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.
QUIZ: Are You a Healthy Deviant?
Find out where you fall on the Healthy Deviant spectrum now — and learn more about where you might be headed next.
A Radically Better Way Forward …
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.
The Healthy Deviant:
A Rule Breaker’s Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World
Available now — in print, audio, and kindle formats
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So Glad to Meet You …
Pilar Gerasimo, author of The Healthy Deviant.
Hi, I’m Pilar, your intrepid Healthy Deviant guide. 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. And I love connecting with others who share similar values and intentions.
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 culture change.
I have a Substack titled Healthy Deviant Digest that 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.
My category-defying ideas have attracted interest from 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.
