Yearly Archives: 2017

Special Savings on Winter Eat for Life Class

Ae you ready to have a kind and loving relationship with food and your body? Treat yourself this holiday season with a gift that will give you joy for the rest of your life. The life skills that you learn in the Eat for Life class will continue to grow over time and support you

A Month of Mindful Gratitude

As we move into November and the holiday season, we begin to think about Thanksgiving and the practice of giving thanks. Of course, giving thanks doesn’t have to be a one holiday practice. Giving thanks can be a daily practice that can reap a wide variety of social, psychological, and physical health benefits. Since you’ll

Mindful Halloween Fun!

I love Halloween and no matter how old I get I will dress up as some kind of creature come October 31.  In my book, one is never too old to enjoy the pleasure of dressing up as your alter ego or favorite make believe character. How many other times of the year can you get away

Overcoming the Wanting Mind  

One of the most common statements I hear at the beginning of my mindful eating classes is “I can’t stop eating because it tastes so good even when I’m full.” My question is “Are you listening to your belly or to your mind?” After a short pause, I hear “From my mind!” People get it.

Eat for Life Program – Registration Open

Greetings! Enrollment for the next online Eat for Life classes are now open. Eat for Life is a 10-week mindfulness-based intuitive eating program designed to help you develop a loving and kind relationship with your food and your body.  This is a non-diet approach which uses the wisdom of your body to guide how, what,

Eat for Life Class Starting in the Fall! –Let me know if you’re interested.

Greetings! This is a quick post to let people know that I am going to be deciding on the days and times for my next round of Eat for Life Classes starting in September.  If you are interested in attending, please fill out this doodle poll by Friday, and your preferred dates and times will

Give Your Meditation Practice a Boost

Do you need to give your meditation practice a boost? Here are seven things you can do with one easy download.  I have been using the mediation app, Insight Timer, for a couple of years now and I am not surprised at how popular it has become.  It is the most highly rated free meditation

Re-energize Your Body with Mindful Eating

Mindless eating happens when you are busy, distracted, stressed, in a hurry, sad, angry, impatient, lonely, happy, and when food just happens to be around. These are just a few of the circumstances when we reach for food (any food), eat more than your body needs, and then feel depleted afterward. Mindless eating almost inevitably

Taking Mindfulness to Colorado

Colorado here I come! I’m very excited to be taking mindfulness and my book on the road next week for a three-city excursion. Here’s my itinerary in case you’re going to be in Colorado or know people who are. In case you can’t be in Colorado, you can listen to the interview I did with

Are Your Thoughts Running (and Ruining) Your Life?

Sometimes life seems like a really big project.  We are rushing around trying to get everything done but we never get there.  There is this continuous sense of needing to do more, accomplish more, create more, work more, strive more so that we can “get everything done.”  Because that is an impossible task, there is