Most people think that the obesity epidemic is about food, fat, behavior and lifestyle BUT it is so much more.
So what is really getting in the way of becoming healthy? I believe the root issue is hunger, not food or fat! We focus on those visible aspects when we cannot get to the invisible, the SOUL. Food has become the soul substitute. Food is fast, cheap, and it fills up the monotony of everyday life. Most people are working 8-10 hours with 1-2 hour commutes, leaving little time for personal fulfillment. We eat on external cues not internal cues. When life borders on depletion, food often takes center stage as the primary source of gratification.
I believe in treating the whole person in order to make significant changes in one’s health. This includes addressing nutrition, physical activity, stress (emotional and physical), emotions and one’s spiritual state – mind, body and spirit. My vision is that everyone will recognize and fulfill the different hungers they experience and have lives that are rich, meaningful and nourishing.