Your weekly(ish) dish of food freedom, midlife mindset shifts, and the occasional tail-wagging life lesson all served with a compassionate twist for living well beyond weight.
This week: the surprisingly aggressive advice we are often given when our bodies start changing in midlife.
Also, Benny hits his limit approximately 50 feet from home.
🍽 The Main Course: When Healthy Feels Mean
I’m not kidding when I say that every day I see versions of the same question:
“I’m do...
This week... a mountain biking story.
Also: a bittersweet goodbye.Â
🍽 The Main Course: In With The New
Last year, when I turned 60, my husband surprised me with a new mountain bike.
A really nice one.
Lighter. Better suspension. Electronic shifters. Better geometry. Better everything, honestly.
...
This week flows from last week's topic about answering questions. But now we're digging into questions so we can figure out what's really underneath.Â
And, we'll end with a hilariously wrong, but confident, answer. 🤣
🍽 The Main Course: Wanting to Want it.Â
A lot of the work I do with clients is ...
What’s most helpful? The answer… or something else?
This week’s issue is about that question — and a small shift I’m making in how I’ll be offering coaching support this summer.
🍽 The Main Course: When Helping Backfires
I used to think helping people meant giving them answers.
And for a long tim...
This week I’m sharing an eye-roll moment I had recently while watching TV.
Also don’t miss a new section I’m trying out in this issue: The Fine Print. It’ll show up every now and then…it’s about details that are easy to miss, but are definitely worth noticing.
🍽 The Main Course: There Had to be ...
We tend to focus a lot on what we eat when we think about our health.
But that’s only one part of what’s actually shaping how we feel day to day.
🍽 The Main Course: Didn't Eat Great. Felt Better Anyway.Â
A few weeks ago I had a long weekend away with some girlfriends. A few of us decided to hop ...
This week: processed food labels… what's being measured?And a couple of naughty canines making questionable decisions in the backyard.
🍽 The Main Course — What's Packaging Got Do With It?
You’re probably seeing headlines about ultra-processed foods everywhere lately.Â
It's confusing, right? Like...
Sometimes the first explanation we come up with is the one we run with.
This week we look what gets missed when we stop there...and a reminder that not everything needs to be finished, figured out, or fully explained.
🍽 The Main Course: Simple isn't Always Right
I stood up from the dinner table ...
I’ve thought a lot about “food noise” lately, especially with how much it’s come up around GLP-1s. It's become a part of mainstream conversation.
But, here's a piece of it that doesn't get talked about much...the different routes to quieting it.Â
🍽 The Main Course — When Food is Uncertain.Â
Food...
A few years ago, I was dealing with chronic pain that just wouldn’t go away.
So I did what you'd expect — I tried to figure out what was wrong and how to fix it.
That sent me down a path I didn’t expect.
🍽 The Main Course — My Brain Kept Me in Pain
It started with a snowboarding accident that le...
This week: why our bodies often respond best to the least exciting things in wellness. Plus a lesson from my trip to Austin you'll probably relate to, and Benny & Ramona demonstrating the fundamentals.
🍽 The Main Course: Your Body Likes BoringÂ
You've probably heard the promise that runs throug...
The Oscars are this weekend.They have a funny way of revealing what our culture is paying attention to.
🍽 The Main Course — Bodies: Trending (Again)
I love movies. And, I'll admit it, I love the ridiculous pomp of the Oscars.
It’s all delightfully over-the-top and I’m here for it.
Somewhere in t...
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