We typically approach diet, health and weight loss as a science:  eat less, lose weight. Exercise more, lose weight. In this mechanistic view, we view the body as a machine, where we do X to get Y. We focus on fixing the behavior (eating less junk food, less sugar; losing weight, and tempering our emotional [...]

I went walking this morning in new socks. They’re super thin – great for the heat – but very slippery. I began my walk feeling uncertain and tentative, like my feet weren’t supported on the ground. I felt like my feet would slip out from under me at any moment. I thought about this metaphor [...]

In this week’s support group call, we unpacked how to move from intention – wanting to do something, like eat less sugar, lose weight or eat more mindfully – into action – actually doing it. And here’s the kicker – we talked about how to change our habits without using punishment based, painful methods (white [...]

This evening I had one of those nights where all my intentions went out the window. I was feeling exhausted and overwhelmed – always a stressful combination for me – and was impatient, crabby and short with my children. The night ended with my daughter tearfully telling me, “I feel like you don’t even want [...]