Welcome to the Way of the Healthy Deviant

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, your intrepid Healthy Deviant guide. Over the past 25 years, I have earned an international reputation for helping thoughtful health seekers master the art of being healthy in an unhealthy world — and I’d love to help you.

It all starts with deviating from the sneaky, unhealthy defaults of our vitality-sapping culture. So, ahem …

Get ready to start doing some things … differently.

Here are some easy ways to get started …

• Get a free preview of my book, The Healthy Deviant (or my Audible audiobook).

• Check out my online programs and Healthy Deviant U membership experience.

• Take the “Are You a Healthy Deviant?” quiz.

• Discover my “Healthy Deviance at Work” (un-corporate wellness) initiative.

• Hire me to come speak for your next event.

The Time Has Come …

Part manifesto, part whispered wake-up call, The Healthy Deviant is a modern-day survival guide for being healthy in an unhealthy world.

Combining fun infographics and 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

• Adopt renegade practices that revitalize rather than deplete you

• 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 fun, 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.

About Me

I’m an award-winning health journalist, founding editor of Experience Life magazine (which reaches millions with each issue), and 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.

In addition to my book, I’ve created magazines, chapbooks, workbooks, apps, online courses, membership experiences, coaching programs, and more.

These days, I mostly speak, teach, and consult with organizations striving to create healthy change.

My work has earned attention from the New York Times, Psychology Today, Mindful, Blue Zones, Thrive Global, and many other leading media outlets.

My work has also been embraced by the World Economic Forum, International Monetary Fund, and a variety of healthcare organizations.

What matters most to me, though, is the impact my work has in real people’s lives. Day in, day out, all around the globe.

Take the Healthy Deviant Quiz!