Recently we have been thinking a lot about our relationship to what it is we want and then how we go about getting it. We led a workshop on this very topic recently and what we propose is that if a gal (or guy for that matter) has a desire for something (be it a break or less structure in her life or more fun) AND if she does not feel she has permission to have what it is that she wants, Read more
It’s a very exciting time for me when a new group of participants begins our Transformative Nutrition 9 week course. Right off the bat the dreaded “F word” came up, as it always does, and the fear of risking FAILURE. Read more
I had a funny experience a few nights ago. I was sitting at my computer minding my own business and suddenly, out of nowhere, I swear I heard the voice of 2 ginger molasses cookies calling to me from my kitchen. “We want you to eat us!” they exclaimed merrily. Read more
I saw a client yesterday who is on the brave road out of disordered eating and a long struggle with controlling food. She has come a long way and old obsessions around food and calories and exercise have lost their grip. She found a new way with food – one that includes being peaceful while still having goals. Read more
Here we are in a new year and there’s a certain sense of rebirthing that goes with that newness. The image that keeps appearing my life is of an egg being hatched. All around me and within me there seems to be a desire for a new self-expression to be birthed. Read more
It’s Day 2 of a deeply self-caring 4 day retreat I’m doing at Kripalu, a yoga retreat center in the Berkshires, a truly divine and inspired place on earth; literally, a source of inspiration, reminding its visitors to breathe; to pause, to feel. Check in for second, are you even breathing? Do you know what you’re feeling? Read more
“I don’t wanna. I don’t wanna. I don’t wanna!” Do you know that one? I bring it up because recently the “I don’t wanna’s” took over my brain! The need to write something for my blog this week especially seemed to awaken that sleeping dragon. Usually I find myself deeply troubled by this type of racket in my head. Read more
