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?
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Identifying Your Top Values
Deep down in your innermost being, what is important to you? What sort of qualities do you want to nurture in yourself? What do you want to stand for? How do you want to be in your relationships with others? Values are our heart’s deepest desires for how we want to interact with and relate to the world, other people and ourselves. They are the principles that can guide us and motivate us as we move through life. Without values, we’re a ship with no sail. We’re lost in the woods without a compass or a map. “Values are like a compass. A compass gives you direction and keeps you on track when you’re traveling. And our values do the same for the journey of life. We use them to choose the direction in which we want to move and to keep us on … [Read more...] about Identifying Your Top Values
How Do We Create Happiness?
We’re all in search of happiness. We want happiness for ourselves, our children, our spouses, our friends… But how do we go about creating happiness in our lives? The question came up while listening to one of my favorite podcasts recently – and interviewee’s response was downright brilliant. She said... Happiness is a result of how satisfied we are about the progress we’re making toward our life goals. Aha - not so elusive anymore. Want to create more happiness in your life? Start by identifying your goals. What do you want to create in your life? How do you want to be? What do you want to do? Write your goals down. Mine are printed out and posted on my monitor. We can’t generate feelings of accomplishment or fulfillment if we … [Read more...] about How Do We Create Happiness?
Letting Go of the All or Nothing Approach to Weight Loss
I’ve read at least three articles about abstaining from alcohol for the month of January (aka Dry January) – along with countless articles + blogs about detoxes, cleanses and of course – diets. And it’s only January 11th. Most of my life was spent either on a diet of off a diet. Either being good - or bad. Can you relate? Those were also the years when I was battling bulimia and hating my body - no matter what the scale said. We live in a society that is all about extremes… A month-long boot camp to punish ourselves for a sedentary December A juice fast to make up too many Christmas cookies Diet all week - binge all weekend Restriction tends to have a rebound effect. Whole 30 = ALL THE SUGAR when the 30 days is over Dry January = … [Read more...] about Letting Go of the All or Nothing Approach to Weight Loss