The Healthy Deviant
Part manifesto, part whispered wake-up call — your essential modern-day survival guide.
Combining well-researched insights from evolutionary biology, positive psychology, and the school of hard knocks, The Healthy Deviant helps you …
Reframe your health challenges in an empowering, exhilarating new way
Radically upgrade your energy, focus, resilience, and self-regard
Escape the downward cycle of repeated, demoralizing “diet and exercise” attempts
Overcome stubborn obstacles, including chronic depletion, anxiety, and distraction
Address the root causes of unhealthy cravings and unwanted weight gain
Create a healthier, happier, more gratifying life that reflects who you really are — NOT what others expect you to be.
This category-defying book also invites you to embark on your own 14-Day Healthy Deviant Adventure, so you can experience for yourself — through experiments, reflective exercises, worksheets, progress trackers, and more — just how rewarding Healthy Deviance can be.
Pilar Gerasimo, author of The Healthy Deviant: A Rule Breaker’s Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
At present, only a single-digit percentage of U.S. adults is healthy, happy, and on track to stay that way.
The rest of us are chronically ill, struggling to maintain healthy habits, or saddled with various mental and emotional troubles.
Want to beat the unhealthy odds? Here are some easy ways to begin deviating in healthier, happier directions …
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Hi, I’m Pilar …
Pilar Gerasimo, author of The Healthy Deviant.
My passion is helping people master the art of being healthy in an unhealthy world.
I’m an award-winning health journalist, founding editor of Experience Life magazine, and former co-host of the top-rated The Living Experiment podcast.
I’ve served as senior vice president of Healthy Living for Life Time Fitness, chief creative officer for the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and lead health editor at the The Huffington Post.
These days, I speak, coach, and consult with organizations striving to create healthy culture change.
I also serve as a vitality guide for courageous leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs.
I’ve presented for the World Economic Forum, International Monetary Fund, Institute for Functional Medicine, School of Applied Functional Medicine, HEROIC, and long list of other leading organizations.
My work has earned attention from the New York Times, Psychology Today, Mindful, Blue Zones, Thrive Global, and many other leading media outlets.
What matters most to me, though, is the impact my work has in regular people’s lives. Day in, day out, all around the globe.
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