09/15/2026
Within the past few months:
The female CEO of a rapidly growing energy company said to me: “I don’t feel enough.”
The Hollywood executive producer who has created many successful shows said to me: “I’m don’t feel good enough.”
The MIT professor, the leading authority and contributor of her field of work, said to me: “I don’t feel enough.”
The retired world’s No.3 fastest 500-meter rower said to me: “I don’t feel enough.”
The immigrant mother with a humble status who managed to support her children and help them get into the best universities in the country said to me: “I’m not enough.”
A psychotherapist who served in the army, fought for the country, and developed a whole system of knowledge, expertise, and career from the scratch said to me: “I don’t feel enough.”
And this afternoon, another university professor, a very intelligent and hardworking woman in her 50s, said to me “I’m not enough,” sobbing.
They all saw food addiction as the blemish, moral weakness, and character flaw.
Giving into food and losing self-control everyday, the were blinded to see the extraordinary strength, disciplines, and characters they’ve already demonstrated in every front of life.
If you are in deep struggles with the food problem, and before I help all of you in the world break free from it, I sincerely ask you to consider a different possibility (which turns out to be true every single time):
Maybe this is not a character flaw.
Maybe there’s a mechanism on a deeper level that’s driving you towards the same result.
And having that mechanism activated wasn’t your fault to begin with.
RISE LEAN — Neuroscience-Based Food Addiction & Weight Loss Expert. 10 years, 400+ transformations.
It pains me to see worthy women feeling unworthy.