Mindfulness

As we begin 2021, you may have intentions to lose weight and practice healthier eating habits. That’s great! (Especially after many of us were eating our feelings last year throughout the pandemic.) However, before you delve into any crazy diet, I’d like you to know that there is a much better way to achieve your goals. Diets completely ignore the...

How self-knowledge can help you break free from the obsession with food The Food Freedom process is not just stopping dieting. This is step zero, one in which we put an end to an unhealthy cycle of manipulating food and the body. You opened the prison cell: but that still doesn’t mean you’re free. Freedom comes as we really get to know the reasons that lead us to seek food without hunger...

If someone asked me my favorite time of the year, I’d have to give two answers: the start of a new school year and New Year’s Day. There is something magical about the idea of a second chance, the ability to start over, a fresh notebook and pen to make plans and changes and improvements. Then 2020 hit. The best-laid...

It’s hard enough to be mindful when you’re sitting down to eat by yourself. Adding family members to the mix and possible conversations about politics around the dinner table only makes it that much more difficult. Being mindful in these situations can certainly require some super-Jedi powers. Ah, the holiday season!! Mindfulness, like any other skill, requires practice. My best...

Healthier tweaks to my favorite family recipes are really what makes eating healthier and healthy sustainable habits possible. It keeps you grounded. Feeling good. Comforted. Happy. Like you’re fully you and not missing out on a thing. And that’s how eating healthy should be. Easy, natural, and familiar. That being said, I want to chat about my favorite 3 Tips...

Who can resist the lights sparkling everywhere, the smell of a fresh Christmas Tree, latkes sizzling on the stove, the crinkle of the wrapping paper as you measure out the precise amount of paper… and the food. All the food. Brownies, cookies, cakes, charcuterie boards. If your workplace is anything like mine was, Christmas was made for lunchtime gathering around...

One Bowl, Super Easy, Spice Cookie Bars (Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, Dairy-Free, and Higher Fiber) How many more descriptive buzz words can I add?? But seriously, these Spice Cookie Bars really are so good and so easy and a nice break from the sugary holiday cookies you might be having this season! Speaking of which… Let’s talk about that and how to maneuver through your health goals this season… Right off the bat, we know...