Body Conversations®
In this podcast, New York-based inventor and author Joan Breibart uses the body as a lens to examine political and cultural trends. Breibart, who holds nine patents and has written five books, is known for relaunching the Pilates Method in 1991. Each conversation connects physical health with broader societal issues. For more information, visit physicalmindinstitute.com or 80bites.com.
Episodes
Thank Me
80Bites is so straightforward that people don't think to thank us when they lose weight._____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
It's a 99-Cent App! Give Me a Break!
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Why Classical Pilates is a Problem which can Hurt future Growth
The speaker—Joan Breibart—only did "Classical" Pilates until 1994. She knows GRATZ and BB and STOTT and PEAK. She asked Patti Kreiner for details: Gratz springs are heavier and provide more resistance. They give immediate, honest feedback if your form is wrong. The leather straps in frame system is non forgiving and heavier than ropes. The carriage has a drag, Feels less fluid than Balan
Bio-Tensegrity: What is it and do I need it?
Get ready for Workshops to proliferate. Pilates and Somatic Movement gurus are gearing up to solicit you and your money. Yes we need more tools. No we won't find them in boring complicated workshops. _____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Tracey Mallett Explains the Three Styles of Pilates
This podcast features Joan Breibart’s thoughts on Tracey Mallett’s recent Instagram post discussing the three styles of Pilates, which you can watch here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbrMBRURRl9/?hl=en_____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Anthony Fauci Has a Napoleon Complex—and It’s Always Been Obvious
In this episode, Joan Breibart discusses her concerns about Anthony Fauci, how obesity in America contributed to excess deaths during COVID-19, and why she believes his department concealed the extent of the problem._____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Hallie Bieber says Pilates is a Fad
Listen to Joan Breibart discuss the history of Pilates and if it currently constitutes a "fad". For further analysis please read her latest substack here._____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Protein, Glorious Protein
The obsession over "getting enough protein" is just another wellness fad aimed at getting people to consume more food. Listen to Joan Breibart discuss. _____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Full Circle with Cindy Crawford
Recorded this on Nov 15th, but then didn’t post it. It’s even more relevant on April 29, 2026, about the cycles in exercise and branding. Guess what? Callanetics and calisthenics are both coming back!_____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
The Pilates Reformer is the Worst Apparatus for Group Exercise
Joan Breibart of PhysicalMind Institute discusses why the Pilates Reformer is the worst possible apparatus for group exercise and why there is no such thing as classical and contemporary Pilates. _____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Wellness Culture Featuring Comedian Tori Piskin
Joan Breibart talks with Comedian Tori Piskin about “wellness” and what this means for exercise, diet, fitness and nutrition in the time of Ozempic. Both are long time Pilates Clients, but Tori, because of her age (34), is what is commonly known as a Wellness Bitch while Joan (age 84) is a Natural Eater just like Joe Pilates._____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe
More Pilates Please
Discussion about all the Reformer Franchises, how the Pilates Industry is changing, whatever happened to individual sessions, does anyone even understand tensegrity, and are these changes going to keep growing our beloved Method? _____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Bye Bye MOTR®
Why is innovation ignored in the "wellness" space? Trainers are typically afraid to take a chance. They fear upsetting their clients because they never really why someone hires them. They do know that at any minute any "devoted" client may leave without any explanation. _____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the Physica
Japanese Walking Miracle
If you are listening to this podcast then please watch a real live Japanese person, YUU Fujita, Creative Director of the PhysicalMind Institute, in the attached video. BRANDING. NOT SCIENCE and how are your feet?? Flat? Or a nice arch? And how much extra weight are you toting along too. EVERYTHING can Work. But Maybe nothighn DOES. It is up to you to figure it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch
Contemporary Classical Original Contrology. What do these names mean? Why are teachers using only the first TWO?
Listen to Joan Breibart who has been DOING Pilates for 60 years and doing it professionally since April 1991 and who has met or been in a workshop or as a client with an Elder or “master” 2nd Generation— a lineage deal she invented 1993. Why listen? She explains why EVERYONE today is Confused about Pilates. Or Pilots or Pilaadees or whatever it was called only 30 years ago when the n
Safe Spaces
Ten examples of how our branding obsession has ruined our minds—and our bodies too. Well, it's time—our 250th anniversary is next year. Bye bye MAGA and the American Dream. No one ever promised you a rose garden. _____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Eating Clean & Super Foods, etc.
MORE Branding. More avoidance of HOW MUCH you put in your mouth. More confusion. Matcha Tea is now a super food even though you mostly drink it. Be warned. Branding not content. More ways to identify yourself you seem to be going with the right trends._____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Somatics - Coming Soon
Somatic exercises which no one has even heard of are going mainstream according to John Wiley Publishers who added this title to their DUMMIES Series. To be included in this brand, the subject has to be of interest to everyone. For so many reason - not the least of which is America's penchant for masochism - it is unlikely we will all turn inward and become gentle._____Follow PhysicalMind
NEAT: NON EXERCISE ACTIVITY THERMOGENESIS
What a mouthful oh sorry it's a pun when we can't get rid of the idea that we can torch calories by some kind of moving around. Of course 80Bites has always had information about NEAT. But we do it because it's good to change position and it helps your circulation because we know that torching calories when it's hormones is really silly forget calories hormones rule anyway we&a
Super Foods & "Eating Clean"
Discussion on how branding foods lads to gainign weight not losing it. Constant telling us what to eat nd never talking about hwo much. Why using the 80Bites app is so revealing and for some frightening unless they are on Ozempic and their consumption has dropped by 25% at least. _____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMi
Bites is the True Measure of How Much You're Eating
Now that 80Bites is gaining an audience, it's really interesting to hear people's reactions. Some think 80 bites means the number of bites you take in one meal, while others believe it refers to 80 chews. It’s all part of the shift from what you eat to how much._____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute sho
Why Does Everyone Want to Be an Entrepreneurs?
As a female who is 84 years old, I'm deluged with invitations to talk at "Women's Empowerment" conferences to talk to young women about how they can succeed at becoming an entrepreneur. I decline because I'm what I like to think of as a "reluctant entrepreneur". _____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the
10,000 Steps - The Great Japanese Marketing Gimmick
In this episode of Body Conversations, Joan Breibart discusses why consumers are so easily suckered into doing things for their bodies that are obviously ineffective—and why, even after hundreds of articles have exposed this marketing concept as unrelated to how many steps you should take a day, they continue to parrot those ideas._____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and sub
Wellness Podcasts: Don't Listen to them
I'm being asked to be a guest on podcast. These are about wellness, but it's also an indication of how incredibly lazy and screwed up this country is marketing people or actual podcasts. Find me on LinkedIn and they just project because I'm in the Pilates business they never look at anything I've written or said I'm telling you now don't listen anymore unless you&apos
What to Eat
Another day, another miracle food list—this time courtesy of Mel Robbins and Dr. Li, who swear dark chocolate (80–90% cacao), pomegranate juice, and five daily cups of coffee will melt fat and change your life. But don’t question the “science”—just buy the magic foods, shut up, and eat. Meanwhile, Joan Breibart cuts through the wellness hype with brutal clarity, humor, and a $537 eyedrop story you
Mel Robbins Says We Are Friends
It’s St. Patrick’s Day in NYC, and I’m calling out the self-help industrial complex—starting with Mel Robbins. Millions love her. I can’t stop watching her. But her 5-second rule doesn’t fit my chaos.This episode breaks down why her sob story sells and mine doesn’t, how my Pilates invention got hijacked by direct-marketing vultures, and why the algorithm thinks Tony Robbins is my next guru.Introdu
Mel & Now Tony Robbins
In this episode, Joan takes on the self-help circus starring Mel Robbins, Tony Robbins (no relation), and AI algorithms. With 60+ years of industry insight, Joan breaks down why diet trends, fitness fads, and self-help hacks haven’t delivered. From $29 dolphin-neck creams to three-minute miracle workouts, she exposes the false promises and explores why we keep buying hope. She’s not doomscrolling
I Wish I Were Mel Robbins!
After five years of podcasting with minimal fanfare, I finally asked myself: What makes the top podcasts so popular? Cue a deep dive into the world of Joe Rogan, sex talk shows, and the queen of life advice—Mel Robbins. In this episode, I explore how Mel went from anxious attorney to $48 million microphone mogul, why her style resonates, and what it reveals about today’s obsession with Life Coache
Hara Hachi Bun Me
This episode discusses the idea of Hara Hachi Bun Me and how it is central to the 80Bites Program._____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
The Anti-Wellness Diet: Why Trump Won
Episode #1 of the Anti SeriesIntroduction to the book which was just published and it's available on Amazon on Kindle or the Kindle app it's $.99 or free if you're in Kindle unlimited and it explains why wellness is a scam and where will be at the end of this year I discussed Fat acceptance and body positivity and why these groups are endangered as our what I referred to as wellness
What's App 80
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Episode 3: Everything Ozempic®
54 MILLION google hits in less than half a second!! Ozempic is the topic all over the world. Particularly interesting for the USA since we created the diet and exercise biz; then later fitness & nutrition; and now wellness. OZEMPIC® Nation Bye-bye fat acceptance; fat burning exercise; dieting; gluten-free; clean eating, etc. And all the other wellness wonders that fuel a business to the tu
Bye Bye Diet & Exercise
Diet and Exercise is in decline, while Pilates is on the rise._____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
Ozempic is not the easy way—it is the CORRECT SOLUTION. Forget Calories, Hormones RULE.
Change is hard, but did anyone resist the POLIO vaccine? But when Obese citizens— 65% of Americans in this unfortunate category—now have a solution to fixing their unbalanced hormones which cause RAVENOUS HUNGER, why is there resistance? Remember no one liked Pilates either. Yes it is MONEY, but since there are no options—diabetes is not a good thing—it's time to face the falsehoods. It'
Exercising & Weight Loss
Cortisol, Leptin, Ghrelin, Insulin - those are our new words to describe why people are ravenously hungry and can't stop eating. Exercise makes you hungry, nobody disputes that. But why?_____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
WeightWatchers & Peloton
In this podcast, Joan Breibart explores the decline of wellness giants Peloton and Weight Watchers, attributing their downfall to outdated methodologies and false promises of weight loss. She sheds light on the industry's misguided focus on appearance over health, advocating for a shift towards a more sustainable approach to wellness based on hunger management and taste appreciation._____Foll
Ozempic is NOT expensive; it is a Bargain!
Jan 8, 2024 Episode F discusses how Ozempic is a long term bargain. And how Joan Breibart who recently joined WW finds the Points system to be so difficult. And how desperate is WW to accept money from a female who is 82 and weighs 121 and is 5'6". It's over!!!_____Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute
Oprah is on Ozempic December 16 2023 Episode E
Oprah announced on December 13th that she is on a weight loss drug—one of the miracles from Novo Nordisk or Eli Lilly. She did not say which one since then everyone would only ask for what Oprah is injecting. Soon it will just be swallowing a pill which will make one disinterested in swallowing all day. Maybe then we start to really eat—Remember chewing? _____Follow PhysicalMind Insti
Professor Scott Galloway says that Ozempic etc. will impact Society more than AI
Consumers are unaware but CEOs and Wall St. are watching the impact of these drugs - not just on the pharmaceutical sales - Ozempic's are larger than the GDP of Denmark - but the impact on other industries. The Airline industries are looking forward to fuel savings; the clothing industry will be going through the roof. The CEO of Walmart recently said that customers on these drugs are b
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