Interview With Author Regina Oswald
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my very first book, and at the same time it opened an enormous amount of creative energy in me. When I liberated myself from the diet prison, something much bigger was liberated as well — my voice, my stories, my desire to write. This first book became a doorway to many others that are now in the pipeline.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The title is Liberation from the Diet Prison: A Journey to Body-Mind Harmony.
When we were choosing the name, one of the options was “Escape.” But I very deliberately chose the word Liberation. Escape still carries fear — the idea that you might be caught and sent back. Liberation means true freedom. No return. No chains. That is exactly what this journey is about.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes. Most of the time I write in Russian. Liberation from the Diet Prison was originally written in Russian, because this journey began over 30 years ago, when I was a teenager, and Russian was the language of my home, my family, and my emotional world. It carries the roots of the pain and the healing.
What is interesting is that the book I am now “cooking” about the second half of my life is coming to me in English. It feels like my future speaks English, while my healing began in Russian.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Viktor Frankl has had a profound influence on me, especially his idea that between stimulus and response there is always a space — and in that space lies our freedom to choose. This concept is deeply aligned with the message of my book and the journey from unconscious control to conscious choice.
Another book that deeply touched me is What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey and child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce Perry. It beautifully explains how our early life experiences shape our nervous system, our behavior, and our patterns — and how compassion and understanding, rather than judgment, are the keys to healing.
I also love Let Them by Mel Robbins, which is a powerful reminder about releasing control and allowing people to be who they are, while staying grounded in our own boundaries and truth.
Atomic Habits by James Clear has also been influential, showing how small, consistent changes can lead to profound transformation over time — something I see every day in the Body-Mind Harmony journey.
What are you working on now?
Alongside PR and publishing for Liberation from the Diet Prison, I am working on a children’s book titled The stories that stay. It will include 31 therapeutic stories for children.
This book was born from a realization: for many years I searched for words to explain to others how they had hurt me. One day I understood that I did not need to give those words to them — I needed to give them to myself, to that little girl inside.
The book is devoted to emotional intelligence in early childhood, to helping children learn how to recognize and live through their emotions in a healthy way, instead of suppressing them.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My main platforms are Instagram, where I share my work and professional mission, and Facebook, where I share my life — because I truly live what I teach. My website is also being updated and will become a central hub for my books and programs.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just start writing. Everyone has a story. Writing is deeply therapeutic.
Rick Warren once said, “Never waste your hurts.” That sentence changed my life. I did not want to waste the 30 years I spent in a diet prison. Writing became both my healing and my way of helping others realize that their pain was not in vain, and that there is a path out — a path of ease, joy, and reconnection with life.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You may fail. You may fall. But you may also win.
Keep going, especially when your heart is calling you.
What are you reading now?
I am studying psychology as part of my own growth as a coach, so I am immersed in many psychology and neuroscience books.
Recently, I also read a beautiful novel by a Russian immigrant called Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour. It deeply touched me and reminded me of the world my parents came from and the regime I grew up around.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I already have one children’s book completed, titled The Stories That Stay. And I have two more books in the pipeline. One is about a little girl with big dreams. The other is about my current life chapter — becoming an empty nester and stepping into the second half of my life with awareness, freedom, and new meaning. These three books are already alive in me and waiting for their time to be born.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would download several novels by Sarah Jio. And I would simply enjoy reading them. If I am on a deserted island, I don’t need to communicate with anyone, I don’t need to work, I don’t need to “improve” myself. I can just be. I can enjoy it. Not everything in life must be educational or transformational. We need space for joy, for lightness, for pleasure. And this is my beautiful guilty pleasure.
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