What I learned from diet detox: Mindful eating is healthier eating
I’m eating a lot of kale these days. I ate an entire bunch yesterday, just by myself. Which is apparently a good thing, because it’s being exalted as the biggest Super food since, well, blueberries. Packed with nutrients, fiber, antioxidants kale is everything a chicken McNugget is not. Still, anything gets a little old and [...]
Four ways to create a feel-good environment
Want to feel more creative and inspired – raise the roof, literally. Research by the bigwigs from the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing showed that ceiling height can affect the thought process. People were more detail oriented when working under an eight foot ceiling and more abstract when the ceiling was raised [...]
How a change in scenery changes your brain
My space is cozy and tidy. The papers that are on my desk are in neat piles. A few loose newspaper clippings are scattered about. Three books sit stacked on the corner and box of pens lays along the outer edge of that desk. This is just about right. Too much clutter, and I become [...]
Time to connect with friends
I’ve mentioned it here before: social connection – as in hanging out with friends — isn’t only essential to our quality of life, but it’s critical to our health. Friendships and support boost our immune function, stave off depression, and ease a bunch of other nasty things that make us feel, well, icky. Still, we’ve [...]
Social networks not a substitute for real social networking
I have become a fan of Facebook. Much to my surprise I like the light and often thought-provoking, cyber banter. I learn new things and think about familiar things differently thanks to the different perspectives that show up there. I’ve reconnected with old friends and even developed some solid, real-life, even-met-in-person friendships on-line. But this [...]
Six Ways to Strengthen Your Self Discipline
There will always be something that matters – something that must get done — that you don’t want to do. I hate folding clothes – but I also hate wearing wrinkled pants, therefore fold I must. Drawing from our reserves of self discipline to make responsible choices about folding or work or health or money [...]
Drawing on Self Discipline
Saturday, I was back in corner room, the one with the computer cursor blinking and the desk piled with three-week old newspapers and bill statements and books and my calendar book with dates already filled in for November. I was in the office, where I’ve been every weekend for nearly two months. Working on my [...]
Good nutrition helps harness Yin and Yang
Good nutrition can help you harness the forces of Yin and Yang (check out more in Monday’s post) and balance the body’s natural energies to maintain good health. Over and over again, I’ve found that a balance of good nutrition can help people boost their energy, and control their cravings. I’ve used the theory to [...]
Balance of Yin/Yang in diet can help curb cravings
Even in a culture bombarded with new-fangled nutrition advice and health-oriented research, the traditional philosophies can still teach us something about healthy living. As a health Coach I have studied many different theories, from new age to the ancient, and the one that stands out is the theory of Yin and Yang – the Chinese [...]
File of No Big Surprise: Older minds yield greater wisdom
Here’s something from the No Big Surprise File: New research indicates that the brains of older people may actually be more efficient. Still, I’m amazed and annoyed by how often we talk around older people – as though they can’t hear what we’re saying or won’t get it anyhow. It’s a bad habit and downright [...]
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