Good and stable energy helps us meet life’s challenges and feel safe. I recently participated in a panel discussion about spiritual protection for the modern woman with Sacred U. What is spiritual protection? To feel inherently safe or spiritually protected, no matter what life throws at us, we need to: [...]
Mental Health concerns all of us! July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness month since 2008 thanks to author, journalist and mental health advocate Bebe Moore Campbell. Why is it important to pay special attention to “minority” mental health? Here I’m using the word “minority” as a way to describe groups [...]
Stop emotional eating Are you ready to change the way you deal with your emotions? Let me tell you my cheesecake story. Like one of my favorite tv characters, Sophia Petrillo used to say, “Picture this!” It’s February 2001, I’m at work having just lost my father 72 hours before, pushing [...]
Do you reward yourself with foods? Many years ago, I was working with a client who was really struggling with cravings. She’d say, “I’d be so good during the day and then in the evening, I’d crave pizza for dinner.” I asked her where she thought this was coming from. She [...]
Choose compassion over beating yourself up. What do you do when you have cravings? Do you give in and beat yourself up afterwards? Making the healthiest food choices every single time can be challenging. Especially if you’re stressed out at work or life throws a curveball at you! It’s so natural [...]
Losing weight is difficult The underlying message from diet programs is that losing weight is difficult. You’ve got to count calories or points! Deprive yourself. Or pay for ready-made meals that may be calorie-conscious but lacking in freshness and Prana or vital nutrition! The truth is if you choose the “quick [...]
Dieting doesn’t lead to sustainable health Relying on diets and diet programs for long term health and well-being creates 2 problems worth looking at. First, it creates an unhealthy relationship with food. We find ourselves constantly categorizing foods as “good” or “bad”. In my new ebook, 3 Dieting Mistakes Sabotaging Your [...]
Why do we gain weight? In the 15 years I’ve worked with women to help them lose weight, I’ve noticed that every single one of them had tried every diet under the sun to lose it. That’s why I knew that dieting wasn’t a viable and sustainable solution. Let me show [...]
Cynthia couldn’t believe what the consultant at the wellness center was telling her! A few weeks before, Cynthia had woken up in the hospital remembering only that she had been standing in the supermarket with her 6 year old granddaughter for what seemed like just moments before. To her relief, she [...]
