Why This Little-Known Sense Matters for Mindful Eating
As part of mindful eating, the first key is to know if you’re eating because you’re hungry, or for some other reason? This seems like a...
Why Self-Acceptance and Forgiveness Matter
Most of us don’t like to admit when we make mistakes. It reminds us that we’re not perfect, but also that we probably hurt someone. It...
Example of Analyzing Evening Snacking
Last week, I talked about some questions you can ask yourself if you struggle with evening snacks. As part of it, I mentioned that I’d...
6 Questions to Ask Yourself If You Snack at Night
Snacking at night. I can’t tell you how often I hear this come up as a struggle for people. Maybe it is for you, too. You do okay during...
6 Takeaways About Mindful Eating and Airplane Meals
It’s rare to get an actual free meal on an airplane these days. At least, if you’re riding coach. This helps makes international travel...
Why You Shouldn’t Use Exercise as a Way to Recover from Overeating – and What to Do Instead
Last week, when I was visiting friends in Ireland, we went to a bike café for lunch called Pedals & Boots. It’s an interesting place that...
3 Ways Foods Connect Us to the Past – Specifically Marshmallow Fluff
Food has an incredible way of connecting us to our past, in so many ways. But I admit I hadn’t thought of some of them until reading...
8 Tips on Eating Socially Without Being Too Mindless
Let’s face it. Eating mindfully is very hard to do in a social setting. In fact, I’m not even sure it’s possible. Does this mean you...
Taking a Step Back from My Pedometer
Note: I mention the goal of getting to 10,000 steps in this piece, and in case you’re curious about the background of this idea, here’s...
Why You Don’t Need to Earn the Right to Eat
If you ever use fancy exercise equipment, you can find out how many calories you burned while exercising. And these days, you don’t even...
