“Just eat more protein.” If you’ve been told that recently by your doctor, your trainer, social media, or a friend who lost weight, you’re not alone. Protein has become the default prescription for everything: weight loss, muscle gain, appetite control, hormone balance, even longevity. And yet, you’re watching more and more people increase their protein intake… and still feel confused. They’re bloated. They’re hungry an hour later. They’re drinking protein lattes and eating protein...

Most women don’t have a discipline problem. They have a safety problem . I know this because I lived it. For years, I thought healing meant fixing myself. Tightening my control. Eating cleaner. Working harder. Holding it together better. I believed that if I could just be more disciplined, more resilient, more “together,”  my weight would stabilize. My emotions would calm. My life would feel lighter and I would be more in control. But even when I “did everything right,” something inside me...