I had a health scare over the past two weeks. It started with having my first mammogram, a screening exam that I put off for various reasons, none of which was that I was worried about my risk of breast cancer. I wasn’t. So when…
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates If I’m talking about food as medicine, then why the picture of chocolate cupcakes? What kind of “medicine” is that? They’re not even healthy! Well, even in a healthy diet there’s room…
Well here it is, the last few days of 2016. I feel a strong shift happening in me, a need to prepare, to plan, to get ready. This doesn’t always happen; sometimes I feel like the New Year snuck up on me! But this year…
Here we are, in the time of family visits, gifting, caroling, decorating, and lights. It’s a fun, busy, chaotic time of year! So I wanted to check in with you all: How are you doing? There seem to be so many reasons for joy and…
Ok everyone, here comes the final installment of the Good For You Series. What could possibly be the last essential thing we need to incorporate into our lives to help us feel balanced, centered, and whole? Well, exercise of course! Ok, ok, I hears…
Glad to have you back! Here we are at week four of the Good For You Series. We’ve covered some important needs and have been working to get more of the good stuff we need into our daily lives; good sleep, gratitude, human touch. I…
Hello all! Everyone over their turkey and football coma? Actually, the tryptophan-turkey, sleepiness-after-eating-turkey thing is probably overblown, but it’s a nice excuse to nap away the afternoon on Thanksgiving Day. You’d think that I was going to say something this week about healthy eating, or…
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I have wonderful memories of being at my grandmother’s house, hanging out with my cousins, eating the turkey, cornbread stuffing (dressing?), stewed tomatoes, sweet potatoes, rolls, collards, and on and on. It’s a day about family, food and football. Every…
You know, I’ve been thinking… What keeps us from doing the things we need to have in our lives to be well? We often know what we should do, or even what our needs are. If we don’t, that bears some consideration and research. But…
Well, I want to talk today about something I’ve been noticing, both in myself and from people around me. We seem to be slogging through our days, unhappy about what we’re doing, wishing we were somewhere (or someone!) else. We don’t seem to be enjoying…