Walking my dog each morning, I pass a house with “creepy crepe myrtles,” the kind planted between the sidewalk and the street as a screen. Creepy in the early morning.In March, they dug up a pipe across the length of their property from the back to the street ripping out two Crepe Myrtles and tossing …
Once we face our stuff, our baggage, it helps us heal. Even more, it gives us a real opportunity to be our BEST selves. When we’re no longer reacting to our baggage, it’s easier to take a breath, identify what we’re trying to stuff down and follow with a food chaser, and to then make …
If you eat to soothe yourself emotionally, there’s baggage in there somewhere. Jamie commented on my TEDx talk, saying, “Holy moly! I just connected my love of doughnuts back to childhood Sunday’s before my parents divorced….” There’s always a reason we go for the food we do. We want to soothe, and therefore we choose …
Dairy is a wonderfully pleasurable food group – all that yummy goodness, and I love the creamy texture. However, although I can have dairy, if I have too much, my body responds by packing on pounds. I may envy another’s ability to consume more dairy than I can, but overindulging doesn’t help me get where …
Twenty years ago, I was captivated by a certain plumeria. Not sure what initiated my love for white flowers with pink edges, but love them I do, and I wanted one. We found white, red, even a red and yellow version in the local shops, but this white with pink edges and a kiss of …
