see video Healing Your Heart: Things that drive us to food for soothing We get caught up in guilt, and that often drives us to soothing ourselves because it’s a heavy thing to carry. Food is so easy, and it works instantly even if relief only gives a moment’s respite. In dark moments, we’ll take …
See Video Freshly laid sod looks so healthy. Until it doesn’t. My sister-in-law moved into a new house, and her “instant lawn” looked really great. Then soon, one patch wasn’t doing so well. We stood over it talking through all the things she’d tried. They should have worked. There was nothing more we could do …
See Video Okay, so why can’t weight loss be fun? I’m serious. We tend to make it drudgery and load it with all sorts of messages. It’s that moment of recognition when the waistband gets tight or the scale is going in the wrong direction. What do we say to ourselves? It’s seldom good, certainly …
see video Okay, I have to say, I never thought I’d quote Sharon Osbourne. She was being interviewed after taking one of the semiglutide injectables and said she was “very sick” for a couple of months as she felt nauseous much of the time. However, she took it for four months and lost 30 pounds, …
see video It feels like so many programs have failed us. Yes, diets do work if we’re consistent, but the deprivation makes it hard to stay on track. Then Intuitive Eating or “No Diet” Diet was supposed to be the fix. It’s a wonderfully useful tool, but it takes a lot of inner healing to …
see video I HATE FAILING Oh, my word do I get that one. “Coach speak” would dictate asking what’s creating the perception of “failing,” but I relate to that feeling of failure too well to ask. We’ve tried so many times, right? I remember many conversations with my cousin during a family weekend at our …
See Video Version I HATE BEING HUNGRY I said this many a time over my 40-year Diet Yo-Yo – because I was quite hungry most of the time. Can you relate? It’s an old paradigm that we HAVE to endure hunger in order to trim down, but it’s a strong one that comes from the …
See Video Version I spent a day with a butterfly. I found it early when I was walking the dog. I wasn’t quite sure what I was seeing at first. It was on its side, wings together, and it looked dead. Then it moved just a little. I didn’t want to leave him on …
See Video Version All things spring to life at this time of year. My grandparents had a ranch, and in the spring, it was magical with wildlife and livestock, winter oats nearing harvest, alfalfa and Bermuda breaking through, and mild temperatures making days and evenings pleasant. In my 20s, I lived in Wales, in the …
See Video The cake is actually calling my name! I can hear it! Insert your favorite comfort food. My years of dieting produced many moments like this. It might be just some frustration – can’t get the printer to work, maybe boredom, even just desire for the mouthfeel. Sometimes it’s something significant like loneliness, disappointment, …
