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...
The Difference Between Endings and Closure
Last week I wrote about how diets offer the false promise of happiness, but it occurred to me afterward that they also offer another type...
Beware the False Promise of Diets – and What to Focus on Instead
With New Year’s just around the corner, more and more people will be thinking about diets and losing weight, at least if prior trends are...
Learning to Appreciate the Dark
We’re in the darkest time of year, especially here in the northeast where we don’t even have 9 hours of daylight. It can be easy to view...
Should You Break or Keep Holiday Traditions?
One of the things that makes the holidays so difficult for mindful eating is that many of the traditions revolve around food....
Reflecting on Peloton Bike Ad, or Giving Exercise Equipment for Christmas
In case you haven’t heard about it, controversy emerged this week about an ad for a Peloton bike, a fancy kind of indoor exercise bike....
