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What This Mom Learned About Food Culture in America After Her Baby Stopped Eating

You’ll want to have tissues handy when you dive into The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America. Though the new book from Virginia Sole-Smith might sound at first blush like a feminist or body-positivity book—both of which it is—it’s also a deeply personal, heart-wrenching story.

Sole-Smith’s elder daughter, Violet, stopped eating by mouth at nine weeks old, and didn’t start again until she was about 16 months old. Rare congenital heart defects landed Violet in the hospital four weeks into her tiny life, and she emerged with what’s known medically as an oral aversion or infantile anorexia. It’s “when a child refuses to eat as a way of protecting herself from perceived trauma,” writes Sole-Smith. Violet was restricted to feeding tubes for much of her infancy, leaving her mother stricken, frightened, and wondering, “What does it mean to learn to eat, in a world that’s telling us not to eat?”

A journalist who covers health, parenting, lifestyle, and culture, Sole-Smith dove into the topic with a reporter’s zeal for talking to experts. She interviewed dieticians (including some with their own eating disorders), poverty-stricken moms recovering from cocaine addictions, “health at every size” activists, anti-fat doctors, and plenty of researchers. The result is a data-packed book with the epic tale of little Violet re-learning to eat threaded throughout.

Here, Sole-Smith delves deeper into a few of the topics she covered in her book.

Your book ends with your desire to feed your younger daughter by mouth. Did that work?

Beatrix is 10 months old and a very typical eater; she took swimmingly to breastfeeding and bottle-feeding. I really went into baby number two thinking my number one goal is a baby who eats by mouth. I am not picky. I also knew after the devastating experience with Violet and breastfeeding [that] I didn’t want all that pressure on my shoulders.

We did combination feeding [a mix of breast milk and formula] from the beginning. She had a little formula her first night [to] help take the pressure off. My milk took a couple days to come in. … Then we did what worked. I was like, “I’m not listening to anyone this time. Tell everyone to shut up. I’m going to feed the baby the way that makes sense.”

The “breast is best” breast-feeding pressure thing that moms hear; is it hammered a lot?

A few years ago when I had Violet it really felt like I had to breast-feed this baby or I had failed as a mother. I don’t think that’s quite there anymore. What I’m still seeing is now a set of “allowed” circumstances in which you can [choose not to] breast-feed but you have to have failed at it. … “It’s OK to be using formula if you had a traumatic birth. If there are reasons … because XYZ happened.”

We’re not yet to a place where people can generally do what I did [with Beatrix], which is, “I’m going to do what works and not feel bad about it. I’m gonna stop breast-feeding when it stops being fun.”

Isn’t breast-feeding also a big time commitment for women?

It’s a huge time commitment. Anyone who says, ‘Oh, breast-feeding is free,’ doesn’t think a woman’s time is worth anything. My billable hours are [worth] a lot more than a can of formula. It’s another way that our culture is saying, “We control women’s bodies; we control women and food.” That’s what I’m arguing against in the book. There’s a lot of overlap between diet culture messages and exclusive breastfeeding messages. I think the two have gotten pretty murky. The literature is not cut-and-dry on what the healthiest choice is. There are many circumstances where formula is the healthiest choice for the baby. We don’t celebrate that. We just say, “Women need to turn their bodies over to the babies,” just like we say the rest of the time, “Women have to be as thin as possible.” It’s all of a piece, in my mind.

Trying to get Violet to eat by mouth, you used the “division of responsibility” theory. Can you explain it?

It’s a theory developed by Ellyn Satter, a family therapist and nutritionist, back in the 80s. She’s written several books about it, but I’m seeing it more and more in the mainstream conversations around kids, which is really exciting. The premise of it is that children are autonomous beings who should have agency over their bodies and what goes into their bodies. Rather than parents being in charge of every bite of food and meticulously counting out portions and all that, it says, “Nope, parents and children are in a feeding relationship, and they each have certain roles.”

Parents are in charge of what food is offered, where it’s offered (preferably at a table, not in front of the TV or mindlessly grazing around the house), and when it’s offered. They try to keep kids on a schedule so that kids have time to get hungry and come to the table hungry. After that—after they’ve said, “OK, we’re eating dinner at this time, and this place, and here’s what your choices are,” the parents’ job is done.

Kids are in charge of how much they eat, which of the foods they eat of what you offer, and even whether they eat at that meal. They’re in charge of listening to their bodies, in terms of hunger and fullness, and in terms of, “Of the foods you’re offering me, what do I really need right now? Maybe I don’t really need a piece of chicken at this meal; maybe I’m really hungry just for the pasta.” That’s fine. We kind of trust kids to listen to their bodies and know what they’re really hungry for.

Having seen parent friends negotiate “one more piece of chicken before you’re done,” I feel like this must be controversial. Is it?

We had to do division of responsibility; we were in an extreme situation. What I see with parents who are feeding kids in more typical situations, is when they’re not practicing division of responsibility, it’s probably fine for a while, depending on the temperament of your kid. A lot of kids are like, “Yeah, I’ll have another bite of broccoli, whatever. My mom really cares that I finish all these blueberries, so I’ll just do it.” … That’s fine. Not every family will find that strategy problematic, at least in the short term.

But what will happen over time is that child is being given the message that many of us received as kids of, “I don’t know what’s best for my body. I don’t know what I’m hungry and full for. When I do feel full, maybe I can’t trust that, because somebody else—this adult that I love and I trust—is saying, ‘No, no, no. I know what your body needs. It doesn’t need a cookie. You shouldn’t want a cookie. You should want broccoli.’” That doesn’t line up with the kid’s [experience]. It’s a really confusing message to send to kids.

My concern is that over time, with typical eaters, that leads to undercutting their sense of trust in their own bodies, and that makes them much more vulnerable to the messages of diet culture. Because now they’ve sort of grown up thinking, “I don’t know what’s best for me with food.” So of course when they’re struggling with weight, or feeling unhappy with their body for whatever reason, they think, “I must need a diet or this external rules to tell me what to do because I’ve never known. No one’s ever said, ‘[You] know what’s best for your body.’”

I want to be clear: It’s not about shaming parents who do that. It’s just about thinking long-term. We’re thinking short term, “I gotta get this kid through eating without a meltdown.” I have all the empathy in the world for that. Those short-term decisions are hard to pull off. … What you want long-term isn’t always what you want short-term.

Some would say, “Kids are wrong that they need cookies. I know more than they do.”

What I would say is, I don’t think any of us know as much as we think we know about nutrition. The nutrition advice is always changing. When I was a kid in the ‘80s, it was all about fat, and low-fat and fat free, and now we’re all, “More with the avocados and coconut oil!” The science on this is not settled in any way.

To say I’m gonna follow nutrition instead of letting my kids listen to their own bodies, you’re not taking the more cut-and-dry fact-based approach by any means. There is good data supporting division of responsibility. It’s not as robust as I’d like, but we are starting to see more data supporting that teaching kids to honor hunger and fullness is a way to put them towards a healthier relationship with food. The parent is still in charge of choosing the what. You are still choosing the nutrition. But we’re not dictators. We’re more benign leaders.

We always have a banana on the dinner table; it’s one of my daughter’s safe foods. If she’s not going to eat the rest of the meal, I know she’ll eat the banana, and I’ve accommodated her that way.

In your book’s conclusion, you dream of a world of judgment-free, guilt-free eating. Are you an intuitive eating proponent?

Yeah. I’m in no way an expert on it. I’m not a dietician or someone who can offer the specifics of how you learn that. It’s something that I aspire to and practice myself, I try to encourage it with my kids, and as with all things, I’m always overly hesitant to use the label, because there are lots of diet plans marketed around intuitive eating that are really not. Caveat that I’m for trueintuitive eating, not intuitive eating with a goal of weight loss. It’s the only way I’ve found that makes sense.

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“Success” in coaching used to mean a nice roster of ~30 in-person clients, full ownership of your practice, and a net profit that afforded you a vacation or two a year. These days, health and fitness coaches are ditching the cookie cutter definitions and building businesses their own way. Here are 7 inspiring coaches who are redefining success in health and fitness coaching and how you can too.

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“Making it” as a fitness and health coach used to be pretty straightforward.

“Success” meant having a steady stream of clients knocking on your door, and making enough money to easily pay the bills, live comfortably, and take your family on vacation from time to time.

But, lately, we’ve noticed that health and fitness coaches are getting more creative with their definition of “success”. They’re building their businesses to support specific personal and professional goals.

Everything from: building a practice that allows them to work from anywhere in the world (even amazing, exotic locations), to setting flexible work hours so they can hang out more with their children or pursue other hobbies and interests, to working with specific groups that are most meaningful to them because of past experiences or future aspirations.

It’s awesome to watch.

That’s why we decided to ask a few of our ProCoaches:

What does success look like for you? And how are you achieving it?

Their stories were so good — so inspiring — that I wanted to share them with you today. They might even help you re-define what success means for you.

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Success is… living life on your own terms.

Daniel Hennessey is living the dream.

Thailand, Costa Rica, California… Dan travels around the world with his business partner and fiancé, Wendy, while coaching fitness and nutrition online (and creating an enviable Instagram while he’s at it).

Dan used to live his life on the gym floor (or sitting in traffic on the long commute to work.) But after years as a trainer and gym owner, he finally said to himself, “what am I doing?”

The truth is, life in the gym just wasn’t for him. He wanted to be in the outdoors. To travel. To seek out new perspectives on life, and new ways of being healthy.

Most of all, “I wanted to do things my own way.”

Dan took the plunge. He sold his possessions and embraced the minimalist life, traveling with just a backpack. Meanwhile, he established a new business for himself as an online coach.

Now, at 30, Dan focuses on people who he feels are better served by online, rather than in-person coaching — such as busy moms, or people who feel intimidated by the mere thought of setting foot in a gym.

“With online coaching, a lot more people can have access to this thing called health, and I can coach you while sitting at home.”

How he does it: Dan uses Procoach to deliver online nutrition coaching. At the higher-end, his services are priced at $200/month; at the lower-end, he offers a “90 day for 90 dollars” program that helps people get started.

Dan’s advice: “All that really matters is this: What do you want to do, and why? What gives you joy and purpose? Whatever it is, go after it. There’s more to life than living scared.”

Success is… making coaching accessible and inclusive.

Ten years ago, Jon Mills walked into a martial arts studio where he was introduced to a simple mantra: “Anyone who is willing to put in the work is welcome here.”

Unfortunately, he began to notice this approach didn’t seem to apply across the board in health, fitness, or martial arts. Many people were being excluded, especially those from low-income backgrounds. And some, such as LGBTQ folks, found that gyms and studios could be downright hostile.

Today, Jon, 30, offers personal training, martial arts, and mindfulness coaching, and he provides online nutrition coaching through Procoach.

His mission: Make coaching welcoming for anyone.

Jon focuses on providing an inclusive, safe coaching experience for everyone, especially queer and trans clients. And he invites folks with lower incomes to pay what they can — or even train for free.

It might sound crazy, but for Jon, it works.

“The funny thing is, not only am I helping others, it’s working as a business. I’ve learned that people will give what they can, when they can. And they’ll definitely refer you. Plus, because of how I work, I have no competition. My referrals come from the community.”

Jon’s approach is people-focused. “I don’t worry about getting money, and I just concentrate on helping folks,” says Jon. “I’ve come to realize that this isn’t just an ideal, but something that can be fulfilling and sustainable.”

How he does it: Jon uses Patreon, an online donation service, to collect donations. Clients who can afford to pay do so, and if they wish, add donations to pay for those who can’t afford it. Jon offers his nutrition coaching services through Procoach to both in-person and exclusively online clients.

Jon’s words of advice: “There’s a lot of stuff in the fitness industry that will tell you to fit a mold. But being yourself is the key to being a great coach, because that’s how people will connect with you. You have to embrace who you are.”

Success is… turning your job into your dream career.

As a Registered Dietician working in a clinic alongside doctors in Kitchener, Ontario, Irene Pace had started to notice something important: Certain clients don’t seem to get the results they want through the health system’s traditional model of nutrition care.

“Whether it was the psychology of my coaching or the system itself, I just couldn’t provide what they needed. I remember one client in particular who I worked with over a couple of years. Despite my best efforts, her health declined, and her weight went up. I failed to help her.”

Irene thought to herself, “I have to do better.”

So recently, at 40, Irene decided to do a deep dive into the art of nutrition coaching. She got her PN Level 1 Certification, and in time, became an assistant coach at PN. And she’s continued to strengthen her skills with the Level 2 Certification.

Now, Irene has added ProCoach to her RD services — and is seeing the kinds of results she had always hoped to witness. Her clients are surpassing their ‘stuckness’ like they never did before.

“Using this platform, clients can communicate with me on an ongoing basis. They can reach out whenever they feel stuck instead of waiting weeks for an appointment… Having regular contact with clients throughout their change process instead of intermittent visits adds up to big change. It seems magical.”

Irene is feeling the reward of seeing her clients succeed. At the same time, she’s also able to prioritize her family and spend time with her three children.

The result: Irene is building a career that is both personally and professionally rewarding, in a way she never thought possible.

How she does it: Irene started using ProCoach with a ‘test group’ of friends and family paying $35/month. With the test round done, she launched another cohort paying $50/month. She’s now working on her plans for her next cohort launch of full-paying clients, as she continues to build her business, and find her niche.

Irene’s advice: “We all come into coaching with many transferable skills. Don’t ever discount the unique things you can bring to the table. There’s something from the experience you’ve had, whether it’s a previous job or your life, that can make you a better coach — if you let it.”

Success is… creating a gym that’s so much more than a gym.

Michael Espinosa runs a gym… but it’s so much more than that.

In addition to in-person training (with a focus on strength/conditioning and Olympic weightlifting), Michael also offers nutrition coaching through ProCoach for free, to any members who want it.

According to Mike, 33, ProCoach adds an important element to the in-person coaching experience: “It allows me to connect better with clients and teach them things like mindset and body awareness… things you can’t think about between your clean and jerk.”

Notably, the gym runs as a non-profit, with the goal of creating an integrated, accessible community. Middle and high school students get free training; university students get a discounted rate.

In addition, the gym boasts a community garden, “so that kids can see what broccoli or radish looks like when it’s growing,” and a small outdoor calisthenics park that’s free to the public.

Why give so much stuff away for free? Michael says it comes down to his core values.

“Justice is one of my values. The area we’re in has seen a lot of injustice. This is my way of tipping the scales. I provide a safe space for people to work out together, and make it a diverse community. Families, professors, university students, kids in the neighborhood, anyone is welcome here.”

How he does it: Those who can afford it pay a monthly membership fee ($144 for adults; $100 for students), which fund the gym. Michael acknowledges that it’s not a lucrative business. For him, the success lies in having a positive impact on the community and changing people’s lives — things he strongly values.

Michael’s advice: “Be unapologetically aware of what you’re doing and why. Do some honest reflection with yourself. And keep learning and growing; flowing water never goes stale.”

Success is… helping people build stronger communities.

“The last thing you want to talk about is nutrition when you’re standing on the roof of your house.”

After seeing the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, A’Tondra, 35, decided she didn’t just want to help people get healthier, she wanted to help them get stronger so they could serve their communities better.

To do that, A’Tondra made the choice to serve a smaller group of people, some in-person and some online. She tailored her services to provide a high degree of personalized attention and accountability, and to help her clients develop their own support systems.

“I’ve learned that when a person feels supported, they’re able to find purpose. And that makes everything better not only for themselves, but for all the people in their life.”

At first, reducing her number of clients was scary. But after the first year, “I had fewer clients but had nearly tripled my income. Plus, I was having a bigger impact on my clients.”

A’Tondra has watched her clients not only get healthier and stronger, but also give more back to their work, families, and neighborhoods.

At the same time, she’s able to spend more time with her own community, especially her family. “I have four children, and I’m able to make all their science competitions, basketball games and chess tournaments. That means a lot to me.”

How she does it: For three months of in-person exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle coaching, A’Tondra charges $3,500 for individuals and $6,800 per couple, upfront. (She finds that couples who train together tend to support each other well.) Online clients, who she serves through ProCoach, pay approximately half the in-person price.

A’Tondra’s advice: “Learn to appreciate what’s good about where you’re at. It can be easy to think you need hundreds of clients, people banging down your door to work with you. But with fewer clients, I make a bigger impact on them, it’s better for me financially, and I own my time.”

Success is… loving what you do, and earning a good living at it.

Living and working just steps away from the beach, Christie Miller has something many people aspire to: She truly loves what she does for a living — and she makes good money at it.

Not only is she passionate about health and fitness, she’s able to coach at a price point that is financially rewarding. As a result, “I wake up every morning and think… ‘I get to do this for a living — and get paid for it?’.”

Christie, 53, wasn’t an overnight success. After a number of different careers, she started her online coaching business — only to be met with frustration and stacks of bills.

(In fact, after her second year of business, the IRS came calling; they didn’t believe anyone could lose that much money. But she had.)

But after a few years, Christie identified her ideal clientele, and that made all the difference. Now, she helps “ambitious women who want to lose weight and play to win in all aspects of their lives.”

For this type of client, a higher price point was more effective. It attracted the kind of dedicated, driven clients she was looking for: people who were determined to get results and willing to pay for it.

Christie’s income absolutely exploded: By the second quarter of year three, she earned $57,789 — more than she made in the first two years of her business combined.

How she does it: Christie incorporates ProCoach into her six-month group program and reaches women all over Europe, North America, and even Dubai. New clients are offered this program at $597 a month. After the initial six months, some clients are invited to continue for another six.

Christie’s advice: “Be polarizing. Know exactly who your target audience is, and who they aren’t. It can be scary and can be a rollercoaster ride sometimes. But it’s absolutely worth it.”

Success is… helping women take back their health and empowerment.

Once upon a time, Stephanie Hinders found herself in an abusive relationship. Once she managed to get out, and get healthy (with support from her community at a local gym), she made it her mission to help other women take back control over their own lives too.

“I thought to myself, ‘Why did I go through all of that, if not to use the experience to help others?’.”

Today, 29-year-old Stephanie provides a combination of in-person and online coaching services to help women who feel disempowered regain their health, strength and self-confidence.

Seeing the changes in her clients is incredibly meaningful to Stephanie.

“I’m able to see clients go from berating themselves to celebrating their own progress. They find the light on the other side of the tunnel. They regain their confidence, mentally, physically, and emotionally. It’s hard to describe how much that means to me.”

How she does it: Stephanie has been training people in a local gym in Powell, Ohio, for more than four years. This past year, she added ProCoach services, beginning with an offer of three months free, in exchange for feedback. Stephanie is currently working on implementing a new pricing structure, and expanding her online client base. She’s pregnant and is excited that ProCoach will allow her to continue coaching with a flexible schedule when her new baby arrives.

Stephanie’s advice: “Be truthful to your own story. It can be intimidating when you look at other coaches, and easy to second guess yourself. You might look around and think ‘maybe I should be doing it like that.’ But you know your own reasons for doing what you do, and it’s important to remember that.”

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What This Mom Learned About Food Culture in America After Her Baby Stopped Eating

You'll want to have tissues handy when you dive into The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America. Though the new book from Virginia Sole-Smith might sound at first blush like a feminist or body-positivity book-both of which it is-it's also a deeply personal, heart-wrenching story.

Sole-Smith's elder daughter, Violet, stopped eating by mouth at nine weeks old, and didn't start again until she was about 16 months old. Rare congenital heart defects landed Violet in the hospital four weeks into her tiny life, and she emerged with what's known medically as an oral aversion or infantile anorexia. It's “when a child refuses to eat as a way of protecting herself from perceived trauma,” writes Sole-Smith. Violet was restricted to feeding tubes for much of her infancy, leaving her mother stricken, frightened, and wondering, “What does it mean to learn to eat, in a world that's telling us not to eat?”

A journalist who covers health, parenting, lifestyle, and culture, Sole-Smith dove into the topic with a reporter's zeal for talking to experts. She interviewed dieticians (including some with their own eating disorders), poverty-stricken moms recovering from cocaine addictions, “health at every size” activists, anti-fat doctors, and plenty of researchers. The result is a data-packed book with the epic tale of little Violet re-learning to eat threaded throughout.

Here, Sole-Smith delves deeper into a few of the topics she covered in her book.

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Your book ends with your desire to feed your younger daughter by mouth. Did that work?

We did combination feeding [a mix of breast milk and formula] from the beginning. She had a little formula her first night [to] help take the pressure off. My milk took a couple days to come in. … Then we did what worked. I was like, “I'm not listening to anyone this time. Tell everyone to shut up. I'm going to feed the baby the way that makes sense.”

The “breast is best” breast-feeding pressure thing that moms hear; is it hammered a lot?

A few years ago when I had Violet it really felt like I had to breast-feed this baby or I had failed as a mother. I don't think that's quite there anymore. What I'm still seeing is now a set of “allowed” circumstances in which you can [choose not to] breast-feed but you have to have failed at it. … “It's OK to be using formula if you had a traumatic birth. If there are reasons … because XYZ happened.”

We're not yet to a place where people can generally do what I did [with Beatrix], which is, “I'm going to do what works and not feel bad about it. I'm gonna stop breast-feeding when it stops being fun.”

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Isn't breast-feeding also a big time commitment for women?

It's a huge time commitment. Anyone who says, 'Oh, breast-feeding is free,' doesn't think a woman's time is worth anything. My billable hours are [worth] a lot more than a can of formula. It's another way that our culture is saying, “We control women's bodies; we control women and food.” That's what I'm arguing against in the book. There's a lot of overlap between diet culture messages and exclusive breastfeeding messages. I think the two have gotten pretty murky. The literature is not cut-and-dry on what the healthiest choice is. There are many circumstances where formula is the healthiest choice for the baby. We don't celebrate that. We just say, “Women need to turn their bodies over to the babies,” just like we say the rest of the time, “Women have to be as thin as possible.” It's all of a piece, in my mind.

Trying to get Violet to eat by mouth, you used the “division of responsibility” theory. Can you explain it?

It's a theory developed by Ellyn Satter, a family therapist and nutritionist, back in the 80s. She's written several books about it, but I'm seeing it more and more in the mainstream conversations around kids, which is really exciting. The premise of it is that children are autonomous beings who should have agency over their bodies and what goes into their bodies. Rather than parents being in charge of every bite of food and meticulously counting out portions and all that, it says, “Nope, parents and children are in a feeding relationship, and they each have certain roles.”

Parents are in charge of what food is offered, where it's offered (preferably at a table, not in front of the TV or mindlessly grazing around the house), and when it's offered. They try to keep kids on a schedule so that kids have time to get hungry and come to the table hungry. After that-after they've said, “OK, we're eating dinner at this time, and this place, and here's what your choices are,” the parents' job is done.

Kids are in charge of how much they eat, which of the foods they eat of what you offer, and even whether they eat at that meal. They're in charge of listening to their bodies, in terms of hunger and fullness, and in terms of, “Of the foods you're offering me, what do I really need right now? Maybe I don't really need a piece of chicken at this meal; maybe I'm really hungry just for the pasta.” That's fine. We kind of trust kids to listen to their bodies and know what they're really hungry for.

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Having seen parent friends negotiate “one more piece of chicken before you're done,” I feel like this must be controversial. Is it?

We had to do division of responsibility; we were in an extreme situation. What I see with parents who are feeding kids in more typical situations, is when they're not practicing division of responsibility, it's probably fine for a while, depending on the temperament of your kid. A lot of kids are like, “Yeah, I'll have another bite of broccoli, whatever. My mom really cares that I finish all these blueberries, so I'll just do it.” … That's fine. Not every family will find that strategy problematic, at least in the short term.

But what will happen over time is that child is being given the message that many of us received as kids of, “I don't know what's best for my body. I don't know what I'm hungry and full for. When I do feel full, maybe I can't trust that, because somebody else-this adult that I love and I trust-is saying, 'No, no, no. I know what your body needs. It doesn't need a cookie. You shouldn't want a cookie. You should want broccoli.'” That doesn't line up with the kid's [experience]. It's a really confusing message to send to kids.

My concern is that over time, with typical eaters, that leads to undercutting their sense of trust in their own bodies, and that makes them much more vulnerable to the messages of diet culture. Because now they've sort of grown up thinking, “I don't know what's best for me with food.” So of course when they're struggling with weight, or feeling unhappy with their body for whatever reason, they think, “I must need a diet or this external rules to tell me what to do because I've never known. No one's ever said, '[You] know what's best for your body.'”

I want to be clear: It's not about shaming parents who do that. It's just about thinking long-term. We're thinking short term, “I gotta get this kid through eating without a meltdown.” I have all the empathy in the world for that. Those short-term decisions are hard to pull off. … What you want long-term isn't always what you want short-term.

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Some would say, “Kids are wrong that they need cookies. I know more than they do.”

What I would say is, I don't think any of us know as much as we think we know about nutrition. The nutrition advice is always changing. When I was a kid in the '80s, it was all about fat, and low-fat and fat free, and now we're all, “More with the avocados and coconut oil!” The science on this is not settled in any way.

To say I'm gonna follow nutrition instead of letting my kids listen to their own bodies, you're not taking the more cut-and-dry fact-based approach by any means. There is good data supporting division of responsibility. It's not as robust as I'd like, but we are starting to see more data supporting that teaching kids to honor hunger and fullness is a way to put them towards a healthier relationship with food. The parent is still in charge of choosing the what. You are still choosing the nutrition. But we're not dictators. We're more benign leaders.

We always have a banana on the dinner table; it's one of my daughter's safe foods. If she's not going to eat the rest of the meal, I know she'll eat the banana, and I've accommodated her that way.

In your book's conclusion, you dream of a world of judgment-free, guilt-free eating. Are you an intuitive eating proponent?

Yeah. I'm in no way an expert on it. I'm not a dietician or someone who can offer the specifics of how you learn that. It's something that I aspire to and practice myself, I try to encourage it with my kids, and as with all things, I'm always overly hesitant to use the label, because there are lots of diet plans marketed around intuitive eating that are really not. Caveat that I'm for true intuitive eating, not intuitive eating with a goal of weight loss. It's the only way I've found that makes sense.

Alex Van Buren is a Brooklyn-based writer, editor and content strategist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, Bon Appétit, Travel + Leisure, New York Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and Epicurious. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @alexvanburen.

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What This Mom Learned About Food Culture in America After Her Baby Stopped Eating

Here, Sole-Smith delves deeper into a few of the topics she covered in her book.

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Your book ends with your desire to feed your younger daughter by mouth. Did that work?

We did combination feeding [a mix of breast milk and formula] from the beginning. She had a little formula her first night [to] help take the pressure off. My milk took a couple days to come in. … Then we did what worked. I was like, “I'm not listening to anyone this time. Tell everyone to shut up. I'm going to feed the baby the way that makes sense.”

The “breast is best” breast-feeding pressure thing that moms hear; is it hammered a lot?

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Isn't breast-feeding also a big time commitment for women?

Trying to get Violet to eat by mouth, you used the “division of responsibility” theory. Can you explain it?

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Having seen parent friends negotiate “one more piece of chicken before you're done,” I feel like this must be controversial. Is it?

My concern is that over time, with typical eaters, that leads to undercutting their sense of trust in their own bodies, and that makes them much more vulnerable to the messages of diet culture. Because now they've sort of grown up thinking, “I don't know what's best for me with food.” So of course when they're struggling with weight, or feeling unhappy with their body for whatever reason, they think, “I must need a diet or this external rules to tell me what to do because I've never known. No one's ever said, '[You] know what's best for your body.'”

RELATED: The Eating Disorder Many Women Don't Know They Have

Some would say, “Kids are wrong that they need cookies. I know more than they do.”

We always have a banana on the dinner table; it's one of my daughter's safe foods. If she's not going to eat the rest of the meal, I know she'll eat the banana, and I've accommodated her that way.

In your book's conclusion, you dream of a world of judgment-free, guilt-free eating. Are you an intuitive eating proponent?

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Redefining success in health and fitness coaching. How 7 coaches are rethinking their careers & how you can too.

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“Making it” as a fitness and health coach used to be pretty straightforward.

“Success” meant having a steady stream of clients knocking on your door, and making enough money to easily pay the bills, live comfortably, and take your family on vacation from time to time.

It’s awesome to watch.

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What does success look like for you? And how are you achieving it?

Their stories were so good — so inspiring — that I wanted to share them with you today. They might even help you re-define what success means for you.

Success is… living life on your own terms.

Daniel Hennessey is living the dream.

Dan used to live his life on the gym floor (or sitting in traffic on the long commute to work.) But after years as a trainer and gym owner, he finally said to himself, “what am I doing?”

The truth is, life in the gym just wasn’t for him. He wanted to be in the outdoors. To travel. To seek out new perspectives on life, and new ways of being healthy.

Most of all, “I wanted to do things my own way.”

Dan took the plunge. He sold his possessions and embraced the minimalist life, traveling with just a backpack. Meanwhile, he established a new business for himself as an online coach.

“With online coaching, a lot more people can have access to this thing called health, and I can coach you while sitting at home.”

Dan’s advice: “All that really matters is this: What do you want to do, and why? What gives you joy and purpose? Whatever it is, go after it. There’s more to life than living scared.”

Success is… making coaching accessible and inclusive.

Ten years ago, Jon Mills walked into a martial arts studio where he was introduced to a simple mantra: “Anyone who is willing to put in the work is welcome here”.

Today, Jon, 30, offers personal training, martial arts, and mindfulness coaching, and he provides online nutrition coaching through Procoach.

His mission: Make coaching welcoming for anyone.

It might sound crazy, but for Jon, it works.

Success is… turning your job into your dream career.

Irene thought to herself, “I have to do better.”

Now, Irene has added ProCoach to her RD services — and is seeing the kinds of results she had always hoped to witness. Her clients are surpassing their ‘stuckness’ like they never did before.

Irene is feeling the reward of seeing her clients succeed. At the same time, she’s also able to prioritize her family and spend time with her three children.

The result: Irene is building a career that is both personally and professionally rewarding, in a way she never thought possible.

Success is… creating a gym that’s so much more than a gym.

Michael Espinosa runs a gym… but it’s so much more than that.

In addition to in-person training (with a focus on strength/conditioning and Olympic weightlifting), Michael also offers nutrition coaching through ProCoach for free, to any members who want it.

Notably, the gym runs as a non-profit, with the goal of creating an integrated, accessible community. Middle and high school students get free training; university students get a discounted rate.

In addition, the gym boasts a community garden, “so that kids can see what broccoli or radish looks like when it’s growing,” and a small outdoor calisthenics park that’s free to the public.

Why give so much stuff away for free? Michael says it comes down to his core values.

Michael’s advice: “Be unapologetically aware of what you’re doing and why. Do some honest reflection with yourself. And keep learning and growing; flowing water never goes stale.”

Success is… helping people build stronger communities.

“The last thing you want to talk about is nutrition when you’re standing on the roof of your house.”

“I’ve learned that when a person feels supported, they’re able to find purpose. And that makes everything better not only for themselves, but for all the people in their life.”

At first, reducing her number of clients was scary. But after the first year, “I had fewer clients but had nearly tripled my income. Plus, I was having a bigger impact on my clients.”

A’Tondra has watched her clients not only get healthier and stronger, but also give more back to their work, families, and neighborhoods.

Success is… loving what you do, and earning a good living at it.

Living and working just steps away from the beach, Christie Miller has something many people aspire to: She truly loves what she does for a living — and she makes good money at it.

Christie, 49, wasn’t an overnight success. After a number of different careers, she started her online coaching business — only to be met with frustration and stacks of bills.

(In fact, after her first year of business, the IRS came calling; they didn’t believe anyone could lose that much money. But she had.)

But after a few years, Christie found her ideal clientele, and that made all the difference. Now, she helps “ambitious women who want to play to win in all aspects of their lives.”

Christie’s income absolutely exploded: By the second quarter of year three, she had made $57,000 — more than she made in the first two years of her business combined.

How she does it: Christie uses ProCoach to serve clients all over Europe, North America, and even Dubai. For her 6-month program, she currently charges $497 a month. Upon graduating, clients are encouraged to renew for 6 more months.

Christie’s advice: “Be polarizing. Know exactly who your target audience is, and who they aren’t. It can be scary and can be a rollercoaster ride sometimes. But it’s absolutely worth it.”

Success is… helping women take back their health and empowerment.

“I thought to myself, ‘Why did I go through all of that, if not to use the experience to help others?’.”

Today, 29-year-old Stephanie provides a combination of in-person and online coaching services to help women who feel disempowered regain their health, strength and self-confidence.

Seeing the changes in her clients is incredibly meaningful to Stephanie.

How she does it: Stephanie has been training people in a local gym in Powell, Ohio, for more than four years. This past year, she added ProCoach services, beginning with an offer of three months free, in exchange for feedback. Stephanie is currently working on implementing a new pricing structure, and expanding her online client base. She’s pregnant, and is excited that ProCoach as that will allow her to continue coaching with a flexible schedule when her new baby arrives.

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Jesus says this Country is not in a good way with Him at all now. It’s getting better as time goes on. God’s tweets & His blogs are going out faster & faster daily moment by moment. Praise God Jesus for that. I keep Praying & Praising God Jesus & God Jehovah to say that I want your sites to be the most popular on this internet. God says no problem. There is a lot of sites online now that have God as Jesus. We all will be popular like crazy but I Pray God’s Heart will be with me now for typing His words Alone here & on twitter & His Sermons will be the most Blessed like ever online. God says yes & the most popular to. We need a system of trial for anyone out of prison for murdering someone. We need to make sure they are safe to be around. God says most of these people released aren’t even safe in prison around others little alone around people who care about being a good person with or without God in their life. I Pray daily for all but I can’t touch their life. Only God can do that. When I’m here in time I will say more but I have to go for a bit to get something done. Okay I’m not done just yet but God says this to me. Go do what I want to do & I will be back here to finish God’s fun blog for today...... Okay I’m back. I had to take my bird in for a trim of her wings & nails but I’m here to say I really say a lot of stuff that will not happen in my thoughts but in my heart I see things happening & I know they will sooner or later. Well I’m here to say a lot of things passed through my heart on the way to see this person who takes care of big birds the best she can. I will say this; No one can be so sure that our Government is working at all with all of these FBI, CIA, Secret Service people. I don’t know who is honest in these places but God does. So Pray our President’s will all be safe from this moment forward. Some Countries have filtrated into these Corporation’s want to know more then they should. Okay God is saying this. I don’t know a thing but I know that some people in the Government do. They won’t say anything to us old normal people but the News channels have mentioned the dishonesty of our FBI, CIA & Secret Service who serve our President & Vice President as protector’s. Well that is a bad idea down the road God says. So who is suppose to protect us from them out there now as in terrorist’s attacks & they don’t? Our Government knows who they are. They aren’t from around here. They are in God’s Heart to be protecting our President & Vice President & that is us. Pray & say; God please keep our President safe from someone filtering into our Government like now that is our enemy of our Country. Take a look at the movie “SALT”. It has a pretty good point that I thought about when I saw it for the first time. They take children & raise them up to speak & be educated as an American. Then these children grow up known. So they are trusted with all around them. NO back ground checks are good enough to know for sure where these people come from but God does. Now this person who stars in this movie “SALT” is a good kid when she finds out that these people who are supposed to be her friends as she grows up in this Society of their raising NOT ours. She gets into her part as well let say really well. I’m convinced she did that part for a reason. Maybe it’s time we take a look at some of these movies being made now. America needs to know how our Government thinks about us & NOT care all that much about our safety & our children & grandchildren to come. Lets not forget God is here with us now. Some people are waiting for me to release this blog but God just got started. I Pray I won’t accidentally erase this blog. I Pray & ask this all in Jesus Christ God’s Name Alone. Okay I might but I will try not to. Here is the deal with lap tops. They make more errors then we do. I know that is a first for me but they don’t type right & it skips around a lot. So I have learned to type slower then usual for me. God says some people think this site is fun. Others think it’s kind of serious & others think it’s just like any other story put out there now with story potential or Hollywood buzz town names involved. Well this is NO ordinary blog site here. It’s ALL God’s Heart writing here. If you continue to read ALL of these blogs & many have. You will see my growth as God’s Heart grows with me here. Okay I just saw a very sad scene. My friend who passed away & where she is buried. I will say this. I miss my friend but her husband is missing her a lot. I Pray she will be happy until we all come home to see her in Heaven. I have my father in Heaven but it’s not hard to say I won’t be here that much longer. I will be home with my dad in Heaven soon. I will be back & forth on that but I know either way I’m here for a while longer playing with some good people & some new friends coming out in time of their space of saying; I don’t know maybe we should go out now or wait & see how this progresses with time. Either way I’m good with God Jesus. That’s the part that will Teach me to be more patient but God says this to me; Start laughing now. I do for a bit but I’m not sure why. So if I can be here now with God’s Heart in tact with me. I can do this for a bit longer & hope I will not delete it all. Then I would have to start over again. I probably wouldn’t today but maybe later tonight. Okay I’m here to say that I have some issues about me & you know dying but I know that when I’m here it sounds okay but it’s not. I’m here to say I want to be here more then ever just like everyone I know. So I give it to God & keep saying; I Pray I can be here longer but that might be like five minutes if I’m lucky. Here’s what I have found out being with God through The Holy Spirit. I can ask God a question directly to Him now & He says to me the answer. I don’t ask when I will die. I just ask if I can be here long enough to see our grandchildren grow up & maybe longer. I always ask it in Jesus Christ God’s Name Alone. He says yes every time. So why not be with God so much that you can ask Him fun question’s Not bad question’s & see what God says. God always tells me to stay up up up in my heart with His for the right positive yes answer and then say; Thank you God Jesus for that. It’s fun to ask God about my eating habit’s to. I like to cheat. My cholesterol inside my arteries & veins are pretty darn good. How do I know this? I ask God Jesus to tell me. He says slow down now for tonight’s dinner & I already have a nice healthy salad to eat with my dessert being frozen yogurt of my choice. That will limit my intake of fat & no pop tonight either. I had it with my lunch. So I’m good for later tonight for my dinner & goody to eat for dessert. Okay it sounds easy but it took me years to say yes, no or whatever God was trying to say to me. It takes practice but so does anything else when you really want to have it done in your life the right way. Especially with God being with you & saying it to you. You know that you can lose weight quick & healthy & keep it off. God is the BEST dietician in the world. He created it ALL just to have fun with us but NOT so much in the bad eating of food. Just some of it for fun when you want to have it with kids or your friends. Okay I have something else to say about Who God is with me a lot. I think I have to do this daily but I don’t. God says I do this as often as I feel in my life or heart I want to or need to or really really want to again. So if I’m here for now it doesn’t mean I have to go to twitter to tweet right after this. I can go do what I want & I will. God knows His time here is His for now. We have no time for us when we are here so we have to be here in our life with God whenever we can. That means probably no “SALT” movie two for a while if ever. She’s busy with six kids. I was busy with two & a part time job. So I can wait. No worries. I will be here typing about how you & Goldie finally got me out of that pit but I can’t do that now. God says that gives away the ending. Okay now I know it sounds like they will be here to smile & laugh & say; Hmm I wander if I can do this or not? Well it’s up to God not you. If you say no. God will send you anyway in this direction. If you say yes. It means your on your way soon. Okay no one can be here for me to say I’m correct but God Jesus. I will take that with me home to Heaven & I know that whoever is going to be surprised to see me as I’am well I will just say this; You get what you look for. Okay so here I’am now in my house writing for God Jesus. I know no one is here. No one will come but they might. So if I can be here & they can be wherever they are. God can get me out of my house & into a way of saying; I will go for my walk. I won’t see anyone but nice people out driving or walking or biking or jogging. I should say I put the word jogging after biking but God says that’s okay so I left it. Now I’m not kidding. I Pray about ALL thing’s here to make sure it’s God’s way & not mine. I always Pray & ask God Jesus about anything I can to make sure it’s correct. Well I have a person who thinks this site is fun to see how someone she knows gets into some of the predicament’s she gets into. Okay if I can say this. We all have people not with us all of the time. So we know them well enough to know them to the point of just laughing like crazy as far back as Harry & me & Goldie in that cave with maybe Harry or maybe something else. Okay I know who I’m talking about but no names for now. Say I like some of your movies to. I like some action but not too much in the way you did that but I’m here now to say God is moving on to another direction of like lets say hope for me here on this site but it’s His really. Okay I’m sure I’m going to delete this blog. So I’m not done now but God is. So that’s it for now. God Bless this site. I know it’s not much but Hillary is not wanting to meet me anytime soon about her ways of cheating the people of America. Hey God says it here & on twitter. You know He’s right on you & Bill NOT being the best example for this Countries need’s. Okay I will say their daughter has had some times you know not good but she is getting better daily now that she has read some of these blog’s of Gods. She says it’s not right to just say it without proof but God is our proof & she knows that. That’s why she is not here today reading this blog. She likes to say not much about the Clinton Foundation that is the BIGGEST SCAM going on now. That is from the News media. So don’t go there with God’s site here or on twitter. You know it’s ALL TRUE with your mom & dad cheating in the BIGGEST SCANDAL in the History of an American President’s seating in Office as well as in their own personal life with their wife. Okay I know it’s not proof just to say it but God’s Heart is here and Facebook has backed off for now. I’m glad to hear that but I will keep Praying & asking God to download His penalty if they change their mind about getting Facebook off of the internet. My tweets and ALL tweets go to Facebook. So if God’s goes away. Then ALL must go away on their very own private shows that are not for eyes of youth to see & anything else God see’s daily on Facebook. God said they will get this message in time before they intentionally say; Oh I’m sorry we have a bad connection with your site. That is God’s site with twitter & with Facebook at the same time. NOT a good answer for God to see on His sites but they might still do it. So I go to my Sermon site & maybe try another blog site. I will not get off this one but they will say; Wow this is good stuff. I will take this to a person who can see God’s Heart here. At that point ALL of Facebook people simple say; Not interested anymore. It’s too much to think about now but they will all almost at the same time just go away from Facebook & Facebook will be like done. God can do it & He will if His sites of twitter & Facebook get dumped by Facebook themself. Just a fair shake here people for Facebook. God will say now & it will happen. Don’t mess with God’s site here either. I don’t know why you should but people say it’s getting too much about me but it’s NOT. It’s about God’s Heart here with me. Don’t go away yet. I will come back soon after I check something for my son. Well I have a group of people will be not to happy when I’m not here to play some pickleball but they can have a key to play. After that I will have to say not now I’m busy with my grandchild. Okay I’m in the future but it’s fun to say I’m going to be a grandma. Okay Goldie take one step to this side here while I get your foot out of this rut here. Okay I’m here to say Goldie makes me laugh a lot. She has a gift to make people smile but I have heard this before so I’m not smiling yet. She says okay & then slips into this position of I’m not even sure it’s natural for any over seventy year old women can actually be in for to long & live to say; I’m not sore either. So she is Praying like crazy & so am I. I yell at Angie to Pray for Goldie to make it out of the pit in one whole comfortable piece. Well she does & I don’t. The rope breaks just as Goldie gets up to the place where Angie is. So I have to climb my way back up this slippery slope. No way I can’t. So I’m here until dawn the next morning. They throw me down food & some blankets but it’s warm out all night anyway. So I’m here & I’m Praying & finally God says they have a way to get me out. I say or yell for them to get over to where I’am. They can’t hear me. Which means if I needed them in the night I would have been all by myself. So here is the deal with these two. They say; Let her stay there long enough for us to have some really good sleep. We need some sleep but so do I. So I say really loud; YOU GUYS HAVE A WAY TO GET ME OUT! SO GET ME OUT OF THIS PIT! Not much response there. Now I’m getting angry because I would never leave anyone in a place they left me. Here’s what I didn’t know at the time I was getting upset with those two. They had some clothes to tie onto the rope because the rope wouldn’t hold my weight to climb up this steep pit. Well their clothes got into some trouble from a bear & they were out looking for some clothes to help me to get out of this pit. They got lost at like sometime not to long after I got stuck down in this pit. They were up in a tree. The bear was fine. He said bye as soon as they came back but it scared them because I wasn’t there to help them but they Prayed & it was all right anyway. So I’m in a pit & the two girls I will call them were still up in a tree. They couldn’t hear me but they could see me. I couldn’t see them or hear them either. So here I’am & there they are far enough away to see me but not tell me what happened to them the night before. They had been in this tree all night long. Okay I’m there long enough that I struggle for a while but I make my way out of this deep pit. Whew what a work out it is to. So here I’am miffed at them for not coming back. I thought they were getting even with me about something but no they were still in this tree. Okay I was wrong about my scenario of them needing more sleep without me around talking to them about God Jesus. So I’m here by this pit & they are jumping up & down in this tree. I see this commotion & walk down to their tree and tree’s. They were in two tree’s by each other. I say; How come your up there in a tree? They say; We were attacked by a bear in our tent. I say; Well the bear is gone. Come on down from there. They say it’s still there at the tent site they can see it. I say; GO AWAY BEAR! I had no moment of rest all night so I wasn’t in a good mood. Neither were they but we all laughed & went back to our camp. Okay that is the fun part. Now we have to find all of their stuff. Nothing touched my stuff & they ask me why? I said I Prayed about our stuff being safe & I thanked God for doing that. God said okay but you didn’t say thank you when I Prayed to ask God Jesus to protect our stuff & us. Well we thought it was taken care of by your Prayer. Well it’s not their Prayer. It’s mine. So when someone says a Prayer. Say amen & thank you God Jesus for that Prayer. Okay I didn’t know that either so it’s a learning experience for them when that happens. If they read this blog & they won’t. Well they will learn in time when & if this happens. Okay I’m not done yet. I have some more things to say for God Jesus. It’s not late but it’s getting late. I haven’t had the desire to go for my walk. I’m tired anymore after I’m done playing lots of hard pickleball but it’s hard on a body of my age. I try to keep up but in the morning I say; I’m so tired but I get up anyway to do some thing’s & never really get all of my sleep. So if it’s time for anything here. It is time for me to say I’m done but God is not. My body is hungry again. That’s a good sign but it’s kind of early to eat but I might anyway. Alright here is the deal with my time frame now. I don’t have anything really going on but I get restless easy. I’m not a young person but I like to remain moving around so I don’t feel like I’m not doing anything at all around our house. I’m good for now. I will be out in a bit. I want to say this before I go for a walk with me or with my pups to. I can’t stand it when people say one thing & mean another. What does that mean anyway? I’m here to say God Is Jesus ALL of the time. DON’T go there with me morman people & jehovahs witness people & atheists & scientologists. I know your faith is a scam to. So don’t say I don’t Teach God’s Word right. mormons DON’T even study the Bible. So what’s up with me not Teaching God’s Word right when I Teach God’s Word ONLY from the Bible? The mormons threw out the Bible so long ago no one knows what to believe or what to teach in your faith of LIES there in you empty filled church. That means you have bodies there in the pews but NOT God’s Heart with you at all. I went into a mormon church more then once. It’s dead in any church that has NO life in God Jesus there. So get into your heart & into your life & say God Is Jesus with God Jehovah & The Holy Spirit. It will be Them, that is God Jesus Who will Judge ALL here on this earth & before & up to Judgement day. Oh I know there is one person who thinks this site is a bit too much about God because it’s not about her stuff when she Judges people on tv. Well I’m Married to a wonderful guy Judge. So don’t go Judging God’s site here or on twitter. Okay I’m here to say last of all Jesus is NOT just with me. So don’t go saying He is. I don’t say that & God does NOT Teach that here on this site or His tweet site or any site He is on Teaching Who He Is as God Alone with God Jehovah. Okay that’s it for now. I have one more thing to say & then I’m done. That is this. I’m not here to have all fun but when I see the face of God Jesus & God Jehovah in this old dead world. I will be done with this place for good. Take that information & eat it well. It’s ALL from God Jesus & I want to be with Him like NO other on this planet. Hey I’m Praying you ALL will be to. Bye for now.

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