Back in the early 2000s, we were two sisters in the woods of Tennessee, raising our two households of kids and trying to figure out how to be healthy. Like so many women, we tried every diet that promised an answer. Plant-based gurus told us to drop animal foods, so we did, and slowly grew deficient. Low-carb voices told us to drop the bread, so we did, and quickly grew exhausted. We juiced, choked down meals nobody wanted to eat, and burned through stacks of diet books that all contradicted each other. We did everything the loudest voices said to do, and we ended up worse off than when we started: broken, frustrated, and honestly, kind of done.
But in the middle of chaos… we heard a still small voice inviting us to peace, and we found answers in the Word of God. Eventually we stopped chasing the next expert and found a God-honoring way of eating, one that actually worked for our bodies and our families. That’s when our original bestseller, Trim Healthy Mama, ignited a movement of women that joined us on this journey.
What Fifteen Years Have Taught Us
For the past fifteen years, we’ve watched countless women find that same freedom and millions have experienced longterm breakthrough. But you know how it goes—life happens. Sick kids, empty pantries, hormones going sideways, holidays, grief, the steady drumbeat of stress.
Over time we noticed something about the women who were successful long term. They weren’t more disciplined or more perfect than anyone else, and they weren’t following stricter rules. Simply put: They had built skills.
The Difference Between Rules and Skills
Rules break under pressure, demanding compliance and punishing the slightest deviation. Skills, on the other hand, bend with the moment. They travel with you into a hospital waiting room, a hotel breakfast bar, a long flight, or a season when your hormones have a mind of their own.
Rules ask you to be good, but skills teach you to be flexible and resourceful. That’s the difference between a woman who thrives for decades and one who burns out in year two, and it isn’t a personality trait. It’s something any of us can learn.
If you’re tired of trying harder, here’s our gentle invitation: Stop trying to be good and start becoming skilled. You don’t need another list of forbidden foods or another stricter rule. You need a way of thinking that holds up when real life crowds in.
Health was never meant to feel like punishment, and your body was never meant to be the enemy. That’s the heart behind our new book, The 7 Skills to Lasting Health. Not seven new rules, but seven ways of thinking that carry you through the chaos and lead you home to the kinder, simpler path that’s been waiting for you all along. This is the ancient path found in the Scriptures, and science backs it up.
With love,
Pearl & Serene
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A Fad-Free Guide to a Healthier Life
When it comes to diet and wellness, the sheer volume of conflicting advice available can make it feel impossible to find trustworthy sources. Are you ready to put ineffective, short-term fads behind you?
Pearl Barrett and Serene Allison—the sisters and bestselling authors behind the Trim Healthy Mama movement—have changed millions of lives with their straightforward, holistic, and well-rounded nutrition and lifestyle guidance. In The 7 Skills to Lasting Health, Pearl and Serene return to the basics, offering you biblically sound and research-based insights to help you get healthy, trim down, and maintain sustainable, long-term habits without resorting to fads.
Learn more about this book and how to purchase here.
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