Inspired by her fictional novel, Surprise Me, about a surprise party planner who hates surprises, Goodman describes her award winning film of the same name as a "Romantic Comedy Diet". Written, produced and directed by Goodman, she sees the film as her crusade to help women turn their focus from dieting (which she calls a set up to binge and overeat) to their feelings, choices, strength, pain, joy, goals, and new passions beyond their taste buds.