The Expectations Booby Trap
Some might argue, including me, that getting healthier is as much or more about your mental game as it is about the food you eat. Anyone who has stared down a cookie they didn't want to eat knows the mental dialog…
Are you really choosing?
Have you ever stopped to wonder how you gotten to this place in life? To this particular moment? Both are the result of thousands and thousands of choices. Most of our choices in life are dictated by our likes and dislikes: the…
3 Work-Arounds for Resistance to Change
Have you ever had the experience of wanting to change a behavior, and start out with the best of intentions, only to slide back into old habits? Well, you wouldn’t be alone. Some of our habits go back a looooong…
Getting out of your own way
I work with people every day who can't seem to get out of their own way. Even with the knowledge of what they should be doing, even with motivation to avoid disease, some people just can't get off the dime.…
Are you holding pleasure hostage?
Yesterday I gave a webinar called Rethinking Sugar – And What It Takes to Quit. [I offer those webinars with some regularity, so if you’d like to be notified when the next one is, please join my mailing list.] In…
How to recover from a binge: 5 easy steps to set yourself on a different path
Okay, so you over-did-it. Whether your go-to tool of choice is something sweet, or a buzz from alcohol, many of us will find temporary relief from the stresses of the day by over-indulging. That’s because it works: There are real,…
Just. Slow. Down.
There’s some amazing research now on the health benefits of sulforaphane, a powerful antioxidant associated with cruciferous vegetables, with the highest concentration in broccoli sprouts. It is linked to preventing and reducing cancer cell growth, among other things. The hitch…
How long does it take?
I overdid it the week of Thanksgiving. Not only did I indulge in an apple pie on the day (fruit-sweetened, of course, and with soy ice cream on top), but also in the days leading up to and after Thanksgiving…
Ghoulish Treats Without the Excess Sugar
Even though Halloween is only a few days away, here's a round-up of some fun ideas for healthier treats to make with the kids. Halloween Witches Finger Cookies from Sugar Free Mom Banana Ghost Pops from Super Healthy Kids…
Are you human? Then you shouldn’t be eating (so much) sugar
With the advent of agricultural and food processing technologies over the past 100 years, we have been able to feed and grow the population. But those very technologies and many others have also led to a surge in chronic diseases,…