Mikala Jamison
Author of
The Forever Project: How Exercise Helps Us Like Our Bodies (And Ourselves) For the Long Haul (New Harbinger, 2026)
Mikala Jamison is an award-winning journalist, the creator of the bestselling Body Type newsletter, and a health and culture writer for outlets like The Atlantic and The Washington Post. She has worked as a certified group fitness instructor and trained as a competitive powerlifter, and also created the body-image focused live storytelling show, The Body Show, for D.C.’s Capital Fringe Festival in 2022 and 2024; both times it earned a “Best of Fringe” designation. The Forever Project is her first book.
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BookS by Mikala
The Forever Project: How Exercise Helps Us Like Our Bodies (And Ourselves) For the Long Haul (New Harbinger, 2026)
Interweaving compelling personal narrative and insightful, practical advice, Mikala charts her path from a teen suffering with binge eating disorder to becoming a certified fitness instructor and competitive powerlifter who feels better in and about her body. Along the way, she provides readers with an innovative blueprint for integrating exercise into their lives in new ways––but more importantly, she challenges readers to reframe what exercise is “for” and radically shift how they consider, discuss, and value their bodies.