Guide to eating during the holidays

Oh, the end-of-year holidays can wreak havoc on your diet and meal plans. Your mind may be beset with thoughts of how to cope with the different foods that will be offered. Is there rumination about how can you truly delight in the foods that are comforting and close to…

November 12, 2018

Mindful Eating, Portions

Candy temptations, Christmas, Gravy, Pecan pie, Pumpkin pie, Stuffing, Thanksgiving, Turkey and dressing

Gift of creativity – Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a highlight of creativity for me. My table that glows and beckons and invites gets better year after year, all based on a magazine article I tuck away in its special place lest its inspiration be lost. This design takes all year as I contemplate the settings and…

November 9, 2018

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Thanksgiving table

Harvest apples in fall for a very good reason!

We’re in transition that ends hot and humid summer to pass into the crisp, cool, and dry weather of fall. Early autumn falls from mid-September to late October and invites us to dine upon fresh, late-summer harvested fruits – notably apples! Fresh apples are abundant and at their peak taste and freshness now. Eaten in…

October 19, 2018

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Poop shoot shut down?

That’s a brazen title but constipation is brazen. Right? It shows up bold and in your face as if saying, “Uh uh, now what you gonna do?” Amidst the cramping, feeling as if there’s still more to go but worried about straining as that could lead to bleeding, or hemorrhoids,…

October 17, 2018

Fruit, Gastrointestinal, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Nutrition

Constipation, Fissures, Hemorrhoids

Fall detox? Or not and say you did.

I confess. I am not a die-hard cleanser. It’s one of those absolutes I just know. I’ve had my day with them and finally gave in to the wise voice inside that said a cayenne-peppered lemonade with maple syrup for days on end (aka Master Cleanse) is not for me. I am a…

October 12, 2018

Ayurveda, Nutrition

Clean foods, Cleanse, Detoxing foods

Changing your relationship with food

This Introduction to IFS by Dick Schwartz is clear and on point in describing the sweet transformations that occur every day in my office. Countless parts of us are involved in that relationship, from the critical part that chastises us for eating a donut, or picks at us for not…

August 23, 2018

IFS

Body love, Self-esteem

Trust the magic of new beginnings

This post begins and ends with a quote and is riddled in the belly of it with more. Mostly to highlight that for eons, poets and authors have been subject to making meaning out of endings. The unknown of what’s ahead is frightening to many of us. So……….”Ends are not…

August 1, 2018

Newsletter, Self-reflection

Beginnings, Endings

Myths and truths of dieting….

Dieting gives us purpose. It keeps us on the straight and narrow path toward unveiling the beautiful, skinny person that lives inside of us. Myth! Binges and overeating reinforce just how undisciplined, apathetic and hopeless we really are. Dieting is our consistent way of getting it right. Myth! We worship…

January 17, 2018

Weight Loss

Heart happy oats

Bagels, lox and cream cheese loaded with capers make my belly do a happy dance. Cheesy grits and eggs are a warming comfort food on brrrrrrr cold New England days. Yet, neither do much to lower my high cholesterol, a genetic gift from both my folks. So bah humbug I…

December 28, 2017

Heart disease, High cholesterol

Nuts, Pecans

Coconut oil not all it’s cracked up to be

The latest hype is coconut oil, coconut milk, shredded coconut, coconut manna, and MCT oil (medium-chain triglycerides). Those invested in high fat, high protein dietary intakes for weight loss and overall health could be advised to stay on top of your cholesterol levels, especially if high cholesterol is an issue…

August 30, 2017

Fat, Heart disease, High cholesterol

Healthy heart

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Guide to eating during the holidays

Gift of creativity – Happy Thanksgiving!

Harvest apples in fall for a very good reason!

Poop shoot shut down?

Fall detox? Or not and say you did.

Changing your relationship with food

Myths and truths of dieting….

Heart happy oats

Coconut oil not all it’s cracked up to be

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