Category Archives: Mindful and intuitive eating
The Trouble with Food Rules
If you were told that you could never EVER eat cake again, what would you do? If you like cake, even a little bit, you would probably experience a sequence of thoughts and emotional states—similar to the grieving process: 1. … Continue reading
Kids Are Worried about Eating and Health
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 Kids Are Worried about Eating and Health At a time when they should not have a care in the world, young children are worried about food, weight and health. As reported in a 2009 article in … Continue reading
How You Eat is More Important than What You Eat
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009 How You Eat is More Important than What You Eat Are you fed up with nutrition rules (eat this; not that), depriving yourself of foods you like, trying to trick your appetite with a … Continue reading
Savor the Flavor
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2009 Savor the Flavor Have you ever eaten something just because it was there? Then, after it was gone, you still weren’t satisfied? You probably didn’t consider what you had a hankering for. Maybe a … Continue reading
Brake for Food
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2009 Brake for Food “It’s not going anywhere; it’s already dead.” That’s what slips out of my mouth when my husband and daughter eat with alarming alacrity. The first one done doesn’t get the prize. … Continue reading
Mind Your Meals
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2009 Mind Your Meals Eating is a sensory experience that involves taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight. If we attend to our senses in addition to our hunger, we’re more likely to: be engaged in … Continue reading
The Eating Experience
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009 The Eating Experience “Invent your world. Surround yourself with people, color, sounds, and work that nourish you.“ –Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (a.k.a. Sark) Eating mindfully—honoring hunger and fullness, and eating in a relaxed and … Continue reading
When it’s OK to Be a Snob
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008 When it’s OK to Be a Snob I’ve been called a chocolate snob, wine snob and cheese snob. Thing is, I don’t know a whole lot about the gourmet aspects of these foods. But … Continue reading