Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learn to distinguish between what you can and can’t control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible. ~ Epictetus…

Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss,  My sins are two-fold — in thought and in deed. For close to a half a century (give or take a couple of decades, if you will), I have mercilessly beaten myself up each and every time I took even one bite of the Devil’s Cake, much less polished…

Our body image (a.k.a. body esteem) is the picture we have of our physical body. It is an inner view of our outer self. It is formed by our awareness, imagination and emotions. It is ever shifting. Our body esteem not only depends upon our pant size or the number that registers on the “scales…

Dear OLofWL (a.k.a. Janice), Yesterday was truly an awful day, and I realized that if I want to permanently lose weight, then I must follow the Our Lady of Weight Loss‘s “bite it/write it” rule. In other words, “If I bite it, I must write it.” I want you to know that I am upset…

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