The Dana Lee Project

10/21/2025

A rainy day in Cannes turned into the sweetest reminder…
Today, I am so grateful to explore the Mediterranean and savor pastries without punishment. Joy doesn’t need permission. 🇫🇷🥐

10/15/2025

Why you’re always tired:
It’s not always just physical. It’s often emotional. Especially if you are one to carry grudges from five years ago.
Replaying arguments you lost…
Maintaining relationships that drain you….
Saying yes when you mean no…
Your body gets exhausted from carrying all that weight. Fatigue is often the physical symptom of emotional overload.

10/12/2025

Every single decision, big or small, including decisions about food and how/what to eat, shapes our happiness, health, and overall fulfillment.

That may seem obvious when you read that. like, duh Dana.

But then the real question becomes… are you actively participating in those decisions, or have they been set on autopilot? or... do you sometimes feel like the decision-making process is completely out of your hands and decisions are made FOR you?

It's ok to be on autopilot. Often times that's a part of how we cope and manage to get through overwhelming times in our lives. I've definitely used that tactic during rough patches in my life.

At some point though, I realized how numbed out and disconnected I feel when that happens something's gotta give.

This week Mandy & I talk about what it means to embrace change and conscious decision-making instead of resisting it, because doing so opens the door to so many more options and possibilities. Not in an overwhelming way, but in a get-your-power-back kinda way.

Listen in to our conversation here:

In this video, we dive deep into the power of the choices we make throughout our lives — and how those decisions shape our happiness, health, and overall ful...

10/09/2025

Learn to enjoy the process more than the outcome. The win feels good for a day, maybe a week.

The journey lasts months or even years.

If you only love the destination, you’ll spend most of your life looking back and feeling like you missed out.

10/08/2025

We need to address something. The phrase “it’s better to give than it is to receive“ is misleading. It’s not a healthy formula and only perpetuates the people pleasing energy that depletes and celebrates putting others’ needs before our own.

In actuality it is better to BE IN THE POSITION to give and it is vital to BE ABLE TO receive.

These beautiful flowers 🌻were given by a client (in which I was delighted to receive) & it just happens to also be her birthday today! 🥳

10/06/2025

This food prep is not taken in action out of food rules and restrictions. Nor is it food fear or lack of trust in myself. That’s not why I food prep. This is my regular Monday morning routine that is vital for my overall self-care and wellbeing. It’s a non-negotiable at this point in my life. My Wednesday self with back to back client appointments will thank my Monday self for taking such good care of her 💕

10/05/2025

You know that nonstop chatter in your head about food?

The kind that constantly bombards you with thoughts on what you're eating now, that you're eating too much, or shouldn't have that donut, but you want that donut, what & when your next meal should be when you aren't even done eating THIS one, tells you you shouldn’t eat that, or you’ve earned this, or you’ll start fresh on Monday?

That’s not intuition. That’s food noise and it ran the show for me for 2+ decades of my life. Ya know, wayyy before we even had a name for it!

In our latest YouTube episode, Mandy and I break down the different types of food noise, why cravings, guilt, and rules get tangled up in your head and share real world ways we finally quieted that bitch down for good!

If you’ve ever wished you could eat without the guilt, the overthinking, or the mental tug-of-war... this conversation is one you'll want to listen in on.

We delve into the concept of food noise—the chatter in our minds that influences our eating habits and relationship with food. Join us as we explore the vari...

10/02/2025

Self care is the ultimate form of stress management. Self-care means taking care of your body, mind, and spirit and away that aligns with and honors your best self. Only YOU can determine what that looks like and feels like.

10/01/2025

The truth is, you were never meant to follow someone else’s version of “wellness.”

09/30/2025

I am not here to try and save people who are committed to their own chaos. I am here for those who recognize the chaos they are in, are willing to see how they play their part, and decide they want better for their own lives and those around them.

09/28/2025

Here’s the truth: movement has nothing to do with chasing a smaller body anymore.

It’s about giving me life, not taking it away.

When I move, my mood lifts, my focus sharpens, and my body feels alive. Movement strengthens me emotionally, physically, and even spiritually—and I believe it can do the same for you.

In my latest YouTube episode, I share why humans are meant to move, and how outsourcing our movement (to machines, cars, conveniences) has quietly affected both our bodies and our minds.

Exercise isn’t just about fitness. It’s an opportunity to reclaim energy, confidence, and clarity in every part of life.

Click below to tune in ✌🏼

Dana explains why movement is essential for our emotional, physical, and even spiritual health.She shares how outsourcing our movement has affected our bodie...

09/26/2025

Autonomy means this: your body, your damn rules. 🤘🏼
Nobody else gets the final say.
Not trends, “shoulds” nor outside opinions distract you from leaning into knowing and doing what’s best for YOU.

In other words, YOU in the driver’s seat of your life.

For me, that meant I needed to unfollow and unplug from fitness and health influencers (except when I did that they weren’t called influencers at the time lol) while I set out on my path to heal my relationship with food. I didn’t even know the difference between my own thought & opinion vs someone else who told me what was best for me regarding food & exercise.

Over time, the more I disconnected from the outside influences and replaced that with reconnecting with myself, the stronger I became in my autonomy.

And that place of being is nothing that can be bought in a bottle. It can only come from the work you put in for yourself, on yourself. ❤️‍🩹