It Has To Be Me Episode

The key is community

Tess Masters

Episode #70: September 4th, 2025

THE GOLD

“The secret sauce to being healthy is community. Women achieve their health goals faster, and with more ease and joy, when they explore their food stories with other women wanting to be healthy.”

Tess Masters

creator of the 60-Day Reset

“Most of us don’t lack willpower, we’re starved of nourishment and support. We don’t heal in isolation, we grow through connection and reflection.”

Tess Masters

creator of the 60-Day Reset

“Relational interactions lead to better outcomes than transactional ones. AI searches leave us craving personal connection and clarity.”

Tess Masters

creator of the 60-Day Reset

“Examining your relationship with food opens a portal to understanding the choices you make in other parts of your life. This awareness helps us flip the script and change the dialogue to one that feeds possibilities rather than throws up limitations.”

Tess Masters

creator of the 60-Day Reset

“How you spend time and who you share it with is a measure of self-love.”

Tess Masters

creator of the 60-Day Reset

“Invest in feeling good rather than spending money to cover up for the fact that you don’t.”

Tess Masters

creator of the 60-Day Reset

“Your superpower is your Achilles' heel when not held in balance.”

Tess Masters

creator of the 60-Day Reset

“Seek out practitioners who are interested in your whole story, not just your lab results.” 

Tess Masters

creator of the 60-Day Reset

in THIS EPISODE

  • Does food empower you or hold you back? I’m diving into how our relationships with food reveal what drives us in achieving our health goals and what gets in our way.

  • Coaching hundreds of women, I see the same patterns. The beliefs and habits modeled by our parents set up the stories we play out around self-care. Family scripts keep us stuck in the same scenes, which often leads to guilt, shame, and abuse.

  • Examining our relationships with food opens a portal to understanding choices we make in other parts of our lives. This awareness helps us flip the script and change the dialogue to one that feeds possibilities rather than throws up limitations.

  • Starting with this conversation helps my clients find the motivation to embrace change and make their health a priority. From there, the secret sauce is community. 

  • Women achieve their health goals faster, and with more ease and joy, when they explore their food stories with other women wanting to get healthy, too.

  • When you add guidance from dietitians who help you craft personalized nutrition solutions, you’re on a sustainable path. That said, it’s delicious food, connection, support, accountability, and community that really make the difference.

  • We don't get these vital things from solitary interactions with Chat GPT.

  • Interacting with real people who listen to your whole story helps you drop the one that’s been handed to you, and claim your next “It Has To Be Me.”

TESS'S TAKEAWAYS

  • Many of us have diet culture modeled from a young age, by our parents.

  • Getting healthy is more what you add than what you take away.

  • Food choices that meet your bio-individual needs take healthy eating to the next level.

  • Listen to what your body needs rather than what you mind wants.

  • Feed your vitality instead of settling for functionality.

  • Look for practitioners who consider your whole story, not just your lab results.

  • Invest money in feeling good rather than spending it to cover up that you don’t.

  • Don’t let your physical health be the reason you say no. 

ABOUT TESS

Tess Masters is a wellness coach, actor, presenter, speaker, podcaster, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend published by Penguin Random House. You can find hundreds of easy recipes at theblendergirl.com.

Through the Skinny60® health programs, Tess and her team of dietitians have helped thousands of women get healthy using science-based food and lifestyle strategies. The “Good, Better, or Best, Not Perfect” philosophy of the programs encourages participants to empower themselves in all parts of their lives to find a balance of self-care and fun!  

Tess and her health tips and recipes have been featured in the L.A Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Real Simple, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Clean Eating, Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, Yahoo Living, the Today show, Fox, Home & Family, and many other media outlets.

 As a spokesperson, presenter, and recipe developer, Tess has collaborated with many brands, including KitchenAid, Vitamix, Williams-Sonoma, Four Seasons, Whole Foods Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Silk, So Delicious, and many others.

Tess has a passion for sharing stories that inspire people to go after what they want. She is excited to host the It Has To Be Me podcast.