Lose Weight and Keep it Off, The Myth
We have all seen the advertisements for some health or diet product. Lose weight and keep it off! Lose weight, forever! So long as life doesn't happen, you don't have depression, and you don't age, and you hyper control everything. This isn't to say that you cannot...
How To Fast Forward Depression
Depression is a very triggering subject, it takes a lot of vulnerability and courage to talk about it despite so many of us dealing with it. It isn't easy to share our darkness along side the high light reels and filtered photos. But I feel that it is necessary to...
How Shadow Work Can Help You Lose Weight
Consciously, you may be trying to lose weight, eat healthy, exercise daily, wake up early, and have all the "good" habits. But you keep sabotaging yourself. Maybe you know the physical steps to losing weight but you don't do them. Maybe you know what food makes your...
Shadow Work, an Introduction
The shadow originated with one of the earliest psychologists, Carl Jung. (Originated with science anyway, the idea is ancient). Jung defined the shadow as the gatekeeper of the unconscious, a mediator between the conscious and unconscious. The conscious has created an...
Creating A Sacred Space
Why create a sacred space? All the reasons! Namely, for meditation. Of course, you can meditate anywhere, but it is really really really nice to have your own beautiful and meaningful space to retreat to to feel grounded, connected, centered, and at peace. So here is...
Being A Conscious Consumer
I practice and preach intuitive eating all the way. I endorse eating what ever the fuck you want, just consciously and mindfully. With the state of our planet and the treatment of humans and animals, we have to be conscious of what we are consume and buy. I am not...
Intuitive Eating Misconceptions
Intuitive eating is best described as listening to your body and eating what it wants. It is connecting to your intuition in order to nourish your body. Some key points are mindful eating, rejecting guilt, feeling your emotions, and letting go of preconceived ideas of...
Painting for Body Positivity
Painting is amazing therapy, regardless of what you paint. When you sit down and let your body take over with the painting, your mind releases what needs to be let go. You work through things you didn't know you needed to and when the painting is finished, it means...
Emotional Eating, A Perspective
Here is the common emotional/stress eating story. You've had a shitty day at work that ends with binge eating in order to feel better. You beat yourself up mercilessly, promise never to do it again, then do it again the next night or the next week and so on. At some...
All About That Morning Routine
Don't Let The Morning Throw Off Your Groove We have the most motivation in the morning and I am all about taking advantage. By nightfall my only concerns are how many cookies can I fit in my face and is there a new episode of Brooklyn 99. You can't take that away from...
