Note: This piece contains some religious references, but hopefully in an inoffensive way. With the arrival of fall, we’ve been getting an...

BEDA (the Binge Eating Disorders Associations) is dedicating a week to raising the awareness about weight stigma, the first of what they...

This weekend I attended a conference hosted by the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, where I’m getting my certification as a health...

One of my recent assignments for my health counseling program suggested that we look at packaging and advertising to assist in thinking...

Note: Learn more about the Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating program here or at www.amihungry.com. Last week I blogged about how some people...

It’s part of human nature to look for patterns, trying to tease out what triggered a particular event. We like to think that the world...

Last week I finally had a chance to volunteer with Cooking Matters, a program developed by the Good Shepherd Food Bank. It’s designed to...

This weekend I made my first very bread. I’d been thinking about it for a while, but what finally prompted me to do it was when I made my...

I like to consider myself an open-minded person, and not someone who blindly accepts what others say. Even so, I realized recently that...

Note: This is longer than my usual post, because I wanted to include excerpts from the book. Prior to seeing Julie and Julia, my...