Reflections on “Love, Loss, and What We Ate”
I’m not usually interested in reading about celebrities, but I was curious about Padma Lakshmi’s memoir, Love, Loss, and What We Ate,...
3 Joys of Shared Meals
One of the many changes of the pandemic has been missed opportunities for shared meals, particularly for those of us who live alone. In...
What Foods Remind You of Home?
Try to remember your first time away from home, when you were gone for long enough that you got homesick. Maybe it was summer camp,...
5 Ways Creativity Helps with Mindful Eating
When you think of creativity, odds are you don’t think about mindful eating. Most likely, you think about music, painting, writing,...
5 Tips for Holiday Eating
If you’re like me, you’re astounded by the fact that it’s already November. That means the holidays are fast approaching. And that makes...
Feeding Spirits on Halloween
Before Halloween became commercialized, many people celebrated an older tradition called Samhain. Food played a part in Samhain as well,...
5 Mindful Eating Lessons from “What About Bob?”
If you’ve never seen the movie What About Bob? I recommend it, as long as you’re okay with some black humor. It has a lot of fun moments,...
Creating Presents for Your Future Self
It’s probably no secret to you that creating new habits can be hard. When you first start, it’s so easy to slip back into your old...
Why Practice Isn’t About Perfection
You’ve probably heard the phrase “practice makes perfect.” But you may have also noticed that even if you practice something, you still...
5 Important Food Issues Related to Climate Change
I’ve been reading the book All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, and among many things, it’s gotten me...