“I haven’t taken my iron in months,” Nancy confesses. “I don’t have time to get my prescription renewed and I am too tired to deal with it.” “I don’t have time to cook now that I am working more hours!” exclaims Michelle. “The drive-through is quick and easy. I really...
The swim party was well attended and loads of fun until the last few minutes. But then something happened that changed my perspective forever. With nearly 100 people looking on in frozen silence, my son screamed, stamped his feet, and raged at the top of his lungs,...
Imagine that your job in life is to swim across a fast-moving river carrying a bag of rocks. Depending on the size of the rocks, and the number of rocks, your bag can be quite heavy. Maybe you can handle it just fine when you’re feeling strong and energetic. Maybe the...
My alarm sounded this morning at 3:40 a.m., and while I was bleary-eyed tired, I smiled and remembered why I was getting up in the wee hours – to attend the last class in a zoom course (which was being taught in the UK time zone). It was yet another opportunity to...
There is a lot of testosterone in my kitchen these days. My adult son, Barrett, has come home for an extended visit and has taken on a new hobby. He cooks complex dishes from scratch. A couple of nights ago he made chicken tiki masala, which included hand grinding,...
My father passed away in August 2021, and I was unable to see him before he left. To make matters worse, my extended family handled everything in their typical dysfunctional manner. As my grief spread deeper and deeper, my stress escalated because one sibling got into...
Most wellness coaches, I would argue, will tell you not to eat junk food. And that is what my functional medicine doctor (who also is my wellness coach) recently told me. He told me to cut out everything I love! Ok, he didn’t do that. He didn’t actually say those...
It is much harder to write when I don’t feel good. Like many of us, I want to be perfect. I want everything in my life to go well. I want to be in control, happy, and the right body size. But life happens. I am not perfect (or happy or in control). And while I have...
When I was a kid, I never heard the word “boundaries” mentioned. It was not a buzzword back in the dark ages, some 50 years ago. But like everyone else on the planet, I did have the experience of my boundaries being violated. It’s something all humans experience. Like...
Many of the women I’ve coached have shared with me how much their bariatric surgery has changed their relationships – sometimes for the better, and sometimes not. After their surgery, it is typical for people to go through a period of radical transformation. Shedding...