Buffets are a dieter’s worst nightmare. Because a dieter is trying to not eat bad food by using her willpower. There are so many things wrong with that sentence, I can’t even tell you. OK, I’m going to tell you. First of all, there is no bad food. Once you make something a bad, Read More
A few years back, I was complaining to someone (probably my poor sweet husband) that all everyone cared about at Thanksgiving was eating. Grrr. Thanksgiving is a land mine for those of us who are drawn like a magnet to the holy trinity of fat, salt and sweet. Anyway, the words came out of my mouth, “Why, Read More
Me: Do you believe telekinesis is real? Boy Child: No. Girl Child: Yawn. Me: I’ll bet you five bucks that I can make this piece of cake disappear with my MIND. BC: No, you can’t. (Rolls eyes.) GC: OK. (Humors me.) Me: Done. Ta da!! BC: You just ate that. (Rolls eyes AND walks, Read More
Nothing outside you can ever give you what you are looking for. ~Byron Katie Byron Katie is an inspiring thought leader and founder of The Work. One of her core teachings is about three types of business. This is gold. This is freedom. So, listen like there is going to be a written, Read More
It seems like life happens to us. Like we’re not in control. But let me offer you this… life doesn’t happen to you. It happens FOR you. By learning to listen to your body and choosing how to move through the world, you can create your experiences. You can create a kick-ass life you, Read More
When I studied Psychology in college, freshman year we did the ubiquitous Skinner Box experiment. That’s the one where you put a cute little white rat in a cage/box with a bottle of sugar-water. The rat figures out that if he steps on a tiny little lever that a drop of yummy sugary water, Read More
One kind of skinny person eats when and what they feel like eating during a day, using a mix of their natural body signals and their minds. The other kind of skinny person laments over what they eat, feels deprived, but still eats what they “should” be eating. I want to be the first, Read More
For those of you following my blog posts for a while, you may know that my daughter has had debilitating fatigue that has grown increasingly worse for the last three years. She has dropped out of all activities, grades have plummeted, we cut her class schedule down to two classes… you get the picture., Read More
I loved my old flip-style cell phone. One of the things I miss is that my old flip phone would announce who is calling instead of simply ringing. She was no Siri, but she would proudly announce who was about to touch my life. I made life a little more interesting by giving everyone, Read More
This is a link to the video. I had to separate it from this blog post because the sound was causing me to break out in a cold sweat every time this page opened. It’s the audio that makes it terrifying. Charlotte just got a trolley last week. How fun. Whether you agree with funding, Read More