How Smart People are Suckered Into Body Hatred By Z Zoccolante “As a woman you grow up with it,” a friend says, referring to the certain images of beauty plastered everywhere. “Eating disorders are an inherent possibility if you’re a woman.” Being a female is akin to having a sixth sense, a knowingness and awareness that there’s a whisper of “skinny” in the air. On a conscious level we may think that we’re not affected...
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What to Do With Too Much Body By Z Zoccolante As she sips her coffee back and tells me about training for the Ironman, a sentence slips out when referencing her shape. “Sometimes when I look at myself I think too much, too much body.” “What does that mean,” I ask. “More than what I envisioned myself being, especially in comparison to my past self.” She doesn’t have a negative body image and she says men compliment...
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How Connection Saves Us from Addiction by Z Zoccolante Humans suffer most when we lack connection. Take, for example, Tom Hanks with his volleyball, Wilson, in the movie “Cast Away.” I was distraught when he lost Wilson and cried as though my personal friend had drowned at sea. We will force connection with inanimate objects, if we must, because we’re hardwired to crave it, to need it. In our search for connection, addiction...
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Are You Wearing Your Magic Hat? by Z Zoccolante We all have something we do that makes us feel as though we’re magic. Perhaps we don’t define it as magic, but instead–the ability to bake a delicious three-tier cake, lead a workshop with confidence and charm, rock a copyedit for a client, play a sport, take amazing photographs, be a great problem solver, or a stellar listener. Many of these things that...
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I Am the Center of the Universe. Not. by Z Zoccolante A friend of mine recently moved, and as part of the moving process the landlord checked the house before giving him the deposit back. My friend had cleaned the house immaculately, but in the center of the living room was a gravy stain, trapped in the brand new carpet. An amount was arranged and he paid it, of course, but the interesting part happened after. He kept...
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Portugal’s Fascinating Solution to the “War on Drugs.” by Z Zoccolante Last week, I gave a brief history on America’s infamous “War on Drugs,” a criminalization policy which other nations adopted. Catch up with last week’s article and audio here. As we discussed, this 40 year, 1 trillion dollar war has been a failure. We have more people in prison now than ever, and drug cartels are the ones that...
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