Three Ways to Find Peace with Food and Your Life
July 19, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Peace is a practice, a commitment. It is not a gift bestowed upon the special or lucky, but a choice you make. To find inner peace, you must practice peace in every aspect of your life. Geneen Roth wrote in her book, “Women, Food, and God:” “No matter how developed you are in any other area of your life, no matter what you say you believe, no matter how sophisticated or enlightened you think you… Read More >
The Power of Doing Things That Scare You
July 2, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Recently I decided to take on a challenge that really scared me. What it was isn’t entirely important. What does matter is that I decided to do it. When I committed to this event I had coinciding feelings of extreme excitement and utter fear. Despite the pit in my stomach, I knew this was an important step for me to take to push me beyond my comfort zone. I believe in doing things that feel… Read More >
Fill Yourself Up From the Inside
June 8, 2012
By Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy
Fabulous and fresh thinker — Do you know how to love yourself and feel loved each and every day, in a consistent way? Definition of self-love: You loving you, so you can love the world more. I’m inviting you to live like a “full cup of self-love, sharing the overflow with the world,” and not like a half-empty cup trying to get filled. And when you do feel half-empty, to use your transformational practices and… Read More >
Quantum Biology
April 11, 2012
By Dr. Brian Clement
During the last few months I have taken individual threads that have been hanging around in my mind for years and began to weave them into a book that I expect to finish by 2014. After four decades of working on the front lines of disease reversal and life prolonging with pure organic and plant-based methods, a vivid pattern of cause and effect has emerged. For so long, my mind labored in the arena that… Read More >
Raising Confident Sons Who Have Respect for Others
March 9, 2012
By Peggy Drexler PhD
A while ago, I was rushing up the street, carrying groceries and my briefcase, barely closed from all I had stuffed inside it, trying not to be late to pick up my daughter from basketball practice. One of her classmates, 13-year-old Damien, was walking from school toward me. I’d known Damien and his family for years, as part of a study I was conducting on boys and moms. “Can I help you with that?” he… Read More >
Does Your Comfort Food Really Meet Your Needs?
March 5, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Foods are strongly linked to our emotions and moods. Therefore, our day’s events can drive our eating habits. Due to our hectic lifestyles and chronic stress, many of us are turning to food to soothe, comfort and provide relief from intense feelings or low moods. We are bombarded daily by stressors, whether in our environment, workplace, family, relationships, financial or all of them. As these generally bring forth unpleasant feelings or low energy, we may… Read More >
Escaping from what? Your pain, or your power?
February 10, 2012
By Danielle LaPorte
Escapism. Most new-age gurus say we’re expert in it. I can’t disagree. We’re distracted. Denatured. We’re overbooked. We tend to be disconnected from our divine nature, the food we eat, the shit we buy, the eyes we look into — our own and others. We buffer/numb/avoid/distract ourselves with TV, caffeine, drugs, getting off, gossiping, complaining, having otherwise meaningless conversations, shopping (more aptly, “stuffing”), working, tweeting, surfing work email, work, work -– all to avoid feeling… Read More >
The Emotional Side of Cleansing
February 6, 2012
By Guest Blogger
My husband and I recently did an 8-day juice fast. Not as big a deal for me, as a nutrition coach, but a pretty big step for my husband. His idea of “green” was sautéed spinach and eggs; healthy meant a hemp smoothie. Green juice? Never. It turned out to be a pretty big deal for our marriage. You know the physical effects of cleansing or juicing: glowing skin, (wow; like a moonbeam) weight loss,… Read More >
Does Suppressing Our Emotions Cause Dis-ease?
June 13, 2011
By Guest Blogger
By Lynn Zavaro In 1984 Louise L. Hay wrote a small little book called “You Can Heal Your Life.” Since that day over 35 million copies have been sold around the world and she owns what is now the biggest publishing company in the self-help movement. Louise’s principles were simple, yet groundbreaking: We create every so-called “illness” in our body. The movement has taken it even further to suggest that suppressed feelings can cause dis-ease… Read More >
6 Steps Towards Emotional Wellness
April 4, 2011
By Guest Blogger
by Jennifer Reger I’ve spent the past five years on the quest for wellness, with much of my time, efforts and money devoted to better food choices. I bought organic, read label after label, avoided processed food, and experimented with various food plans before choosing a vegan, plant-based diet. With all my energy focused on food, and more recently a regular fitness routine, I managed to overlook a crucial component of health: emotional wellness. And… Read More >
Hold the Cheese, Please
March 29, 2011
By Guest Blogger
by Cheri Smith Macaroni and cheese has always been my favorite food. Perhaps it’s because a cold bowl of it was all my mother could stomach while pregnant with me. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had some type of cheese almost every single day. (I’m 42 – that’s a lot of cheese!) Hard day? Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Good day? Brie and baguettes. A romantic dinner? Cheese plate (stinky ones for… Read More >
How to Find the Right Therapist for You: Part One
February 17, 2011
By Leslie Carr Psy.D.
As my sister Kris has just finished touring the country to promote her best-selling book “Crazy Sexy Diet,” I’d like to draw attention to a key aspect of her message: In addition to what we eat and drink, we are all made up of what we think. Kris often talks about the importance of “cleaning out one’s cubbies” as a metaphor for navigating our inner terrain, and I love her expression. So as the… Read More >
How to Increase Your Energy by Being Vulnerable
December 28, 2010
By Elena Brower
Lately I’m often asked how I find the energy to do as much as I’m doing. Initially I think about the laundry list of contributing factors to my energy level: master teachers who show me both my laziness and my worth; a yoga practice that grants me time and space inside so I can stop rushing and listen instead; a lot of water, omega-3s and acupuncture that keep my organs in clear communication; and dark… Read More >
In Defense of Intense
November 26, 2010
By Michael Parrish DuDell
I was born a month premature because I had better things to do than sit in a womb all day and waste my time. True story. Although to be clear, my impatience – a quality I’ve yet to outgrow – was not without grand repercussions. In my haste, I arrived in this world “sunny side up” and developed transient tachypnea – a fancy term for rapid breathing caused by an abundance of fluid in the… Read More >
The Link between Creativity and Depression
August 5, 2010
By Guest Blogger
“Remember sadness is always temporary. This, too, shall pass.” -Chuck T. Falcon It has been said that creative persons, such as authors, artists, actors, musicians, performers and poets are more often plagued with the demon of depression than the general population. One of the possible explanations for this is that creative types tend to feel powerful emotions which aid their creative endeavors. In other words, some experts believe that being sensitive to one’s surroundings, including… Read More >
Motivation
June 18, 2010
Hey Hey Chiquita Banana, Check out this week’s vlog and get some crazy sexy tips on how to stay motivated from yours truly. Apres viewing, why not share one negative belief that’s holding you back in the comments section. I’ll be checking in over the weekend to guide the groovy conversation. Let’s peel the emotional banana and get down and dir-tay! Peace and motivation, Kris PS- I think unicorns fart glitter, do you?
