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The Hot Shower Metaphor

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Why Is There Sugar in Salt?

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Showing Up for Family When It Matters

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An Interview with Esther Helga

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Addiction is a Disease (Yes, an ACTUAL Disease)

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Flux

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NEAT

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Eight Reflections on 48 Years of Life

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Sanctity

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Three Things Change as Addiction Takes Root

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Addicted to Quantities

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Relapse Prevention

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Measuring Fats

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Meal Times and Your Circadian Rhythm

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Four Lessons from the Gideon Games

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Transitioning to Maintenance Without the Bathroom Scale

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The Art of Maintenance

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The Negotiator and the Mediator

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10++

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Borderline Foods

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COVID Vlog

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Navigating Intense Cravings

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Divorcing Potato Chips

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Execute-Program-Lunch

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From Sponsor to Guide

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Marijuana

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Comments on Our Weight

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None Is Easier Than Some

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Languishing

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Optimize Your Purpose

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Food Policy and BLE's First Op-Ed

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REZOOM IS HERE!!!

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Creative "No, Thank Yous"

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Substance and Process Addiction

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Effective Surrender

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The Legacy of BLE Giving

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Bright Holiday Toolkit

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Bright Line Eating: Origins

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The Urgent Need for a Bright Beginning

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The New Bright Line Eating - Part 4 - THE TRANSFORMATION

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The New Bright Line Eating - Part 3 - THE MEMBERSHIP

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The New Bright Line Eating - Part 2 - THE PHASES

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The New Bright Line Eating - Part 1 - THE MISSION

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Conformity

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RESEARCH UPDATE – How to Lose Weight After Menopause

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How Bright Line Eating Supports Cognitive Function

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The Acne Analogy

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RESEARCH UPDATE – Hunger and Cravings

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Plant-Based Eating, Inflammation, and COVID Severity

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Doing Bright Line Eating with ADHD

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Perfectionism vs. Optimalism

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Harsh Criticisms of Bright Line Eating (and How They’re Scientifically Unfounded)

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Anniversary Week

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Everett Does a “Witnessed Parts Work Session” on Susan

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You Can Eat Two Meals a Day on Bright Line Eating

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Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Recovery

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Can Food Actually Be Addictive?

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Natural Flavors

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How Sunlight Suppresses Appetite

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Does Bright Line Eating Get Easier?

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The Science of Eating What You Committed

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Can You Eat Fruit on Bright Line Eating?

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Moderators vs. Abstainers

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Reverse Engineering BLE

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Too Much Support

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Tampering

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What Chewing Does for You

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Food Waste

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Doing BLE When You’re Pregnant or Breastfeeding

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Indulgence Culture in a Pandemic

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Should You Start a New Diet on January 1st?

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Risk Forward

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What Bright Liners Eat for Dinner

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What Bright Liners Eat for Lunch

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What Bright Liners Eat for Breakfast

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Alcohol

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When to Start Exercising

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Weight Creep in Maintenance

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A Spanish Proverb

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New U.S. Dietary Guidelines

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Developing an Addiction

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Automaticity and Self-Care

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4 Things You Might Not Know About the Book

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Handling Food Cravings Successfully

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2020 Into 2021

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Enjoying Our Food

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Acceptance

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Pick Your Sad

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Thanks and Giving

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Languaging Our “No, Thank You”

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Addiction, Deceit, and Denial

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Little Bit of Good

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Eight Lessons in Eight Months

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Halloween

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The God Box

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How Often to Weigh Yourself

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Meal Timing and Circadian Rhythms

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Intermittent Reinforcement

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One Year Bright

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Easy Does It

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Catching Up With James – Part 2

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Giving Voice to Mental Illness

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Talking with Your Partner About BLE

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Deep Knowing

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Trailheads

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Sugar, Caring About Others’ Health, and Consent

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Committing Food

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My 18th Bright Birthday

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Habits When Traveling and Hosting Houseguests

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Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

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Cortisol and Weight Gain During Stressful Times

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SOLIDARITY

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Discover and Use Your Signature Strengths

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Introducing Three New Terms

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Why Some Stay Bright and Others Don’t

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Raising the Support Bar

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Using Willpower Not to Break

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Bunny Slippers

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QuaranTips

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An Update on Inclusivity: Sisu, Tribe, and Swearing

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What’s Coming in BLE-Land

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Three Helpful Mental Strategies

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Connection in the Coronavirus Chaos

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The Hourglass Shape of Recovery

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Obesity Rates Climb Again

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StickK Contracts

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Catching Up with James

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Why Don’t I Bite My Nails Anymore?

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Lifestyle Medicine Follow-Up

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Meet James

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The Situation is the Boss

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Three Things that Matter More than Your Goals

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Opportunity

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Let’s Make History…TOGETHER

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Rezooming A Marriage

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Disease Management

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Micro-Gratitudes

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Boo Crew

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Why I Sauna

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I’ve Been in Relapse (Your Holiday Mindset Guide)

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Receiving News (Both Good and Bad)

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SURPRISE VLOG!!! [TIME-SENSITIVE!]

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Umami, Food Addiction, and Recipes

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THE OFFICIAL BLE COOKBOOK IS HERE!!!

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One Day at a Time

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Updates from the Follow-Up Research Program

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BLE and Ultra-Processed Foods

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Non-Scale Victories (NSVs)

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Indiscriminate vs. Nuanced

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Announcing the OFFICIAL BLE Online Community

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Bright Line Eating in Europe

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Dating While Doing Bright Line Eating

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Suddenly Willing

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But Wait—I DON’T Feel Free

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“Invited” vs. “Included”

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A Visualization to Dissolve Fear

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Weighing Food in Front of Young Girls

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Meeting the Food Indulger and Food Controller

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20 Years of Marriage

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To Cacao or Not to Cacao

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Curiosity – Part 2

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Curiosity – Part 1

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Navigating Surgery with Bright Line Eating

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How to Provide Loving Support

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The Three Stages of a Break

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The Tap on the Shoulder

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What I’ve Always Wanted

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Reading the Book and Then Doing the Boot Camp

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I’ve Never Met a Strong Person with an Easy Past

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How Bright Lifers Feel About Counting Days

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Happiness, Anxiety, and Control

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Books and More Books

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Not an Option

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The Purpose of “Um”

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What You Do Before Breakfast

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Can You Drink Coffee on Bright Line Eating?

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Eating Dreams

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You’re Not Missing Out

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What if You’re Lower on the Susceptibility Scale?

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Weight Loss Recidivism

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BLE Cookbook Announcement

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Message from a 3

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Diet Day

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The What the Hell Effect in Advance

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Have Food, Will Travel

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Paradox

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Goal Body

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Rezoom

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Charity Water

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Your Thanksgiving Plan

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Brain Over Binge

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The Strange Mental Blank Spot

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Make Clean Requests

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Atomic Habits

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Susan’s 6 Challenges

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A Long Time to Go Without Sugar or Flour

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Connect with People Who Meet You On A Lot of Levels

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New Research on Leptin Resistance

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The Feeling of Surrender

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Freedom to Live Our Right Lives

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Willpower Depletion

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If a Former Diabetic is No Longer Diabetic Why Isn’t a Former Addict No Longer an Addict?

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You Never Know What Your Last Will Be

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Your Love Transforms People

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Review of Netflix’s Explained – “Why Diets Fail”

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The Value of Suffering

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Lean Into the Bright Lines

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Gastric Bypass and Bright Line Eating

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The European Congress on Obesity

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Time Takes Time

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The Food Indulger

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Harm Reduction

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Raising Healthy Eaters

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Lessons from 15 Years of Bright Lines, Part 2

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Lessons from 15 Years of Bright Lines, Part 1

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The Scope and Purpose of Bright Line Eating

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Six Ways to Stay Accountable in Bright Line Eating

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Measuring Instead of Weighing Food

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Faith and Adult Development

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Binge Eating Disorder and Bright Line Eating

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Bright Line Eating on Vacation

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The Adiposity Set Point

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Once A Pickle, Always A Pickle

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The Teddy Bear and the Crystal Vase

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For Everything There Is A Season

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Recipes in Bright Line Eating

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Self-Perception Theory and Food

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Fear of Success

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Letting Go of Relationships as We Grow on Our Recovery Journey

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The journey never ends…

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How can you help your teenage daughter if you think she’s a food addict?

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Bright Line Eating on the Road

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What happened to flour?

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Reflections and Research

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Wrapping Up 2017

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We need your help…

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Food Neutrality

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Sweet Surrender

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Bright Line Eating vs. Nutrisystem vs. Optifast

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Out on a Limb

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The Break-Rezoom Merry-Go-Round

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NMF Copycat Foods

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Sane Choices

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Four Tips for Navigating Halloween

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Slowing Down

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Granting Authority

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1 Million At Goal Weight

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The Online Support Community

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Body Dysmorphia

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Isolation

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Water Fasting

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LIVE from Oslo – The International BLE Movement

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Nightly Connection Ritual

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The Most Important Day in My World

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Going to Any Lengths

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How to Help Loved Ones Struggling with Food

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Cross-Addiction

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Post-Traumatic Growth

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The Priority

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The Secret to Jumpstarting Slow Weight Loss

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Claims of a Celebrity Chef: Debunked?

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Flexible vs. Brittle Frameworks

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Live from the 2nd Annual Family Reunion

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Intuitive Eating

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Mindful Eating Challenge

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FIRST EVER: VLOG DO-OVER

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Plastic Surgery and Self-Esteem

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Letting Go of the Number

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Moment of Clarity

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Why Bright Line Eating Improves Your Sleep

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Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin

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Commitment Contracts and Challenges

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What Makes Us Happier

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New York Times Best Seller

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Receiving Help

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My Soul Journey

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It’s Time to Get Excited!!!

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Lessons From a Cruise

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Body Image and Weight Loss

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How Heat and Cold Affect Weight Loss

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Bright Line Eating When Life Gets Hard

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The 14-Day Challenge

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Counting Days

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Meditation as a Tool for Life Guidance

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Bright Line Eating for the Extreme Introvert

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Small Daily Behaviors

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Lessons from 2016

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Silencing the Saboteur

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One Tool That’s Been Super Helpful For Me Lately…

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Commitment is an Exclusionary Process

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How to Be Health-Conscious Without Getting Overwhelmed

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The Science of Gratitude

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How to Have A Bright Line Thanksgiving

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The Morning After A Binge

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International Stress Awareness Day

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Are Microwaves Safe?

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Bright Line Eating vs. The Ketogenic Diet

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Visual Cues and Food Addiction

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Bright Line Eating is Officially a Global Movement

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The Jumping Off Point