I don’t know about you, but I always let out a big ol’ sigh of relief when the holiday season is over. Let’s sing Auld Lang Syne already and get going! Back to routines - and life as usual. A time to refocus. A blank canvas of sorts. If healthier habits are on your radar this year - this post is for you Chickadee. When we’re working on changing or fine tuning our habits, the new behavior tends feels all kinds of clunky and awkward. Apps can help keep you aware + focused + engaged – well beyond March when most folks have already hung up their tennis shoes. Here are three apps I personally use + love, that can support you in accomplishing your goals. #1 You Food I’ve written about You Food before – because, well - it’s rad! Snap a … [Read more...] about App-y New Year (3 Health Apps I Use + Love)
The Snake and the Rope
Not overeating is easy. You simply eat when you're physically hungry, stop when you're satisfied and repeat. What’s hard are the feelings that show up when we don’t overeat. When we don’t overeat, we have to feel and we don’t want to. It’s not that we’re not willing, it’s that most of us haven’t practiced feeling our feelings. So we eat + distract + numb with food and wine instead of feeling. We’re afraid of not having the escape. But what we’re afraid of is harmless. If you take away the extra food, you get to experience the truth of your life. Which may seem scary at first, but in actuality - is a very good thing. We need to know what we’re feeling. Our feelings are what inspire us to make changes. When we numb out the feelings, we numb … [Read more...] about The Snake and the Rope
What’s Way Better Than Food?
Over the summer, I noticed that I was turning to food more often than usual. My scale noticed too. So I sat down with my Top 5 Values and BOOM! – it was abundantly clear that I was altogether neglecting my adventure value. My husband and I had been discussing the idea of visiting Scotland for about two years. But we came up with excuse after excuse for not booking the trip… We don’t want to leave the dog It’s too hard to step away from our businesses Flights are too expensive right now Maybe next spring – or in 2018 When we’re trying to lose weight, most of us rely on willpower to resist our desire for food – until we inevitably run out of willpower. But there’s an alternative approach to weight loss that happens to make life … [Read more...] about What’s Way Better Than Food?
More Powerful Than a Food Journal?
What you pay attention to grows. ~Geneen Roth Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are. ~Jose Ortega y Gassett What we think, we become. ~Buddha See a trend here? What do you give more attention to in your life? That big bowl of ice cream you “shouldn’t” have eaten + how much you hate your thighs --- or what you did well + like about yourself? Most of us are conditioned to focus on our perceived failures and disappointments. It’s human nature - our default setting. But our brain is plastic. We can create new pathways + habits + patterns. We can rewire our brain. We can create a NEW default mode. A mode that leads to more cheers + smiles + feelings of accomplishment. Every action we take either moves us closer … [Read more...] about More Powerful Than a Food Journal?