I wake up every day on grounding sheets in a room with no electronics except the fan. Like usual, I have slept at least eight hours. My tea, and the milk I put in it, are organic. The water I drink is purified. The products I use to clean, moisturize, or cover my skin are […]

I’m not an optimist by nature. But I recently decided I really want to be one. All the super smart people I know say I can change my brain to believe anything. It just takes practice. So I’m practicing being an optimist. And, if I were honest with myself, and with you, I’d have to […]

There are a lot of things I can do to improve the way I look including shaving my legs, wearing just the right shade of foundation, and coloring my hair. All of which I do. I have this thing I do with all my clients where I ask them to give me three individual words […]

I’ve been staring at the inside of my refrigerator for about five months now. And today, I bought a sandwich. It’s a turkey panini. Fully opposite of what I’ve come to know as my normal dietary intake of plants. I felt like a criminal. Or an alcoholic. Not to say I was afraid of being […]

Stop the epidemic of inactivity! 80% of Americans don’t get even 20 minutes of moderate activity every day! 50% of people who start an exercise program quit within a few months. I need a math scholar to tell me what that means statistically. But it looks like a lot of people want to exercise, they […]

I have this iteration of my life where I write and speak like David Sedaris — but only in my voice. I think this is not such an outrageous fantasy because David shares the same penchant for imagining fame and notoriety as I do. Until I started listening to him, I didn’t know this was […]

In the first two parts we covered topics like assessments, having a realistic plan, and being good for your word as ways to get and stay motivated to move. Today I’d like to talk about failure. Be Real With Your Self Do you need a Plan B? Do you need to up the ante? Oh […]

I had a therapist tell me she would not answer my call until I rang her 5 minutes late. She was challenging my perfectionist nature to sleep at night knowing I did not make an appointment on time. This was about 20 years ago, and I have not given myself such a robust dare since. […]

Vote For Your Brain I miss those days when a bagel and cream cheese was a healthy food option — Man, I miss a bagel and cream cheese!–  I miss Teddy Grahams and Cheezits.  I miss not having to read the food label for every item outside the produce aisle. I miss the freedom of […]