

How To Resist the Urge to Eat Out of Boredom
Have you ever reached for food simply because you’re bored and eating will give you something to do? If you answered yes, you’re far from...


The Importance of Eating Mindfully During Difficult Times
With fear about the coronavirus shutting things down, hitting the stock market, impacting schools and work, it’s easy to get away from...


3 Tips to Help with Stress Eating
Eating for emotional reasons is pretty common, and stress is one of the biggest drivers of that kind of eating. Even worse, this can...


Is It Really Good or Are You Settling?
One of my favorite recent shows is The Good Place, and it’s gotten me thinking about frozen yogurt and the difference between things that...


5 Tips to Stop Comparing
The other morning while I walked to work from the parking garage, I saw a group of four young, fit-looking people in a courtyard area...


3 Alternatives to Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day for this year has come and gone, but the candy lingers, and so does the idea that the holiday is all about romance. At...


How Solar Panels Can Help with Agriculture
Note: This is a different type of post than I normally do, but I was inspired by learning about community solar farms and how solar and...


What to Expect – and Not to Expect – From Exercise
I’ve been having fun recently watching old episodes of the Penn & Teller show Bullshit on Hulu. It’s an unusual show, looking at various...


On Appreciating Water
As part of mindful eating, I sometimes talk about how it can help to focus on a feeling of gratitude for food. But recently I had an...


Reflections on Hercule Poirot and Food
Agatha Christie stories aren’t best known for making you think about food choices, but recently, one of them did that for me. It happened...