our thinnest in our teens’. So screwed up! Martina found the program through a long term friend. They’d both ‘struggled’ with food for a long time, and talked about things like bingeing, being ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and this friend told Martina she was going to start the Bright Line Eating (BLE) program. Martina joined her, and after a week told her friend it was just too hard - but her friend told her to keep going, that they’d try it for a month. The weight loss became really addictive - the rush of hopping on the scale, seeing the numbers change, having to buy smaller clothes. Martina feels embarrassed by how superficial it was, but it was highly intoxicating. Louise doesn't think it’s superficial at all - that pursuit of weight loss is really intense in an eating disorder.  BLE rules were strict and restrictive - no flour or sugar, very little grains, etc. Martina felt the program gave her an illusion of control at a very difficult time in her life - like she could set back the clock to feel younger rather than an ‘old menopausal frump’.  Martina’s mother was on a diet for 67 years of her life, and taught her to diet when Martina was 12. So sad for both of them. Martina was basically then trained as a dieter. Martina has very low self esteem as a young person, and felt that what she looked like could give her the self esteem she was lacking. Martina has a history of abuse in her childhood, and had feelings of being different, not good enough, ‘damaged goods’. But dieting gave her a feeling of being good at something. So, dieting actually had a positive function at that time. Diet culture is all about making people feel that their appearance is their worth.  Rather than think about the trauma you have experienced at the hands of (often) men, you can think about dieting. Instead of having a voice, you have dieting. It’s heartbreaking, and it makes sense. It’s a way of coping and surviving. “It’s a scientifically grounded program that teaches you a simple process for getting your brain on board so you can finally live happy, thin and free” - it’s so seductive, isn’t it? Since Martina’s Crappys nomination, Louise signed up for BLE newsletters and in one month has had 50 emails from BLE! It’s full of the ‘happy, thin and free’ message, and being in your ‘right sized’ body, or the ‘bright line’ body. She’s GREAT at the messaging - hitting every single marketing box, with the credentials (professor of neuropsychology) to make it tick. Martina is an academic with a PhD herself and so thought Susan must know her stuff.  Working out the money side of things - the eight week book camp costs about $1,200 AUD. Then you’re told “you can’t do this alone, you need our support” and you can sign up for “bright lifers”, a one year support program that costs about $700 AUD per year. Then there’s another program for those people who fall off their ‘bright lines’, maybe 60% of people? It’s called ‘reboot, resume’. Thousands of women sign up for that because they feel ashamed that they can’t keep their ‘bright line’. She’s making them pay for the relapse her program causes! There’s another program called ‘Bright Line Mind’, too. It all rhymes, but it’s all bullshit! She says when you’re cooking, if you’re hungry, put some sticky tape across your mouth so you’re not tempted to lick the spoon that you’re stirring your food with. WHAT!?! It’s irresponsible, it’s horrific - and she confidently says it to 50,000 people. For people who fall off their ‘bright lines’, they don’t blame Susan - they blame themselves. They sign up again and again, “I’ve been very bad and I need to learn how to be good”. It’s diet culture. Martina was able to keep her adherence to the program going without falling off her ‘bright line’ - she was brought up with a lot of Swiss discipline and put that all into being ‘good’ in the program. She thinks she was one of the more successful people in the program before deciding it was rubbish and walking away. For about two years she was following the ‘bright lines’ 100%, maybe wavering a little on quantities. Sometimes she would ‘cheat’ and put 10 grams more oats into her muesli at breakfast - cheat! 10 grams! You’re weighing everything, every day. How do you do that and live your life? You have to pack all your food ahead of time, and only eat out at certain places where you could get something ‘clean’.  Martina remembers eating an apple instead of joining in with her family eating gelato (she loves gelato!). One day they were eating gelato and Martina thought, “fuck this!” and had a double scoop of chocolate gelato, and that was the beginning of the unravelling of BLE for her. In spite of all that powerful, positive reinforcement - things were not okay. Martina is so pleased she’s found the courage to walk away from it. She wrote a letter to Susan describing her orthorexia and how the program brought on her eating disorder, and never heard back. She also wrote an email to her ‘house leaders’ who said they were ‘very sorry’ and wished her well. That was all.  No interest in how they might be doing harm. Within six months, Martina put on all the weight she had lost over two years. It was a very scary process, but she thought “no matter what, I’m not going to diet. No matter how much weight I've gained, I'm not going to restrict”. And now she feels the best she’s ever felt - so much HAPPIER! She eats what she wants, trusts what her mind or body tells her it wants, and is happier. Happy, NOT thin, and free! That beginning time of gaining weight back was terrifying. Martina had to pay for therapy (more money!) which was very helpful for her. She learned some principles of Intuitive Eating, and allowed herself binges - she had been so deprived that she would buy big packets of treats and eat them all quickly because she was starving for sugar. Now, she’ll eat any sweets she wants but isn’t needing to binge - because they’re all allowed. The bingeing didn’t have an agenda - she wasn’t trying to get the binging out of the way so she could get past it. The bingeing just had to happen because she’d been so restricted. *I can be smart, beautiful, have a loving heart, have a wise mind. I don’t have to look emaciated to be worth something.*  Martina remembers talking to her 87 year old mother the day before she was scheduled to have back surgery, and how excited her mum was about losing weight after the surgery. Martina’s mother died during that surgery. Both Martina and her mum were victims of diet culture.  There’s such joy in food, in sharing food, in looking forward to dinner out or the really special lunch you have in your lunch box! Louise is amazed that Martina has managed to get out of Bright Lines, recover from the eating disorder that it caused, and found not just peace with food but enjoyment. Susan lifted the BLE program from the FA and OA twelve-step programs, based on the addiction model. Those FA/OA programs are free - and yet she has monetised it and is making millions. It’s ethically completely not okay. Susan gave a sense of community, like a big sister - loving, attentive, ‘I care about you, I love you”, but at the same time “give me your money”. It’s so manipulative. You feel special, and it’s a marketing ploy. Martina doesn’t blame herself, but others do - they call themselves failures. It relies on the disempowerment of women and making them blame themselves. If you’ve been involved in BLE or anything like it and developed an eating disorder, that’s because of the deprivation and restriction, and normal responses to starvation.  No warnings in any of the emails or program notes so far about potential for developing eating disorders, and no accountability - she doesn’t reply to emails where people talk about developing eating disorders, about being ‘broken’, about needing to seek help. Martina generously offers up her email (in the resource notes) for anyone who has undertaken Bright Line Eating and wants to have a chat or converse via email about what they’re going through. You didn’t fail, the diet failed. Thank you Martina, for your courage and honesty. That recovery was so tough and our blood is boiling still about how Susan ignored Martina’s email about her eating disorder. So, how much cash is being raked in by BLE? Let’s look at that research paper again - in US$, she’s profited just shy of 17 MILLION DOLLARS in four years.  Often on All Fired Up we talk about how diet culture is a multimillion dollar industry making money off weight cycling, but this is just one woman! One website that gives out BLE information said that her husband David is the CEO of BLE. This website lists BLE as having 30 employees, and a revenue of 5.8 million US dollars. This website says that in the first quarter of 2019, revenue was listed as 6 million, and in the next two quarters it was 9 million. So, in 2019 this woman made 30 MILLION BUCKS. Link to this website in the show notes.  Think of just how many people that money represents, people who are desperate for the ‘bright lines’. Susan says in her book that by 2040, she wants 1 million people at what she calls ‘goal weight’. That’s $900 million in bootcamp sales! Something that’s struck Louise during this research is just how much positive press there is about Susan out there. There’s just no critical feedback - in fact, there seems to be an absence of even just basic journalistic research to look at her claims. People seem to be just swallowing her ideas and her story - is it that she’s so compelling, or that she’s a neuroscientist and we just don’t question it? There’s a particularly nauseating 2016 media piece about her, where the journalist just gushed about how brave Susan was to leave her academic position to do the BLE thing full time. Is it brave, or is it capitalism? How brave is it to leave academia if you're earning millions! The journalist says “as a scientist, I’m especially heartened by Susan’s desire to use profits generated by Bright Line Eating to fund research on weight loss, since objective data and evidence based approaches are sorely lacking in the field”. Okay? Is that true? In her book, she does talk about how she wants to do more research to prove how BLE works, and talks about something called the ‘Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss’. WTF is that? It’s a ‘charitable’ foundation with a mission statement of ‘advancing the science of sustainable weight loss for everyone’, claiming that they support study into neurological changes that support weight loss. Since the establishment of the institute in 2016, Susan has made millions of dollars and there’s been no research released. But they will accept donations! Louise hasn’t had any emails back after requesting confirmation of the Institute's charitable status. It’s actually registered as a ‘non-compliant charity’ in the state of New Jersey, meaning it hasn’t supplied enough information to charity directories.  So, there you have it - the Bright Line Eating world of mass marketing, dodgy diet claims, making a buttload of money off the agony of everyday people like Martina, and being unresponsive to criticism. Buyer beware! It’s so low calorie, it WILL induce a state of physical starvation which will induce a whole range of homeostatic drivers that will make you preoccupied with food, with your whole body fighting to regain the weight. You’ll be more sensitive to food cues, you'll experience a heightened sense of need for those ‘banned’ foods which makes you more likely to binge or compulsively eat due to the deprivation. Enduring a chronic starvation state slows metabolism and affects leptin, telling your brain you’re starving.  And let’s not forget the serious risk of developing an eating disorder.  It’s an incredibly expensive program to white-knuckle you towards some twisted illusion of ‘freedom’. Susan fails to tell people the entire truth about brain-based weight regulation and defended weight range. She is a neuroscientist but she has ignored the effects of yoyo dieting and chronic restriction. People she’s targeting are already primed to think that they’re food addicts, and she’s blaming the palatability and ‘toxicity’ of food - when really it’s the deprivation that’s causing these heightened responses.  And she’s making millions of dollars and running a non-compliant charitable research institute! Louise is sick of programs like BLE running unchecked, without criticism - it’s time for the anti-testimonial, like Martina’s.  Get in touch - let’s start reclaiming and shaking things up! Resources Dr Martina Zangger’s email is martinaz@westnet.com.au - please contact her if you have also suffered as a result of the Bright Line Eating program. The research publications section of the Bright Line Eating Website Link to the very gushy article on Susan Peirce Thompson in 2016 The website showing the incredible amount of money that Bright Line Eating is making  Link to Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss Below is a screenshot of the 'noncompliant' status of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss charity:  

In Part 2 of our Bright Line Eating episode, I explore Susan Peirce Thompson's grand claims that her weight loss program is "the most effective in the world", and come to a very different conclusion. I also chat with Dr Martina Zangger, who spent 2 years as a "Bright Lifer" and has literally been to hell and back. Not only is she thousands of dollars out of pocket, but she's had to overcome a Bright Line induced eating disorder. And she is NOT HAPPY! Diet culture constantly sells us the glossy testimonials, but the ANTI-TESTIMONIAL is much more important. The only winner here is the Bright Line Bank Account - you will not believe how much cash Susan Peirce Thompson is raking in from selling starvation. It's enough to run a small country, yet strangely, Bright Line Eating can't even squeeze out any decent research? CW for this episode, which has LOTS of explicit talk about eating disordered practices, numbers, and extreme dieting. Show Notes Welcome to part two of our deep dive into Susan Peirce Thompson’s program Bright Line Eating - if you missed the last episode, go back and have a listen. Last episode we talked about the rules of the Bright Line Eating program, which is basically a monetised version of Food Addicts Anonymous. We talked about neuroscience with Dr Susan Aamodt, and how she found some peace in the non-diet approach. Susan also gave us a great overview of how our brains regulate body weight, and how the food addiction model isn’t well supported by evidence. Now we’re going to continue by looking at the alleged ‘research’ that ‘backs up’ Bright Line Eating, and then hear from  Dr Martina Zangger who nominated Bright Line for the Crappy awards and brought this rant to us. And to round things out - just how much money is this program making, and where is it heading? Content warning - there is some mention of numbers (weights) as we go through some research. Susan Peirce Thompson is always talking about research in her book, her emails and thousands of messages she sends out to program members (and prospective members) - research that supposedly proves the effectiveness of her program. The truth is that the research is much less shiny and sparkly than Thompson makes out. On her website - four publications are listed. Actually, only one of them is a published paper. The other three are posters from conferences. At conferences (for example, in the nutrition world) there are lecture presentations, panels and then ‘poster presentations’. Anyone from an Honours or Masters level student, a weight-loss industry group can put up a poster - they’re not the same as a published research paper. So, on her website there’s actually only one published research paper. And it’s interesting - Thompson has been in academia for most of her life, yet has so little in her name in terms of research publications. It’s usually a requirement of being employed at an academic institution, to be publishing often. So, let’s look at that paper. It’s from the Journal of Nutrition & Weight Loss, and the title is ‘Evaluation of a Commercial Telehealth Weight Loss and Management Program’, published in 2018. Thompson is not one of the authors. The paper overview evaluated her online eight week bootcamp, part of her monetised program. The paper said that between October 2014 - March 2018 (roughly four years), 18,778 people enrolled in the bootcamp. WOW - this program costs US $900 per person, and nearly 19,000 people have been through this program.  9,996 of these people agreed to participate in this ongoing research study of the program, and then eight weeks later 5,374 people completed the return survey. That’s a drop out rate of around 50%. Remember - you’re just paid US $900 and you’ve dropped out after eight weeks. What they found out:  Demographics - people buying this program are mainly white, well off, older, female. 96% were college educated, with an average age of 55. (Targeting menopausal women who are feeling horrible about their bodies?) Average weight at the start of the program (number warning) was 88.3kg, and after the eight week bootcamp where participants are told to eat three times a day only, with strictly weighed and measured food and zero flour or sugar, average weight loss was 7.5kg. That’s not surprising - restricting yourself so much for eight weeks means some weight loss isn’t surprising. But it does mean you’re paying close to $200 AUD per kilo lost - and we know it’s only temporary loss. Take away from reading this paper is that it’s nothing new. Like so many weight loss papers before it, it shows that when you starve you lose weight. There’s no neurological research being undertaken here, and no attempt to search for harm or screen people (such as for eating disorder behaviours). Pretty flimsy, pretty unimpressive.  Compare this rather limp research to the grand claims she is making in her book - “we believe this is the most successful weight loss program on earth”. Any facts to back up that opinion? There’s an effort in the book to put some numbers in to back up her claims, but she’s using pretty stinky tactics. She brags about the rate of weight loss on her program compared to other weight loss programs such as Weight Watchers (WW) and Jenny Craig. She cites research that on those other programs, that shows that after two years people lost 8-10% of their starting weight. Susan says that people lose 10% of their weight on her program, and 12x faster.  But what she’s doing there is comparing weight loss over two years to weight loss over eight weeks. Stopping research sooner to make your program look more effective. The longer you follow people on these research papers, the more weight they regain. Dodgy, sneaky, not a fair comparison. When you’re trying to peddle weight loss, the strongest evidence is not in the short term result. It’s all about proving that your program can “keep their weight off forever”, because that’s really what everyone’s looking for - and we know that in all these programs people overwhelmingly put the weight back on. So the claims Susan is making are leaving us dumbfounded. There are claims about the percentage of people in her program who have reached goal weight, maintained, etc - with no actual research to back it up. Are we talking about four people or one thousand - how many people are in this research pool? Another red flag - in the book, Susan admits that there are people in her program with eating disorders, and people in her program who are already ‘thin’ but doing the program to achieve a ‘goal weight’.  If she’s saying that there’s a cohort of people who have lost 25% of their body weight and are maintaining it, I’m really worried about those people. They very well could be unwell and potentially have eating disorders, but are being represented as success stories. The three posters (not actual published research) are labelled as ‘research publications’ which is misleading. One is a poster version of the published paper we just went through, and there’s a description of the poster that talks about a completely different, smaller sample of people. Perhaps because they’re talking about a smaller group of people who do have a BMI of 25 or above? Which means many of the people featured in the published article were thin to begin with, which muddies the outcomes substantially. “Bright Line Eating: An effective online program for sustained weight loss” is the title of another of the posters. It’s a poster version of the dodgy tactic Susan did in her book, where the sample isn’t actually discussed (who are they? How many?). There’s no actual statistical or experimental design given in this paper, nothing to tell the reader about how the research is carried out.  There are bar graphs presenting information but with no numbers to tell us about the sample being represented. There’s a bar graph titles ‘decrease in body weight over time’ that has 10% body weight lost at baseline - baseline? This poster is worlds apart from a peer reviewed published paper. Shame on you, Susan, for trying to pass this off as research. Please don’t be fooled, if you hear that Bright Line Eating is research based or evidence based. This is abominable - one weight loss research paper that just backs up that weight loss occurs, but no evidence of long term effects. Let’s talk with Dr Martina Zangger! Martina is fired up about diet culture in general, but most particularly fired up about the Bright Line Eating movement - an unconscionable money-making scheme that encourages eating disorders and is marketed brilliantly by a charismatic charming manipulator making at least ten million dollars a year from her various programs.  Martina’s Crappys rant stuck with us, because speaking from her own experience with the program made for a really strong rant! You can’t just pay once for the eight week boot camp - there are follow up programs! Most participants are women, between 40-70 years of age, middle class and white. They’re spending about $3,000 AUD a year on these programs that they become dependent on. You can’t continue this program on your own, you’d just fall off the wagon - it’s so controlled! So, if you’re very controlled, highly anxious, perfectionistic, perhaps mentally unwell - yeah, maybe you could sustain it on your own. It’s basically a restrictive eating disorder. When Martina was ‘succeeding’ in the program, she had an eating disorder. She developed orthorexia and was close to anorexia, which all developed during the program. It’s a really frightening slippery slope.  Susan suggested some weird things. ‘Goal weight’ was a huge topic of conversation - suggesting that we should go back to our ‘high school weight’ when we were 15 or 16, ‘at our thinnest in our teens’. So screwed up! Martina found the program through a long term friend. They’d both ‘struggled’ with food for a long time, and talked about things like bingeing, being ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and this friend told Martina she was going to start the Bright Line Eating (BLE) program. Martina joined her, and after a week told her friend it was just too hard - but her friend told her to keep going, that they’d try it for a month. The weight loss became really addictive - the rush of hopping on the scale, seeing the numbers change, having to buy smaller clothes. Martina feels embarrassed by how superficial it was, but it was highly intoxicating. Louise doesn't think it’s superficial at all - that pursuit of weight loss is really intense in an eating disorder.  BLE rules were strict and restrictive - no flour or sugar, very little grains, etc. Martina felt the program gave her an illusion of control at a very difficult time in her life - like she could set back the clock to feel younger rather than an ‘old menopausal frump’.  Martina’s mother was on a diet for 67 years of her life, and taught her to diet when Martina was 12. So sad for both of them. Martina was basically then trained as a dieter. Martina has very low self esteem as a young person, and felt that what she looked like could give her the self esteem she was lacking. Martina has a history of abuse in her childhood, and had feelings of being different, not good enough, ‘damaged goods’. But dieting gave her a feeling of being good at something. So, dieting actually had a positive function at that time. Diet culture is all about making people feel that their appearance is their worth.  Rather than think about the trauma you have experienced at the hands of (often) men, you can think about dieting. Instead of having a voice, you have dieting. It’s heartbreaking, and it makes sense. It’s a way of coping and surviving. “It’s a scientifically grounded program that teaches you a simple process for getting your brain on board so you can finally live happy, thin and free” - it’s so seductive, isn’t it? Since Martina’s Crappys nomination, Louise signed up for BLE newsletters and in one month has had 50 emails from BLE! It’s full of the ‘happy, thin and free’ message, and being in your ‘right sized’ body, or the ‘bright line’ body. She’s GREAT at the messaging - hitting every single marketing box, with the credentials (professor of neuropsychology) to make it tick. Martina is an academic with a PhD herself and so thought Susan must know her stuff.  Working out the money side of things - the eight week book camp costs about $1,200 AUD. Then you’re told “you can’t do this alone, you need our support” and you can sign up for “bright lifers”, a one year support program that costs about $700 AUD per year. Then there’s another program for those people who fall off their ‘bright lines’, maybe 60% of people? It’s called ‘reboot, resume’. Thousands of women sign up for that because they feel ashamed that they can’t keep their ‘bright line’. She’s making them pay for the relapse her program causes! There’s another program called ‘Bright Line Mind’, too. It all rhymes, but it’s all bullshit! She says when you’re cooking, if you’re hungry, put some sticky tape across your mouth so you’re not tempted to lick the spoon that you’re stirring your food with. WHAT!?! It’s irresponsible, it’s horrific - and she confidently says it to 50,000 people. For people who fall off their ‘bright lines’, they don’t blame Susan - they blame themselves. They sign up again and again, “I’ve been very bad and I need to learn how to be good”. It’s diet culture. Martina was able to keep her adherence to the program going without falling off her ‘bright line’ - she was brought up with a lot of Swiss discipline and put that all into being ‘good’ in the program. She thinks she was one of the more successful people in the program before deciding it was rubbish and walking away. For about two years she was following the ‘bright lines’ 100%, maybe wavering a little on quantities. Sometimes she would ‘cheat’ and put 10 grams more oats into her muesli at breakfast - cheat! 10 grams! You’re weighing everything, every day. How do you do that and live your life? You have to pack all your food ahead of time, and only eat out at certain places where you could get something ‘clean’.  Martina remembers eating an apple instead of joining in with her family eating gelato (she loves gelato!). One day they were eating gelato and Martina thought, “fuck this!” and had a double scoop of chocolate gelato, and that was the beginning of the unravelling of BLE for her. In spite of all that powerful, positive reinforcement - things were not okay. Martina is so pleased she’s found the courage to walk away from it. She wrote a letter to Susan describing her orthorexia and how the program brought on her eating disorder, and never heard back. She also wrote an email to her ‘house leaders’ who said they were ‘very sorry’ and wished her well. That was all.  No interest in how they might be doing harm. Within six months, Martina put on all the weight she had lost over two years. It was a very scary process, but she thought “no matter what, I’m not going to diet. No matter how much weight I've gained, I'm not going to restrict”. And now she feels the best she’s ever felt - so much HAPPIER! She eats what she wants, trusts what her mind or body tells her it wants, and is happier. Happy, NOT thin, and free! That beginning time of gaining weight back was terrifying. Martina had to pay for therapy (more money!) which was very helpful for her. She learned some principles of Intuitive Eating, and allowed herself binges - she had been so deprived that she would buy big packets of treats and eat them all quickly because she was starving for sugar. Now, she’ll eat any sweets she wants but isn’t needing to binge - because they’re all allowed. The bingeing didn’t have an agenda - she wasn’t trying to get the binging out of the way so she could get past it. The bingeing just had to happen because she’d been so restricted. *I can be smart, beautiful, have a loving heart, have a wise mind. I don’t have to look emaciated to be worth something.*  Martina remembers talking to her 87 year old mother the day before she was scheduled to have back surgery, and how excited her mum was about losing weight after the surgery. Martina’s mother died during that surgery. Both Martina and her mum were victims of diet culture.  There’s such joy in food, in sharing food, in looking forward to dinner out or the really special lunch you have in your lunch box! Louise is amazed that Martina has managed to get out of Bright Lines, recover from the eating disorder that it caused, and found not just peace with food but enjoyment. Susan lifted the BLE program from the FA and OA twelve-step programs, based on the addiction model. Those FA/OA programs are free - and yet she has monetised it and is making millions. It’s ethically completely not okay. Susan gave a sense of community, like a big sister - loving, attentive, ‘I care about you, I love you”, but at the same time “give me your money”. It’s so manipulative. You feel special, and it’s a marketing ploy. Martina doesn’t blame herself, but others do - they call themselves failures. It relies on the disempowerment of women and making them blame themselves. If you’ve been involved in BLE or anything like it and developed an eating disorder, that’s because of the deprivation and restriction, and normal responses to starvation.  No warnings in any of the emails or program notes so far about potential for developing eating disorders, and no accountability - she doesn’t reply to emails where people talk about developing eating disorders, about being ‘broken’, about needing to seek help. Martina generously offers up her email (in the resource notes) for anyone who has undertaken Bright Line Eating and wants to have a chat or converse via email about what they’re going through. You didn’t fail, the diet failed. Thank you Martina, for your courage and honesty. That recovery was so tough and our blood is boiling still about how Susan ignored Martina’s email about her eating disorder. So, how much cash is being raked in by BLE? Let’s look at that research paper again - in US$, she’s profited just shy of 17 MILLION DOLLARS in four years.  Often on All Fired Up we talk about how diet culture is a multimillion dollar industry making money off weight cycling, but this is just one woman! One website that gives out BLE information said that her husband David is the CEO of BLE. This website lists BLE as having 30 employees, and a revenue of 5.8 million US dollars. This website says that in the first quarter of 2019, revenue was listed as 6 million, and in the next two quarters it was 9 million. So, in 2019 this woman made 30 MILLION BUCKS. Link to this website in the show notes.  Think of just how many people that money represents, people who are desperate for the ‘bright lines’. Susan says in her book that by 2040, she wants 1 million people at what she calls ‘goal weight’. That’s $900 million in bootcamp sales! Something that’s struck Louise during this research is just how much positive press there is about Susan out there. There’s just no critical feedback - in fact, there seems to be an absence of even just basic journalistic research to look at her claims. People seem to be just swallowing her ideas and her story - is it that she’s so compelling, or that she’s a neuroscientist and we just don’t question it? There’s a particularly nauseating 2016 media piece about her, where the journalist just gushed about how brave Susan was to leave her academic position to do the BLE thing full time. Is it brave, or is it capitalism? How brave is it to leave academia if you're earning millions! The journalist says “as a scientist, I’m especially heartened by Susan’s desire to use profits generated by Bright Line Eating to fund research on weight loss, since objective data and evidence based approaches are sorely lacking in the field”. Okay? Is that true? In her book, she does talk about how she wants to do more research to prove how BLE works, and talks about something called the ‘Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss’. WTF is that? It’s a ‘charitable’ foundation with a mission statement of ‘advancing the science of sustainable weight loss for everyone’, claiming that they support study into neurological changes that support weight loss. Since the establishment of the institute in 2016, Susan has made millions of dollars and there’s been no research released. But they will accept donations! Louise hasn’t had any emails back after requesting confirmation of the Institute's charitable status. It’s actually registered as a ‘non-compliant charity’ in the state of New Jersey, meaning it hasn’t supplied enough information to charity directories.  So, there you have it - the Bright Line Eating world of mass marketing, dodgy diet claims, making a buttload of money off the agony of everyday people like Martina, and being unresponsive to criticism. Buyer beware! It’s so low calorie, it WILL induce a state of physical starvation which will induce a whole range of homeostatic drivers that will make you preoccupied with food, with your whole body fighting to regain the weight. You’ll be more sensitive to food cues, you'll experience a heightened sense of need for those ‘banned’ foods which makes you more likely to binge or compulsively eat due to the deprivation. Enduring a chronic starvation state slows metabolism and affects leptin, telling your brain you’re starving.  And let’s not forget the serious risk of developing an eating disorder.  It’s an incredibly expensive program to white-knuckle you towards some twisted illusion of ‘freedom’. Susan fails to tell people the entire truth about brain-based weight regulation and defended weight range. She is a neuroscientist but she has ignored the effects of yoyo dieting and chronic restriction. People she’s targeting are already primed to think that they’re food addicts, and she’s blaming the palatability and ‘toxicity’ of food - when really it’s the deprivation that’s causing these heightened responses.  And she’s making millions of dollars and running a non-compliant charitable research institute! Louise is sick of programs like BLE running unchecked, without criticism - it’s time for the anti-testimonial, like Martina’s.  Get in touch - let’s start reclaiming and shaking things up! Resources Dr Martina Zangger’s email is martinaz@westnet.com.au - please contact her if you have also suffered as a result of the Bright Line Eating program. The research publications section of the Bright Line Eating Website Link to the very gushy article on Susan Peirce Thompson in 2016 The website showing the incredible amount of money that Bright Line Eating is making  Link to Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss Below is a screenshot of the 'noncompliant' status of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss charity:  

Emotions, scarcity, and uncertainty are at an all-time high right now. Comfort and old habits will creep back into your life. I want you to remember who you are wanting to become in this life and how to act like that person today regardless of the status of the world right now.  The world needs leadership and today's episode is all about establishing and maintaining principles and bright lines in your life. These principles will allow you to make better decisions faster without having to second guess and beat yourself up (most of the time we are human after all). Attention fatigue is a real thing I want to explain to you also why setting bright lines for your life will allow you to focus longer on critical tasks as well. Topics include:   - What are Principles and Bright Lines - Why Most People Act off Emotion - The Goal of Setting Principles - Steps to Creating Your Own Principles  - My Challenge to You ----------- Do you want to not only perform and execute in these uncertain times but GET BETTER? Join me for the #MCU60Challenge! ----------- Take FREE Flex Philosophy Mini-Course ----------- Ready to Take the Next Step in Your Personal and Professional Development? Apply for Mind Design Complete Coaching - My 1-1 Flagship Coaching ----------- Subscribe & Review in iTunes   Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you’re not, I encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss out on any episode. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!   If you’re a true badass, I would be super grateful if you left me a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help me climb the podcast ranks and extend the listenership and reach. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what your favorite episode was.    Follow Me On Social Media   Add me on Facebook! Follow me on Instagram! Connect with me on LinkedIn! Check out my Youtube Channel!  

Where is all of the literary love for Queens? It’s right here at LIC Reading Series. Join them each week for stories, readings, and discussions with acclaimed writers, recorded with a live audience in the cozy carriage house of a classic pub in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and hosted by founder Catherine LaSota. This week, the podcast features the reading and panel discussion from the LIC Reading Series two-year anniversary event on November 15, 2016, with Elisa Albert (After Birth), Tanais (Bright Lines), and Robin Wasserman (Girls on Fire). Listen to the readings in the last episode! About the Readers: Elisa Albert is the author of After Birth (2015), The Book of Dahlia (2008), How This Night is Different (2006), and the editor of the anthology Freud’s Blind Spot (2010). Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Tin House, The New York Times, Post Road, The Guardian, Gulf Coast, Commentary, Salon, Tablet, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Believer, The Rumpus, Time Magazine, on NPR, and in many anthologies. Albert grew up in Los Angeles and received an MFA from Columbia University, where she was a Lini Mazumdar Fellow. A recipient of the Moment magazine emerging writer award and a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize, she has received fellowships from The Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Djerassi, Vermont Studio Center, The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in Holland, the HWK in Germany, and the Amsterdam Writer's Residency. She has taught at Columbia's School of the Arts, The College of Saint Rose, and is currently Visiting Writer at Bennington College.  She lives in upstate New York with her family. Tanaïs (née Tanwi Nandini Islam) is the New York based author of the critically-acclaimed novel Bright Lines (Penguin 2015), which was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize, and was the inaugural selection of the First Lady of NYC's Gracie Book Club, as well as Bustle's American Woman Book Club. Their work is multi-disciplinary, dynamic, intersectional and feminist. Over the course of their career, they’ve worked as a community organizer, a domestic violence court advocate, a probations intake officer, and youth arts educator. While researching their debut novel, Bright Lines, Tanaïs studied perfumery, amassing a library of 500 fragrant raw materials, which led to the creation of Hi Wildflower, independent beauty & fragrance house. Currently, Tanaïs is working on In Sensorium, an essay collection exploring scent, sensuality, South Asian and Muslim perfume cultures, colonization and its aftermath: the environmental and border crises around the world, as well as a second novel, Stellar Smoke. Their podcast and perfume anthology project, MALA, features interviews with survivors of violence, who reimagine their memories as scents. Season 1, featured five formerly incarcerated women in the NYS Penal System. Robin Wasserman is a graduate of Harvard University and the author of several successful novels for young adults. A recent recipient of a MacDowell fellowship, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Girls on Fire is her first novel for adults. * This event was made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where is all of the literary love for Queens? It’s right here at LIC Reading Series. Join them each week for stories, readings, and discussions with acclaimed writers, recorded with a live audience in the cozy carriage house of a classic pub in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and hosted by founder Catherine LaSota. This week, the podcast features the reading and panel discussion from the LIC Reading Series two-year anniversary event on November 15, 2016, with Elisa Albert (After Birth), Tanais (Bright Lines), and Robin Wasserman (Girls on Fire). Check back Thursday for the discussion! About the Readers: Elisa Albert is the author of After Birth (2015), The Book of Dahlia (2008), How This Night is Different (2006), and the editor of the anthology Freud’s Blind Spot (2010). Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Tin House, The New York Times, Post Road, The Guardian, Gulf Coast, Commentary, Salon, Tablet, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Believer, The Rumpus, Time Magazine, on NPR, and in many anthologies. Albert grew up in Los Angeles and received an MFA from Columbia University, where she was a Lini Mazumdar Fellow. A recipient of the Moment magazine emerging writer award and a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize, she has received fellowships from The Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Djerassi, Vermont Studio Center, The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in Holland, the HWK in Germany, and the Amsterdam Writer's Residency. She has taught at Columbia's School of the Arts, The College of Saint Rose, and is currently Visiting Writer at Bennington College.  She lives in upstate New York with her family. Tanaïs (née Tanwi Nandini Islam) is the New York based author of the critically-acclaimed novel Bright Lines (Penguin 2015), which was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize, and was the inaugural selection of the First Lady of NYC's Gracie Book Club, as well as Bustle's American Woman Book Club. Their work is multi-disciplinary, dynamic, intersectional and feminist. Over the course of their career, they’ve worked as a community organizer, a domestic violence court advocate, a probations intake officer, and youth arts educator. While researching their debut novel, Bright Lines, Tanaïs studied perfumery, amassing a library of 500 fragrant raw materials, which led to the creation of Hi Wildflower, independent beauty & fragrance house. Currently, Tanaïs is working on In Sensorium, an essay collection exploring scent, sensuality, South Asian and Muslim perfume cultures, colonization and its aftermath: the environmental and border crises around the world, as well as a second novel, Stellar Smoke. Their podcast and perfume anthology project, MALA, features interviews with survivors of violence, who reimagine their memories as scents. Season 1, featured five formerly incarcerated women in the NYS Penal System. Robin Wasserman is a graduate of Harvard University and the author of several successful novels for young adults. A recent recipient of a MacDowell fellowship, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Girls on Fire is her first novel for adults. * This event was made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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REPLAY with a note from 9.29.2019: It's been over a year since I tried a two week Bright Line Eating challenge which literally changed the way I eat and how I think about food. It's extreme, but it works really well for me--a person with an addictive brain who finds moderation easier said than done. I will publish a new episode soon, with an update about how my food/eating journey is going and some tips on eating/food prep for those who are interested. (BTW, I don't have affiliate partners or advertisers, so any products, etc. that I discuss on the podcast are just my personal preference.)

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TUNE IN TO LEARN:How I manage to make Healthy Eating choices living and traveling around the world and at homeHow I condition my mind to make me work out every day without using my willpowerHow to design your environment to make Healthy Eating the ONLY eating you doHow to make it difficult for yourself to eat unhealthyUse peer pressure to support your healthy lifestyleWhat are Bright Lines and how I use them to avoid all the "traps" of our unhealthy environmentHow to program your mind for healthy eating, designing default choicesPrimacy of choice: why breakfast eaters are healthier and why you MUST do something healthy first thing in the morningFollow my Instagram to inspire and motivate your healthy eatingMeetup.com - find like-minded healthy peopleLCHF CHECKLIST, lowcarb foodie cheat sheet - Put It Up - Do It Right!FOOD SCHOOL is ON!To be your best - Feed your best!!! "Health Eating 101" and many other super practical and fun courses to master your plate for life are waiting for you! GET MY 10-DAY EMAIL HEALTH COURSE. THE FOUNDATION SERIES. SUBSCRIBE! Need help with meal plan? Fat Loss? Weight Loss? Health? Energy? Mental and Physical performance? An athlete cutting weight? Not sure how to start on KETO? Intermittent fasting? How to get lean and shredded and healthy without starving yourself? EMAIL ME: Angela at CreateYourself.Today Created by Angela Shurina Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FoodSchool)

TUNE IN AND LEARN:This is a mix of the best and most listened to moments from more than 400 episode of Food School podcast!4 rules aka Bright Lines for eating to stop binging from the depths of Neuroscience research - rules that I'm using to maintain 10% body fat.The Obesity Code: 5 eating principles for forever fat loss. When to eat, when to stop, how.Intermittent fasting, The Circadian Code, part two: what not to eat, best time to eat.FOOD SCHOOL is ACCEPTING STUDENTS!To be your best - Feed your best GET MY 10-DAY EMAIL HEALTH COURSE. THE FOUNDATION SERIES. SUBSCRIBE! Need help with meal plan? Fat Loss? Weight Loss? Health? Energy? Mental and Physical performance? An athlete cutting weight? Not sure how to start on KETO? Intermittent fasting? How to get lean and shredded and healthy without starving yourself? EMAIL ME: Angela at CreateYourself.Today Created by Angela Shurina Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FoodSchool)

I was doing some writing and reflecting on my own Bright Line Eating™ journey recently, and I realized that, in my personal experience, there are three distinct stages that tend to precede a break in my Bright Lines. With this … The post The Three Stages of a Break appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

We're about a week away from Thanksgiving, and in this week's vlog, I give you a step-by-step roadmap for navigating the holiday (or any special occasion!) with your Bright Lines as bright as ever. You'll want to bookmark this VLOG … The post Your Thanksgiving Plan appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

Sometimes we can see a break in our Bright Lines coming a mile away because we've been agonizing over the choice to eat off our plan, and sometimes a break catches us by surprise. Watch this week's vlog to hear … The post The Strange Mental Blank Spot appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

If you have concerns about keeping your Bright Lines bright as we head into the holiday season, this week's vlog is for you. Follow @DrSPThompson Follow @BrightLineLife The post Susan's 6 Challenges appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

Can highly-competitive environment be good for your team or not? Today, we prove it can! In this latest episode of Leader Manager Coach Podcast, Rob shares with you the book he has read and learned a lot from, Anson Dorrance’s Training Soccer Champions. Discover how he used his Competitive Cauldron, a very intense and highly competitive training process, to champion his teams. Rob concentrates on 4 key aspects of Anson’s book: team organizations, training, play management, and tactics. Listen in as Rob talks about specifics to improve each aspect – from the well-known competitive cauldron to the 80/20 rule of fitness to the players’ total responsibility for their bodies. There’s also a lot of effective strategies you could learn and apply onto your team from Anson’s book. Anson Dorrance is the winningest head coach of all time in NCAA with 22 National Championship in the US.  He has also won World Cup in 1991 with the US Women’s National Soccer Team. KEY TAKEAWAYS Team Organization. Soccer is a simple game that can be over-complicated. Forget high standards. Always look at the potentials of each player to be a leader themselves. Learn the Game. Great coaches help players to learn the game. Learning the game will help them facilitate their development and their leadership. Competitive Cauldron. Anson’s trademark. Players are trained on the edge. Training sessions are intense that players get stress enough just to make them grow. Fury and composure are needed to be in the ability of maximum zone where you give your 100% with control. It’s not an easy thing to do, you have to have the proper mindset, knowledge, and focus. Players should take total responsibility for their fitness. Players should condition themselves before any scheduled training or game. 80/20 rule in fitness. 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Using the basics – push-ups, lunges, etc. Play Management. According to Anson, men respond better to hierarchal structures and women respond better if they see human characteristics in you as a coach. Be community-oriented. Have a focus on the team and not on yourself. “The true joy in life is to be a force of fortune instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy” ― George Bernard Shaw Tactics Anson loves front three, numbers in the box, and the percentage game. Framing the goal – a tactic that maximizing the abilities to get over the line. Players should look at ‘seams’ – a penetrative line between two defenders. BEST MOMENTS “How you do something is how you do everything.” “Desire-driven state is not the issue; the issue is controlling your own mind so that you can exert that absolute maximum intensity and you’ve got a control.” “It’s not necessary to create a rapport with a male player, but you’ll get much greater results, according to Anson, if you get respect.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Training Soccer Champions by Anson Dorrance The Real Giants of Soccer Coaching: Insights and Wisdom from the Game's Greatest Coaches by Josh Faga Greater Expectations: Overcoming the Culture of Indulgence in Our Homes and Schools by William Damon ABOUT THE HOST Rob Ryles is a UEFA qualified coach with a League Managers Association qualification and a science and medicine background. He has worked in the football industry in Europe, USA and Africa; at International, Premiership, League, Non-League and grassroots levels with both World Cup and European Championship experience. CONTACT METHOD Rob’s Facebook Rob’s LinkedIn Support the show.

The seasons of life cast different perspectives on the Bright Lines, and in this week's VLOG, I share a key lesson I learned this past week as I traversed my own Bright Line Eating™ journey. It's made all the difference. … The post Lean Into the Bright Lines appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

Do you ever wonder why your willpower can be strong at certain times and non-existent at others? :-) I experienced both states in a short period of time recently, and I talk about the big lesson I took from it in this week's post. It wasn't a completely new idea, but this brought it home for me in a big way, and I think it's something you'll want to know about. Enjoy! SUMMARY A real-life example of what it looks like to “slip” with your Inner Game. What I mean by “bright lines.” How important they are for self-control. Watch/listen to get the full message. HOT NEWS & DEALS! 1) Free guide: "Three Things You Can Do Right Now To Start Loving Your Work (And Life) Again.” Visit davidlevin.com to get yours today! 2) The David Levin Show podcast is now available. Subscribe at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-david-levin-show/id1401013964 3) COMING SOON: Limited Edition Raise Your Inner Game Medallion. Carry it in your purse or pocket. It's an UP button for your Inner Elevator! Watch for an announcement. PHOTO CREDIT: Preankhan Gowrypalan on Unsplash [ transcript ] Hey, David Levin here. Author of Raise Your Inner Game, co-author of QBQ the question behind the question, founder of Raise Your Inner Game Academy. I had a great reminder recently of the power of Bright Lines for having self-control. I've known about it for a while. And seen it in action before. But it really came home again this last week. Bright lines, by the way, if you don't know, are basically when you have a hard fast rule for what you're doing. Generally it has to do with what you're eating. So, for example, on a low-carb diet, a bright line would be, no bread, no pizza, no pasta no sweets, and so on. Gluten free diet? NO gluten. Recovering alcoholic? NO alcohol. You're not trying moderation, not trying to just be better about it. You having NONE of it. Okay? That's a bright line. By the way, I first heard the term Bright Line from a woman named Dr Susan Peirce Thompson and her Bright Line Eating program. She didn't coin the term, she was actually introduced to it by someone else and had great success with it personally. But she went on to help a LOT of people lose weight on her program. She's great. So anyway, here's why this came up again so powerfully for me. If you've been following my recent posts, you know that I just finished a 30-day challenge, where I went a full 30-days basically being perfect with a plan I put together for a bunch of different behaviors—exercise, morning routine with meditation, controlling my diet, avoiding Coke Zero, and so on. The challenge went great, it felt great. It really was a total success. But then it was done. So what's next? The natural inclination is to pretty much just keep going. Right? You're feeling good. The things you're doing are an improvement, and after 30 days, it sort of seems weird to not do them, which is one of the BIG benefits of a 30-day challenge. When you can get to a point with a new behavior where it feels wrong NOT to do it, that's beautiful. That's how you create new habits. So you continue on. And that's what I did. I had a couple of days of sweets and pizza just to celebrate the accomplishment. It was fun, it was a good incentive. The family was into it. So that was all fine. But otherwise, I kept going. Still wasn't having Coke. I was back on my low-carb program. Still exercising. All good. Now, there wasn't a Bright Line involved. I hadn't set any fast rules. I hadn't made any commitments. I just had the intention to continue. But then, we go on a trip for a week to Chicago. The kids are going to music camp. I will be working out of our hotel room during the day. So already I knew that was going to be difficult. Travel is always hard. Hard to find good food options. Hard to get good sleep, which kills your willpower. Your rhythms are all thrown off. Hard to stay focused. It's just a tough situation.

TUNE IN and LEARN: Why sugar and flour are like drugs How to eat to unhook your brain and rewire food addiction 4 rules aka Bright Lines for eating to stop binging from the depths of Neuroscience research - rules that I'm using to maintain 10% body fat Bright Line Eating by Susan Peirce Thompson PhD Questions? Want me to talk about and solve your health and performance, weight loss challenges? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Created by Angela Shurina http://www.CreateYourself.Today/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FoodSchool)

In Part 2 of my “15 Years of Bright Lines” Celebration, I talk about keeping versus breaking the Bright Lines. I address questions like, how rigorous do we need to be in sticking with our Bright Lines? Is it a … The post Lessons from 15 Years of Bright Lines, Part 2 appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

This week marks the 15-year anniversary of the day I started abstaining from sugar and flour and eating three weighed and measured meals each day. This morning, I turned on the video camera and recorded the key lessons I've learned. … The post Lessons from 15 Years of Bright Lines, Part 1 appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

Pep Guardiola“the phoenix that rose from the ashes”. Rob talks about Pep’s amazing skill in managing and coaching Barcelona, Bayern Munich and currently, Manchester City FC. Detailing Pep’s phenomenal deep work of analysis, specificity of training, organisation and communication and his relationships with players, which we can learn and bring that into our own coaching practice and in our own life.Music by Dewolf http://www.dewolfemusic.com/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/robryles See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Tom answers question from the community. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2EpxC6D Impact Theory is proudly sponsored by Skillshare. Start learning on Skillshare today at skillshare.com/impact DEFINITION Bright Lines: A bright-line rule is a clearly defined rule or standard composed of objective factors, which leaves little or no room for varying interpretation. Buy Tom's #TTFUBC shirt here: http://bit.ly/2HzKx5l Tom Bilyeu AMA’s are Live on Facebook and YouTube every Friday at 10 am PST. You can submit your questions in advance to connect@impacttheory.com, with the subject line “AMA Question”. PEOPLE MENTIONED Mark Sisson - http://bit.ly/2IP2fkI [26:22] Suzanne Ryan - http://bit.ly/2GY8Dp3 [26:26] BOOKS MENTIONED Principles - Ray Dalio - https://amzn.to/2EJTHsS [37:18] QUESTION TOPICS How Tom incorporates bright lines into his life [00:25] Tom addresses how to completely start over in life by letting go of past mistakes [04:20] Tom talks about how to counteract feeling delusional by looking at yourself with no filter [07:08] Tom walks through the process of fanning the flames of interest [10:53] Tom discusses the concerns of bright lines in relationships [16:44] How Tom creates bright lines and maintains them [18:33] How Tom uses identity to stick with bright lines [20:28] Tom explains why everyone has the chance to do what they want, no matter what their age [22:08] How Tom deals with top 5 priorities during the day [26:54] How Tom thinks through "thinking small" and changes his goal [28:49] How Tom came to believe in himself and to do the things he wanted to become extraordinary at [32:56] How Tom distinguishes between optimistic, being positive, and having low standards [35:41] How Tom thinks and acts when facing the thought of failing [38:57]

Ben and James discuss why effective content moderation is so hard, how it can be done, and why it sometimes shouldn’t be. Plus, how tech optimists and tech critics make the exact same mistake. Presented by WordPress.com: Get 15% off on a new site by visiting WordPress.com/Exponent. Links Ben Thompson: The Pollyannish Assumption — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The Pollyannish Assumption and Bright Lines, YouTube's Market Power, Google vs Amazon — Stratechery Daily Update Ben Thompson: Tech's Person of the Year; Uber at the End of 2017; Fowler's True Impact, and Means — Stratechery Daily Update The Laborers Who Keep Dick … Continue reading Episode 134 — Human Problems

Ben and James discuss why effective content moderation is so hard, how it can be done, and why it sometimes shouldn’t be. Plus, how tech optimists and tech critics make the exact same mistake. Presented by WordPress.com: Get 15% off on a new site by visiting WordPress.com/Exponent. Links Ben Thompson: The Pollyannish Assumption — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The Pollyannish Assumption and Bright Lines, YouTube’s Market Power, Google vs Amazon — Stratechery Daily Update Ben Thompson: Tech’s Person of the Year; Uber at the End of 2017; Fowler’s True Impact, and Means — Stratechery Daily Update The Laborers Who Keep Dick … Continue reading Episode 134 — Human Problems

Jeff and Rebecca kick off this year's holiday recommendation extravaganza... This episode is sponsored by: Men & Dogs Penguin Random House Audio   Books recommended in this episode: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown What If by Randall Munroe Schott's Original Miscellany by Ben Schott Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat and Wendy McNaughton The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern History of the World in Six Cups by Tom Standige Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books The Fate of the West by Bill Emmott, No Is Not Enough by Naomi Klein We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-nehisi Coates Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit Wisdom of Sundays by Oprah Winfrey When Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Yoga Bodies by Laura Lipton and Jamie Beard Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan The Changeling by Victor Lavalle Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughn Bec McMaster Psy Changeling by Nalini Singh The Woman Next Door by Yewende Omatoso Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman Liane Moriarty Negroland by Margo Jefferson A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah Out of Africa by Karen Blixen This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett In the Language of Miracles by Rajia Hassib Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri  Bright Lines by Tanwin Nadini Islam 2am at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helena Bertino One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

I dropped out of law school before a semester was over but I do remember one Big Idea from Contracts class. Lawyers like to say that a contract is a good one when there are “bright lines”—when it’s super obvious what everyone is agreeing to. Fuzzy lines? Not so good. We want super crisp, obvious, BRIGHT lines. Research scientists borrowed that phrase to describe one of the key attributes of creating good deals with yourself as you architect your ideal life. They tell us that when we’re building new habits, we want to have VERY BRIGHT LINES about what is and what is not acceptable behavior. For example, when I wanted to quit eating fast food over a decade ago, the fuzzy line I had of “Eat at McDonald’s less often” wasn’t particularly helpful. Every time I’d drive by that McDonald’s on the way home I’d have to ask myself, “Is today the day I get to go there?” And, when did I go? On the days when I was feeling the worst, of course. Then, one day, I got BRIGHT with my lines. I decided I would NEVER eat at McDonald's again. Period. Now, of course, I broke that commitment a few times before it stuck, but—and this is an important distinction!—at least now I knew I was breaking a contract with myself. Eventually I dialed it in and kicked the fast food habit. I did the same thing with ESPN and Google News and the iPhone in bed and countless other things. Fuzzy? Didn’t help. 100% bright? Worked like a charm. So, how about you? What’s the #1 bad habit you’d like to get rid of? How can you move from fuzzy to super bright? Think about that and get on it.

I dropped out of law school before a semester was over but I do remember one Big Idea from Contracts class. Lawyers like to say that a contract is a good one when there are “bright lines”—when it’s super obvious what everyone is agreeing to. Fuzzy lines? Not so good. We want super crisp, obvious, BRIGHT lines. Research scientists borrowed that phrase to describe one of the key attributes of creating good deals with yourself as you architect your ideal life. They tell us that when we’re building new habits, we want to have VERY BRIGHT LINES about what is and what is not acceptable behavior. For example, when I wanted to quit eating fast food over a decade ago, the fuzzy line I had of “Eat at McDonald’s less often” wasn’t particularly helpful. Every time I’d drive by that McDonald’s on the way home I’d have to ask myself, “Is today the day I get to go there?” And, when did I go? On the days when I was feeling the worst, of course. Then, one day, I got BRIGHT with my lines. I decided I would NEVER eat at McDonald's again. Period. Now, of course, I broke that commitment a few times before it stuck, but—and this is an important distinction!—at least now I knew I was breaking a contract with myself. Eventually I dialed it in and kicked the fast food habit. I did the same thing with ESPN and Google News and the iPhone in bed and countless other things. Fuzzy? Didn’t help. 100% bright? Worked like a charm. So, how about you? What’s the #1 bad habit you’d like to get rid of? How can you move from fuzzy to super bright? Think about that and get on it.

Once we fall into a pattern of breaking our Bright Lines periodically, it can be remarkably hard to stop. How do we break this cycle? Watch this week's vlog to find out.   Follow Susan on Twitter! Follow @DrSPThompson Like … The post Granting Authority appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

On today's episode we're talking about boundaries and standards we set for ourselves. These are rules and restrictions but rather reminders that help us make each day as good as it can be. They are reminders that point us in the direction of choices that make us feel our very best. I shared a new boundary I recently created for myself: I don't indulge alone. I shared how I worked through my mental resistance to this change and the big ways I think it's going to improve my life and my mindset. Lastly, I talk about my honest answer to a great question from a listener. She asked, "How do you balance making progress towards your goals with being at peace with your choices & your body?" Don't miss today's episode! http://primalpotential.com/397/ Resources: ASCEND Boston  Have you tried Thrive Market yet? Bonus: if you go through thrivemarket.com/primalpotential you'll save an additional 25% & get free shipping on your first order. You'll also get a free 30-day membership! How To Leave A Rating & Review (thank you!!!)

Over the past few months, I've been challenging myself with commitment contracts to keep my Bright Lines as bright and shiny as possible, and I just started a new 30-day challenge. Watch this week's vlog to hear all about it … The post Commitment Contracts and Challenges appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

This week, we talk to Tanwi Nandini Islam, author of Bright Lines, about exfoliating fear from your mind, giving yourself permission, and claiming your authority as a voice of your culture.

The saboteur can wreak havoc on you when you're feeling like you've been dragged through the mud and nothing is going right. Stress is mounting and your saboteur is telling you that you deserve to relax your Bright Lines and … The post Bright Line Eating When Life Gets Hard appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, many people are wondering how they can possibly stick to their Bright Lines through the festivities. Hear my advice in this week's vlog. The post How to Have A Bright Line Thanksgiving appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

  My birthday is the perfect day to talk about Bright Line Eating™ during special occasions. What happens if you cross one of your Bright Lines? What if you make that tiny exception? How do you get back on track? … The post No Exceptions: Sticking to My Bright Lines on My Birthday appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

Tanwi Nandini Islam, author of Bright Lines, a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, speaks to Writers Who Don't Write about running a retail business while maintaining a writing career, putting herself out there on the Internet as a Bangladeshi woman, body image struggles, and the time she wrote about a very intimate and awful event only to have it read by her mother.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Many people practicing Bright Line Eating™ find that when they break their Bright Lines, their binging habits are worse than before they started the program. Why does this happen? I offer my thoughts in this week's vlog. The post Binging on Bright Line Eating appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

Hear how Chirlane McCray, the First Lady of New York City, and Amy Keller Laird, the Editor-in-Chief of Women's Health, are trying to smash the stigma. The Women Promoted in This Episode: “I basically watch MSNBC like a fool, and Rachel Maddow is my favorite person to watch,” says Amy. “It was so exciting to see that our podcast, which is still in its infancy, had made the, New and Noteworthy list on iTunes, and that we were right alongside her.” “Hillary Clinton was an enthusiastic cheerleader of Thrive NYC,” says Chirlane. “She actually gave us advice about how to approach it by going to communities and having town halls and getting people's first hand experiences with the mental health system. She's just incredible. The other woman I want to promote is the author Tanwi Nandidi Islam. Her book, Bright Lines, is about what the life of an eighteen year old daughter of Bangladesh immigrants in 2003 in Brooklyn was like. It's a coming of age story and it is really wonderful.” Follow These Women on Twitter: Women's Health: @womenshealthmag Caitlin Abber: @everydaycaitlin Amy Keller Laird: @amykellerlaird Chirlane McCray: @chirlane Episode Credits: Uninterrupted is produced by Caitlin Abber, with audio production by Paul Ruest at Argot Studios. Editorial and public relations support from Lisa Chudnofsky and Lindsey Benoit. Our theme music is “Bullshit” by Jen Miller.

  Which one of the Bright Lines is causing me some trouble at the moment? Watch this week's vlog to find out.   The post The Most Difficult Bright Line By Far… appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

  How do you stick to your Bright Lines when you're dining out or perhaps attending a big event like a wedding? Watch my vlog this week to find out how I recently navigated a situation like this when I … The post Bright Line Eating at Spago appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

Something I love about interviewing authors is learning actual histories of different lands through the power of fiction. I had this opportunity again with author Tanwi Nandini Islam’s debut novel, Bright Lines. Tanwi… Continue reading →

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of the best debut books of 2015, including Lightless, Bright Lines, and The Shore.

  Check out my vlog this week to hear how you can navigate Thanksgiving while sticking to your Bright Lines! The post How To Have A Bright Line Eating Thanksgiving appeared first on Bright Line Eating®.

Bookrageous Episode 82; Diversity in Books Intro Music; "Bad Karma" by Ida Maria What We're Reading Jenn [1:05] Victoire, Maryse Conde [2:30] Bright Lines, Tanwi Nandini Islam [3:40] Kalpa Imperial, Angelica Gorodischer Josh [5:00] Drinking in America, Susan Cheever (October 13 2015) [6:10] The Witches: Salem, 1962, Stacy Schiff (October 27 2015) [9:15] Out on the Wire, Jessica Abel Preeti [11:00] The Year We Fell Apart, Emily Martin (January 26 2016) [13:15] Loki: Agent of Asgard [15:35] Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates --- Intermission; "Intermission" by Lee Fields and the Expressions --- Diversity in Books [23:50] We Need Diverse Books [24:10] We Need Diverse Romance, twitter.com/wocinromance and twitter.com/diverseromance [25:05] On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard [25:50] Lambda Literary Awards (LGBTQ) Stonewall Book Awards (LGBTQ) Schneider Family Book Awards for disability in lit [27:10] Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman [27:50] Coretta Scott King Award (African American lit) Michael L. Printz Award Alex Awards (for adult books with YA appeal) [29:45] Words Without Borders PEN America Neustadt Prize for International Literature Lambda Literary [34:40] Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is, John Scalzi [37:05] Liar, Justine Larbalestier [38:05] The Kane Chronicles, Rick Riordan [39:30] ‘Bring It On': The Complete Oral History [41:15] Nalini Singh [42:48] Chimera, David Wellington [43:20] My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, Jennifer Teege [44:45] Gemsigns, Stephanie Saulter [46:10] The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu [46:30] The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere, John Chu [47:20] Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli [48:30] Radio Silence and Signal Boost, Alyssa Cole [50:30] The Kitchen Daughter, Jael McHenry [51:35] Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel [51:50] Secret Wars: Romance [53:15] The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl [53:30] Batgirl, and its fixes for transphobic language [53:55] Gotham Academy [54:00] Fresh Romance [54:10] Jem and the Holograms, Kelly Thompson and Sophie Campbell 54:25 Lumberjanes (now canon!) 54:50 George, Alex Gino [55:30] Gracefully Grayson, Ami Polonsky [58:00] Write Bloody Publishing --- Outro; "Bad Karma" by Ida Maria --- Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323. Find Us Online: Jenn, Josh, Preeti Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.