Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

Salt, Sugar, Fat : How the Food Giants Hooked Us

Check out this fascinating and funny (even though it’s not a funny topic) interview with author, Michael Moss, of the NY Times, on his new book, “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us.” I think it’s fascinating even though most of what I’ve heard here is not new or news to me. Food [...]

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7 Simple Steps to Reclaiming Your Freedom, Control and That Good Ol’ Fashioned Holiday Joy

[Part 2 | Read Part 1, How Black Friday Steals Your Mind... Here First ] If you’re done being a “buying dummy,” an all around out of control consumer of everything from stuff to food, I offer you these 7 simple, transformative steps which can put the power back in your hands and set you [...]

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How Black-Friday Steals Your Mind and Makes You Fat (And How To Fight Back and Take Control)

People across the US were on a heavy dose of drugs this past week. What you say? Drugs! Pot? Cocaine? No. A much more powerful drug that drives us to seek and to consume—the master of motivation and impulses. And you didn’t even have to buy it—even though you likely did. Well, not directly. You [...]

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