Eating can be a pretty boring task. It can also be exciting or scary or wistful, menacing, the highlight of your day or even life. Eating has so many emotions attached to it that it’s almost impossible to narrow them down. Most of us say that we absolutely ADORE...
I’ve had the best month of my life. Everything went great – from the job to my personal life. I was just on a high. And yes, I’m not afraid of bragging about how much I rocked. But bragging about ourselves isn’t something we often do, right? I mean, we feel...
I don’t remember when I first heard about meditation. I don’t remember when I first sat down to meditate. But I do remember being quite resistant to this form of self-care. I didn’t “believe” in it, thought it was silly, something for new...
How many times a day do you look in the mirror? How many times a day does that look make you feel fabulous, fierce and confident? And how many times a day does that look make you feel fat, ugly and unworthy? If the latter occurs overwhelmingly more often, then maybe...
Have you ever had those times when you were going through a rut or feeling a little bit depressed and you just didn’t want to take care of yourself? I have. Many, many times. I would feel lackluster, more chubby than usual and anything but motivated to practice...
Science proofs it: practicing gratitude makes you happier and more aware of all the blessings you have in your everyday life. It transforms your life from being “kinda OK” to being abundant and fulfilled. Oprah talks a lot about her love for gratitude...
It can feel so hard to stop binge eating. Let’s be honest: bingeing can feel like an emotional escape—but it often leaves us feeling worse than before. Whether you binge eat to avoid uncomfortable feelings like loss, pain, or even excitement, the aftermath of...
I often get asked how you can go from: Oh god, I knew I shouldn’t have eaten this cookie the other day. I am so unbearably fat. I wish my stomach was as flat as the one of Heidi Klum. Why can’t I control myself? I hate my stomach. to: Sometimes I can’t even fathom how...
What a year this has been. My mom tells me that I always have YEARS. And I guess she’s right, but this year has been especially crazy, miraculous, exhausting, adventurous, sad, healing, stretching, enlightening, challenging, grounding and frustrating. This year...
5 days until 2014. Is your inbox filled with messages of detoxes, weight loss programs, New Year’s Resolutions, Post Holiday Pudge Blues fixes and so on? Mine is. And it makes me mad. Mad because all those messages imply is that YOU are a project. Your life,...
