How many times have you eaten too many chips during a sports event, or dished up an enormous bowl of ice cream because you’re feeling sad? While overindulgence occasionally is just fine, eating to cope with emotions that you don’t want to face, might not be. Emotional eating is more common than you might think. …
“It all starts with waking up… to what our bodies are expressing and our minds are suppressing” Last fall I was driving home from a retreat in Northern Georgia and happened upon an interview between Tim Ferris and Gabor Maté (transcript https://tim.blog/2022/09/09/dr-gabor-mate-myth-of-normal-transcript/), who, with his son as co-author, had just published The Myth of Normal, …
Walk slowly – Danna Faulds It only takes a reminder to breathe, a moment to be still, and just like that, something in me settles, softens, makes space for imperfection. The harsh voice of judgment drops to a whisper and I remember again that life isn’t a relay race; that we will all cross the …