

5 Mindful Eating Takeaways from Livewired
I just finished the fascinating book Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman, which looks at how our...


3 Tips for Resetting in the New Year
These past couple of years have brought a lot of changes and unexpected challenges. For many of us, myself, included, that’s made it...


3 Ideas for Gifts for Yourself
If you’re like me, you’re astonished that Christmas is only six days away. Perhaps also like me, you’re putting finishing touches on...


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,...