Several Ways to Sit with Your Feelings
Sitting with our feelings is not easy. It’s so much easier to reach for our phones or our computers or iPads or remote controls. It's so much easier to reach for anything else. To zone out. To do something mindless. And this impulse, this strong urge is totally understandable. After all, who wants to dwell in discomfort?
"It is hard enough if we were alone in the woods surrounded by nature with no electricity,...
When You’re Mad at Yourself
You ate several slices of pizza, and barely tasted them. You were too exhausted to get through your entire to-do list. You slept past your alarm and were late to work. Again. You couldn't do your usual 20 push-ups. You're becoming more and more anxious at the grocery store. You find yourself getting angry around the same time every day.
Normally when we overeat, when we aren't as productive as we think we should...
Normally when we overeat, when we aren't as productive as we think we should...
Reflecting on Our Days, Reflecting on Ourselves
A healthy relationship with ourselves starts with self-reflection. It starts with telling ourselves the truth. Which we start doing by exploring our days, by exploring the smaller and bigger parts of each 24-hour period. Which we start doing by getting still and getting quiet and writing. After all, writing is one of the best ways we can discover ourselves, pick up on patterns, see things we swore weren't there before.
Are You Lying to Yourself?
You tell yourself that you’re happy. Really you are.
You tell yourself that you’re dieting because you’re trying to get healthy (not because you’re hoping to lose weight, which you think will finally make you worthy of love).
You tell yourself that you’re dieting because you’re trying to get healthy (not because you’re hoping to lose weight, which you think will finally make you worthy of love).
You Don’t Have to Explain Yourself
I can't attend that event because I'm swamped with work. I know I work from home, which means I can work at any time. But the tasks have been piling up. I probably need to work faster and be more productive. You know I do waste a lot of time ...
I can't help with that because I'm trying to finish this big project. And honestly, I'm not feeling well. I might be coming down...
I can't help with that because I'm trying to finish this big project. And honestly, I'm not feeling well. I might be coming down...
When You Think You Can’t
A friend recently said: "I really want to eat a slice of pizza today. But I can't. It's not on my meal plan. I can't eat pizza for another two weeks. So I'm bringing my food to the restaurant."
39 Lessons on Body Image, Well-Being And Life
Tomorrow, July 30th, I'll be celebrating my 35th birthday. Eeeek. Almost every year, I’ve been republishing and revising a version of the below post. In it, I share what I’ve learned about building a positive body image, coping effectively and living a fulfilling, meaningful life in my years on earth thus far. Why 39? Extra lessons for good measure and good luck!
1. Be you. In all your amazing and unique glory. Trying to be like...
1. Be you. In all your amazing and unique glory. Trying to be like...
A Big Myth About Healthy Body Image
We think that in order to have a healthy body image, we must love our bodies. We assume we must celebrate our physical traits every day. Basically we assume we must love every inch of our skin. We assume that if we don't, if we don't love our hips, for instance, or that weird birthmark on our bellies, or we wish we had thicker hair or we wish that our legs were longer,...
3 Ways to Practice Mindfulness on the Go and Every Day
Practicing mindfulness is a powerful way to practice self-care. After all, self-care is about nourishing ourselves. It is about reconnecting to ourselves, about listening and paying attention, and honoring our experience. And that's exactly what mindfulness helps us do.
When Everyone Around You is Watching Their Weight
You are surrounded by people on meal plans, who only eat what's written on a sheet of paper. People who mistrust their cravings, judge them and ignore them. People who eat a bowl of pasta, a slice of pizza, a piece of cake once a week only on their cheat days.
