While sitting at a Vietnamese restaurant with a steaming hot bowl of bún bò huế for lunch, guest contributor Minh-Hai Alex, MS, RDN, RYT, shares the memories, joys, and fears she sees while looking at the food before her. By sharing what she sees when she looks at her plate, Minh-Hai invites readers to connect with food through story and comfort, memory and appreciation—an uplifting perspective that all can benefit from.

Guest contributor Isabelle Gillibrand shares how embracing an anti-diet mindset is a practice of the yoga concept of ahimsa, which means nonviolence or kindness. By including aspects of her own story as well as current research, Isabelle discusses components of the wellness industry that are harmful and seeks to help people live their yoga in all aspects of their lives, including in their relationship with their body, food, and health.