Body Conversations®

Listen to Joan Breibart discuss the history of Pilates and if it currently constitutes a "fad". For further analysis please read her latest substack here . _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop .

The obsession over "getting enough protein" is just another wellness fad aimed at getting people to consume more food. Listen to Joan Breibart discuss.  _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop .

Recorded this on Nov 15th, but then didn’t post it. It’s even more relevant on April 29, 2026, about the cycles in exercise and branding. Guess what? Callanetics and calisthenics are both coming back! _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop .

Joan Breibart of PhysicalMind Institute discusses why the Pilates Reformer is the worst possible apparatus for group exercise and why there is no such thing as classical and contemporary Pilates.  _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop .

Joan Breibart talks with Comedian Tori Piskin about “wellness” and what this means for exercise, diet, fitness and nutrition in the time of Ozempic. Both are long time Pilates Clients, but Tori, because of her age (34), is what is commonly known as a Wellness Bitch while Joan (age 84) is a Natural Eater just like Joe Pilates. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscri...

Discussion about all the Reformer Franchises, how the Pilates Industry is changing, whatever happened to individual sessions, does anyone even understand tensegrity, and are these changes going to keep growing our beloved Method?  _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop .

Why is innovation ignored in the "wellness" space? Trainers are typically afraid to take a chance. They fear upsetting their clients because they never really why someone hires them. They do know that at any minute any "devoted" client may leave without any explanation.  _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the Phy...

If you are listening to this podcast then please watch a real live  Japanese person, YUU Fujita, Creative Director of the PhysicalMind Institute, in the attached video.  BRANDING. NOT SCIENCE and how are your feet?? Flat? Or a nice arch? And how much extra weight are you toting along too.  EVERYTHING can Work. But Maybe nothighn DOES. It is up to you to figure it out.  https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Listen to  Joan Breibart who  has been DOING Pilates for 60 years and  doing it professionally since  April 1991 and who has met or been in a workshop or as a client  with an  Elder or “master” 2nd Generation— a lineage deal  she invented 1993. Why listen?  She  explains why EVERYONE today is Confused about Pilates. Or Pilots or Pilaadees  or whatever  it was called  only   30 years ago when the n...

Ten examples of how our branding obsession has ruined  our minds—and our bodies too. Well, it's time—our 250th anniversary is next year. Bye bye MAGA and the American Dream. No one ever promised you a rose garden.  _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop .

MORE Branding. More avoidance of HOW MUCH you put in your mouth. More confusion. Matcha Tea is now a super food even though you mostly drink it. Be warned. Branding not content. More ways to identify yourself you seem to be going with the right trends. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop .

Somatic exercises which no one has even heard of are going mainstream according to John Wiley Publishers who added this  title  to their DUMMIES Series. To be included in this  brand, the subject has to be of interest to everyone. For so many reason - not the least of which is America's penchant for masochism - it is unlikely we will all turn inward and become gentle. _____ Follow PhysicalMin...

What a mouthful oh sorry it's a pun when we can't get rid of the idea that we can torch calories by some kind of moving around. Of course 80Bites has always had information about NEAT. But we do it because it's good to change position and it helps your circulation because we know that torching calories when it's hormones is really silly forget calories hormones rule anyway we&a...

Discussion on how branding foods  lads to  gainign weight not losing it.  Constant  telling us what to eat nd never talking about hwo much. Why using  the 80Bites app is  so revealing and for some frightening unless they are on Ozempic and their consumption has dropped  by 25% at least.  _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the Physic...

Now that 80Bites is gaining an audience, it's really interesting to hear people's reactions. Some think 80 bites means the number of bites you take in one meal, while others believe it refers to 80 chews. It’s all part of the shift from what you eat to how much . _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the PhysicalMind Institut...

As a female who is 84 years old, I'm deluged with invitations to talk at "Women's Empowerment" conferences to talk to young women about how they can succeed at becoming an entrepreneur. I decline because I'm what I like to think of as a "reluctant entrepreneur".  _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit...

In this episode of Body Conversations , Joan Breibart discusses why consumers are so easily suckered into doing things for their bodies that are obviously ineffective—and why, even after hundreds of articles have exposed this marketing concept as unrelated to how many steps you should take a day, they continue to parrot those ideas. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and...

I'm being asked to be a guest on podcast. These are about wellness, but it's also an indication of how incredibly lazy and screwed up this country is marketing people or actual podcasts. Find me on LinkedIn and they just project because I'm in the Pilates business they never look at anything I've written or said I'm telling you now don't listen anymore unless you&apos...

Another day, another miracle food list—this time courtesy of Mel Robbins and Dr. Li, who swear dark chocolate (80–90% cacao), pomegranate juice, and five daily cups of coffee will melt fat and change your life. But don’t question the “science”—just buy the magic foods, shut up, and eat. Meanwhile, Joan Breibart cuts through the wellness hype with brutal clarity, humor, and a $537 eyedrop story you...

It’s St. Patrick’s Day in NYC, and I’m calling out the self-help industrial complex—starting with Mel Robbins. Millions love her. I can’t stop watching her. But her 5-second rule doesn’t fit my chaos. This episode breaks down why her sob story sells and mine doesn’t, how my Pilates invention got hijacked by direct-marketing vultures, and why the algorithm thinks Tony Robbins is my next guru. Intro...

In this episode, Joan takes on the self-help circus starring Mel Robbins, Tony Robbins (no relation), and AI algorithms. With 60+ years of industry insight, Joan breaks down why diet trends, fitness fads, and self-help hacks haven’t delivered. From $29 dolphin-neck creams to three-minute miracle workouts, she exposes the false promises and explores why we keep buying hope. She’s not doomscrolling...

After five years of podcasting with minimal fanfare, I finally asked myself: What makes the top podcasts so popular? Cue a deep dive into the world of Joe Rogan, sex talk shows, and the queen of life advice—Mel Robbins. In this episode, I explore how Mel went from anxious attorney to $48 million microphone mogul, why her style resonates, and what it reveals about today’s obsession with Life Coache...

This episode discusses the idea of Hara Hachi Bun Me and how it is central to the 80Bites Program. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter . Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop .

Episode #1 of the Anti Series Introduction to the book which was just published and it's available on Amazon on Kindle or the Kindle app it's $.99 or free if you're in Kindle unlimited and it explains why wellness is a scam and where will be at the end of this year I discussed Fat acceptance and body positivity and why these groups are endangered as our what I referred to as wellnes...

54 MILLION  google hits in less than half a second!! Ozempic is the topic all over the world. Particularly interesting for the USA since we created the diet and exercise biz; then later fitness & nutrition; and now wellness.  OZEMPIC® Nation  Bye-bye fat acceptance; fat burning exercise; dieting; gluten-free; clean eating, etc.  And all the other wellness wonders that fuel a business to the tu...