You Can Choose to Live … Differently.
Healthy Deviant: n. One who willingly defies unhealthy norms and conventions in order to achieve a high level of vitality, resilience, and autonomy.
Hi! I’m Pilar Gerasimo, award-winning health journalist, speaker, and author of The Healthy Deviant: A Rule Breaker’s Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World. Here you’ll find a collection of my work — and some fun ways you can work with me, if you like!
Are You a Healthy Deviant? Take the Quiz …
Find out where you fall on the Healthy Deviant spectrum now — and learn more about where you might be headed next.
Part Manifesto, Part Whispered Wake-Up Call …
The Healthy Deviant is a modern-day survival guide for being healthy in an unhealthy world.
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.
Let’s Do This!
Jump in to a week of low-key discovery and micro-practice that will forever change the way you approach health improvement.
Broadcast live (15-20 minutes daily) via Healthy Deviant Digest on Substack, Sept. 3-9th, 2025.
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Live 7-Day Adventure program is free for all subscribers. Paid subscribers also get a complete 14-Day Healthy Deviant Adventure Mini-Course and Workbook at no additional charge.
The Healthy Deviant:
A Rule Breaker’s Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World
Available now — in print, audio, and kindle formats
Why Settle for Normal? Especially When Normal Is Deadly.
At present, only a single-digit percentage of U.S. adults is healthy, happy, and on track to stay that way.
Here are some easy ways to begin deviating in healthier, happier directions …
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Glad to Meet You …
Pilar Gerasimo, author of The Healthy Deviant.
Hi, I’m Pilar. 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.
My passion is helping people master the art of being healthy in an unhealthy world.
I’ve served as senior vice president of Healthy Living for Life Time Fitness, as lead health editor at the The Huffington Post, and as chief creative officer for the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
These days, I mostly speak, teach, and consult with organizations striving to create healthy culture change.
My Substack, Healthy Deviant Digest, currently reaches about 7,000 subscribers weekly.
My work has earned attention from the New York Times, Psychology Today, Mindful, Blue Zones, Thrive Global, and many other leading media outlets.
I’ve presented for the World Economic Forum, International Monetary Fund, Institute for Functional Medicine, the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and a variety of healthcare organizations.
What matters most to me, though, is the direct impact my work has in regular people’s lives. Day in, day out, all around the globe.
