Beyond Mindful Eating

Beyond Mindful Eating

Feb 13, 2016 | Nutrition

One of my mentors Marc David with the Institute for the Psychology of Eating wrote a book called The Slow Down Diet.  In it he talks about the fact even if we eat the healthiest foods in the perfect amount but consume it in a state of anxious rushing, the...
The Slow Down Diet

The Slow Down Diet

Jun 27, 2015 | Health, Mindfulness, Nutrition

We can eat the healthiest foods in the perfect amount, but if consumed in a state of anxious rushing, the physiological stress response will interfere with absorption of nutrients.   So we end up wasting the potential of the quality food and, the possibility of...
Closing the Gap between Should and Want

Closing the Gap between Should and Want

Apr 6, 2015 | Mindfulness, Nutrition

Unfortunately, many, many people feel anxious about their eating.  There seems to be a huge gap between what people think they should eat, what they want to eat – and what they are able to manage around eating given their lifestyle. There are two main aspects to...
Afternoon of Life

Afternoon of Life

Feb 7, 2015 | Inspiration

After I turned 50, I became more aware of the preciousness of life. That there was a time limit on my existence in this little life as I know it and there was less time now, than more. I looked around at my beautiful friends who are also moving into the afternoons of...

“If there were only two things in the world, mind and body, but no soul, then the mind would not be involved with the body, because it is fixed and emotionless and very distant from physical life. Nor would the body have anything to do with the mind, because by itself it is inept and powerless. It is also far removed from the mind. But if soul is placed between these two, adjusted to the nature of each, then one would easily become involved with the other.”
~Marsilio Ficino Book of Life

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