

How to Go Deep – and Why You Need To
Last week I talked about what happens when we’re not our best selves, and this week I was going to write about the opposite, of how to be...


What Keeps You from Being the Best Version of Yourself?
We’ve all been in situations where we’re not the best versions of ourselves. (If you haven’t, please tell me your secret!) Maybe it’s...


Blueberry Surprise
Note: I'm taking a vacation from a regular blog post this week, and instead I'm sharing a poem about a recent blueberry discovery. I...


3 Tips for Designing Your Life
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” But according to Bill Burnett and Dave...


5 Life Lessons from the Fab Five
Note: I found the quotes in a BuzzFeed article. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical about the Netflix series Queer Eye. I’m nervous...


5 Ways to Tell You Might Be Too Food Focused
One of the best parts about mindful eating is that it can free you up from fixating on food. Instead, you can direct the energy you used...


Mindful Eating is Sometimes Messy – And That’s Okay
Do you like getting messy? Or does it make you uncomfortable? I think many of us are taught that messiness is something to avoid, but I...


Letting Myself Eat When Hungry
Recently I’ve had a couple of days where I’ve felt like the Very Hungry Caterpillar. In case you’re not familiar with it, The Very Hungry...


Why Being Fat Encourages You to Make Yourself Small
I recently watched the Hulu series Shrill, only to then discover that it was inspired by the book Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by...


Implicit Weight Bias on the Rise – and My Own Results
I don’t like to think of myself as being biased. I imagine most people don’t. And yet when I took a recent test on the Harvard Project...