Katie Connolly Bush

Pros- Several great strategies for learning new habits. I find the concept of “habit stacking” to be particularly helpful. Cons- Flat out DANGEROUS book to read for people recovering from eating disorders. Seriously- trigger warning is needed. Unfortunately, the book is saturated with fatphobia and blaming fat people for their body size. Instead of talking about BEHAVIORS like adding walking or strength- training to one’s day, Clear talks about losing weight nearly every few pages. This is NOT the same, MR. Clear! James Clear needs to better educate himself on fatphobic messaging, intuitive eating, and HAES. I couldn’t read more than two to three pages without running into something fatphobic. If you are recovering from an ED or are a person of size- DO NOT READ THIS BOOK unless you are in a super strong place. I hope Mr. Clear makes it a habit to take time to talk with people with experiences different from his own. I doubt he meant to be malicious, but many of his words are damaging and only further perpetuate stereotypes of fat or large bodied people. The book is a glaring example of someone who is coming from a place of privilege. He comes off someone who would not hire a fat person because he would believe that fat people are failures with ONLY bad habits. He would see fat people as if fat was ALL that mattered about a person. His writing leads me to believe that he believes fat people are just failed thin people. If people can be naturally short, naturally tall, and naturally thin, how come no one can be naturally fat? Better nutrition has led to taller and taller people in our society, but no one is shaming people for that. Take the time to educate yourself on this matter, Mr. Clear. Your brilliant ideas are dulled by your bigotry.