As we navigate this journey called life, many of us acquire ideas that hinder us. Ideas like we should never be uncomfortable or we should avoid discomfort. Or everything should be easy.Then we turn these
Continue readingEvery morning, I start my day by drinking a glass of warm water and lemon, with which I wash down a probiotic capsule. Although my digestion is pretty good these days, that wasn’t always the case. After
Continue readingAre your own beliefs keeping you from reaching your goals? As a life and weight coach, I work with many people whose biggest barriers to achieving their dreams are their own beliefs. Most of these beliefs
Continue readingEffort. It is what we do to get things done. To achieve our goals. Some things require a lot of effort, and others require very little. Our success boils down to how much effort we put into something. This
Continue readingYou’ve read it a million times. Diets just don’t work. Only a tiny percentage (3%) of dieters actually lose weight and keep it off. So why is it so hard to give up the belief
Continue readingDoes this sound familiar? That dress you bought last summer is too tight! You get on the scale and learn you’ve gained ten pounds over the winter. Ten on top of the 30 you already wanted to lose.
Continue readingWhy do diets fail for 97% of people who attempt to lose weight? There are many reasons, but one is that the focus is on the end goal, and not the process of getting there. If you really want to lose
Continue readingWhen I was a new lawyer, I would get very stressed out and overwhelmed by my workload. My reaction would be to eat the peanut M&Ms the secretaries kept in the candy bowl. Like maybe almost the whole
Continue readingLast week, I talked about meditation and how it can help you reach a healthy weight. One of the benefits of meditation is that it increases your awareness because, at its essence, meditation is all
Continue readingMeditation. People are saying it can help you in numerous ways. Well it can. One of those ways is in losing weight. I won’t tell you that if you start meditating today, you’ll lose weight tomorrow.
Continue readingWith summer coming, many of you probably have plans to take a vacation. When you go on vacation, how do you eat? Do you eat differently than you do at home? Do you pretty much always gain weight on vacation? When
Continue readingWhy are people overweight? We have lots of excuses. “I have a slow metabolism.” “I’ve tried so hard to eat less, but I hate being hungry.” “I just love the taste of food.” Those are just
Continue reading6 Tips for NOT Gaining Weight This Holiday Most people gain at least couple of pounds over the holidays. This is not inevitable, however! You can enjoy holiday treats without overeating and gaining
Continue readingEvery year, we all know at least one person who has made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight. It’s the first of the year, a fresh start, a new page. A huge percentage of these folks will start a
Continue readingTHE SIMPLE SECRET TO HAVING THE BODY YOU WANT As someone who spent most of her life being overweight while looking for the secret to being thinner, I found that the answer was a simple one. All I have
Continue readingMeasure your progress by how you are changing your habits, not by the number on the scale. In my home and in my coaching practice, I talk about the idea that our negative patterns are either lines in water,
Continue readingAre You A Mean Dieter? We hear about mean drunks and happy drunks. I’ve never known any happy dieters, but have known many mean dieters. Thin mean dieters and overweight mean dieters. Both are mostly
Continue readingWANT TO END YOUR CRAVINGS? Why do we have cravings? Why do some people crave new clothes despite a full closet? Why do some people flirt with members of the opposite sex or have affairs when they are happily
Continue readingDO YOU FIND EATING BORING? Maybe this will sound like a silly question, but most people I know aren’t really paying attention while they are eating. They are usually doing something else.
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