Food and I have a new relationship. It used to be love-hate, but now it’s just love-love. I changed my deepest feelings about food, and that changed everything else. How it happened and how to apply this method to any area where you feel stuck. The Old I’ve been a lifelong dieter. Every day of my fifty-nine years, I’ve either been eating what I love and feeling bad about my body, or starving myself and being happier with my form, but feeling bad about depriving myself of thin

Because it actually is my birthday. I’m having all the feels. 59. Holy fork. So I’m pondering, as one does on birthdays, on what 58 brought. A lot of contrast. (I just started listing it all. Um, no. Backspace, backspace, backspace…) The details of the “problems” are not the part that’s important. EVER. It’s what the problems made us want that counts. Last year’s challenge was practicing what I preach. I mean, I always try to do that. My success varies. But last year, I stru

One of my inspired ideas has come to life, and I just want to tell you the process of how it happened, so you can recognize when it’s happening to you. (Hint: you are ALWAYS in one stage or another of this. Although some of us have to experience unwanted to generate the big idea, and others of us have a little trouble shifting focus off the problem and onto the solution.) It happened in spring I wanted a shop like this one! I was going to create a shop like this one. I was. T

First: ff there’s something you’re waiting for, something you want to happen in your business or in your life, you’re right where you should be. You're not alone... We are ALL always waiting for something we want to come to us. We are all ALWAYS waiting for something we want to come to us. We are all always WAITING for something we want to come to us. That’s what life is. Before one dream comes true, we’ve already launched several brand new dreams. We are in a perpetual sta

First: ff there’s something you’re waiting for, something you want to happen in your business or in your life, you’re right where you should be. You're not alone... We are ALL always waiting for something we want to come to us. We are all ALWAYS waiting for something we want to come to us. We are all always WAITING for something we want to come to us. That’s what life is. Before one dream comes true, we’ve already launched several brand new dreams. We are in a perpetual sta

Learning that you are in control of your experience and taking the reins of your life in hand can be a lot of work at the beginning. It doesn’t have to be, but we tend to make it that way. Instead of relaxing and just feeling good, we study and read and research an practice, practice, practice. We meditate like we’re studying for a doctorate in zen. We banish negative thoughts from our mind as soon as they come in. “No, get away you nasty thought!” we shout. But inevitably,

Learning that you are in control of your experience and taking the reins of your life in hand can be a lot of work at the beginning. It doesn’t have to be, but we tend to make it that way. Instead of relaxing and just feeling good, we study and read and research an practice, practice, practice. We meditate like we’re studying for a doctorate in zen. We banish negative thoughts from our mind as soon as they come in. “No, get away you nasty thought!” we shout. But inevitably,

Learning that you are in control of your experience and taking the reins of your life in hand can be a lot of work at the beginning. It doesn’t have to be, but we tend to make it that way. Instead of relaxing and just feeling good, we study and read and research an practice, practice, practice. We meditate like we’re studying for a doctorate in zen. We banish negative thoughts from our mind as soon as they come in. “No, get away you nasty thought!” we shout. But inevitably,

Last night, I spent some time out on the back porch looking up at the moon and letting my mind go quiet. I’ve been letting myself tense up over the upcoming new book release, only three days away now, and I know that being all tense and jittery about its performance is the best way for me to ensure it does less than it could. By being nervous, I’m confirming that I’m not certain it will do well. I have been trying to let go of it, to accept in peace and grace that it will rea

Last night, I spent some time out on the back porch looking up at the moon and letting my mind go quiet. I’ve been letting myself tense up over the upcoming new book release, only three days away now, and I know that being all tense and jittery about its performance is the best way for me to ensure it does less than it could. By being nervous, I’m confirming that I’m not certain it will do well. I have been trying to let go of it, to accept in peace and grace that it will rea

Last night, I spent some time out on the back porch looking up at the moon and letting my mind go quiet. I’ve been letting myself tense up over the upcoming new book release, only three days away now, and I know that being all tense and jittery about its performance is the best way for me to ensure it does less than it could. By being nervous, I’m confirming that I’m not certain it will do well. I have been trying to let go of it, to accept in peace and grace that it will rea

So I posted last week about the kidney stones I was battling, and how I thought it was a wake up call to change my diet for the better. This week, I have a whole new take on this entire episode, so naturally, I’m sharing here with my LOA tribe. It wasn’t kidney stones. Not even close. It was an injury to my back causing pressure on the sciatic nerve, which resulted in pain so excruciating I figured it had to be stones, cause I had no idea anything else could hurt that much.

So I posted last week about the kidney stones I was battling, and how I thought it was a wake up call to change my diet for the better. This week, I have a whole new take on this entire episode, so naturally, I’m sharing here with my LOA tribe. It wasn’t kidney stones. Not even close. It was an injury to my back causing pressure on the sciatic nerve, which resulted in pain so excruciating I figured it had to be stones, cause I had no idea anything else could hurt that much.

So I posted last week about the kidney stones I was battling, and how I thought it was a wake up call to change my diet for the better. This week, I have a whole new take on this entire episode, so naturally, I’m sharing here with my LOA tribe. It wasn’t kidney stones. Not even close. It was an injury to my back causing pressure on the sciatic nerve, which resulted in pain so excruciating I figured it had to be stones, cause I had no idea anything else could hurt that much.