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A new way of thinking about holiday eating 

Today I have a quick 15-minute podcast where I go over a new mindset to have for holiday eating. Take a listen and download the associated worksheet if you want to employ these tactics. 

Then get ready to enjoy the rest of the holiday season food dram...

I am always looking for ways to simplify my life. I love the feeling of getting rid of something that just isn’t working anymore. However, just because things are simple doesn’t mean they are easy. Some days things are just hard. Today I am going to talk about simply letting the hard days be hard...

You can tell by now that these emails aim to help us embrace who we really are rather than changing ourselves into different people. Today, I want to embrace and love all the Scrooges out there.

Are you a Buddy the Elf or an Ebenezer Scrooge? During the holiday season, there can be a lot of p...

A popular self-help mantra is how to get the most out of and insert your topic of choice here. That is mostly good advice. Who doesn’t want more joy, more fun, and more vacations? I think it backfires in the realm of getting more done. Before I started coaching, I would create these crazy schedul...

It’s officially the end of the year crunch time. In two weeks, most schools in the US will go on holiday break. At work, we all know that little gets done between December 25th and January 2nd. This means everyone is trying to get things done in the next two weeks and tie things up before the new...

Today I have a special holiday treat for you. I am giving you all a pdf of one of the modules I use in my Healthy Body Connection Course. This module talks about the fullness scale and how you can use this to learn to listen to what you truly need and get to your best body ever. 

I am going to teac...

We talked about the concept that life is 50:50. Half of the time, we are basking in all the good emotions like love, joy, and happiness. The other half of the time, we experience negative emotions like jealousy, anger, and fear. We also talked about how when we resist these negative emotions, we ...

The most important lesson I learned this year was how to pivot effectively in most areas of my life. We often think that to make things better, we need to find the next best diet, planner, or new system that will change our lives. Don’t get me wrong. I love systems that help me achieve my goals. ...

During the holiday season, we have this belief that we need to make everything magical and joyful for our kids. We are flooded with images and programs of holiday cheer and these special moments that we are supposed to create. Don’t get me wrong; I love a lot of them.  On the other hand, the holi...

There are two weight loss traps that I wish everyone would stop doing immediately. The first is starving yourself to save calories before a big event or party.The second is starving yourself as a way to get back on track. Neither of these actions will lead to sustainable weight loss. The worst th...

 Conflict can significantly strain our holiday joy as we head into all these family gatherings and together time. They start joyful and fun. Then the conversation turns to more controversial subjects and everything starts to feel like it is falling apart. My mom’s advice is always to let it go. She ...

One thing that frustrates me about the self-help, diet, and organization movement is that it sets up these unrealistic expectations for our houses, lives, and bodies.  I love that the unbusy movement bucks against the social norms of being busy, consumerism, and body image. However, in an attempt...