Mindful Bites

 “They” say that the best way to learn something is to teach it. Teaching make you an expert on the very subject you are choosing to teach. I felt that way at the end of each semester when I was a psychology professor. By the end of the semester I knew more about the...

Today, I want to you to check in with how tuned in you are with your body. If you have been practicing checking into see not only how hungry you are but also how food (and drink) feels within your body you are truly a mindful eater. Making the decision to pay...

Bad days happen. We all have them. The car gets a flat. The kids miss the school bus. Your boss wants that report yesterday. When you are ready to throw your hands up in the air and don’t know what to do, be grateful. Gratitude puts things into perspective. Once we...

The Tuesday after the first Monday in November is Election Day in America. On this auspicious day, we get to cast our ballots for candidates and issues that reflect our values and goals. As a mindful eater, you too get to cast your vote in a way that reflects your...

Welcome to the best or worst day of the year depending on how you feel about having candy in your home. For those of us who can’t be around a Snickers bar with biting in, Halloween can present many challenges unless you approach it mindfully. Today marks the end of...

Back in May I recommended that you spend a few minutes day reading something what would enhance your journey to mindfulness and mindful eating. Did you do that? If you have, I hope that what you read did indeed help you along in this process. If you did not, it is not...

It was a relatively cool day here in Southern California. Not the blistering cold of the mid-west, but cold enough that I wanted some “comfort food.” When I considered what I wanted to eat for dinner, an image of a sweet potato popped into my head. I have been...

A funny thing happened on the way to the market. I discovered that I didn’t need so many bags. What am I talking about? Here, in Southern California, we need to bring our own reusable bags when we grocery shop. Someone somewhere made it illegal to give out plastic...

For most of my adult life (before mindful eating that is), my world revolved around food – what would I eat, what I would not eat, what I did I eat, you get the idea. Food would be in my mind most of the time, like an annoying hum or ear worm that I couldn’t shut off....