Thanks to Wellington and Columbus friends for a great send off to me TEDx talk this weekend 🎯 As I walked the halls from my high school (actually most of them are new so this is not literal), here’s what came to mind for me:

🎯 We can’t be curious learners if we are battling our bellies or our weight health; yes I did my school work and got the grades, but like so many kids today, I was spending a lot of brain power on how to hide and fix my belly. What I needed was a team that could ‘check under the hood’ and decode my body’s signals, not present diet and exercise as exclusive or effective tools.

🎯 when we feel safe, our weight health resounds favorably. My high school was a total hodge podge of families and teachers who came together in support of our community. Sure there were challenges but the safety there led me and my body to feel more at peace than it would in so many other places - so grateful

🎯 there is such a thing as doing too much and there is so much value in time doing nothing. I don’t think we teach and role model this as well as we could for kids today.

And, to quote my favorite, the one we packed too m at of us into cars to drive to different outdoor venues to hear “if we couldn’t laugh we’d all go insane” Jimmy Buffet - you made high school extra fun, and this message is so true today as it was then.

I hope as I take the stage Sunday to make people laugh as a way to make them feel more open and comfortable to exploring the value of weight health. Can’t wait to share the talk with you all.