It seems like life happens to us. Like we’re not in control. But let me offer you this… life doesn’t happen to you. It happens FOR you. By learning to listen to your body and choosing how to move through the world, you can create your experiences. You can create a kick-ass life you, Read More
When I studied Psychology in college, freshman year we did the ubiquitous Skinner Box experiment. That’s the one where you put a cute little white rat in a cage/box with a bottle of sugar-water. The rat figures out that if he steps on a tiny little lever that a drop of yummy sugary water, Read More
One kind of skinny person eats when and what they feel like eating during a day, using a mix of their natural body signals and their minds. The other kind of skinny person laments over what they eat, feels deprived, but still eats what they “should” be eating. I want to be the first, Read More
For those of you following my blog posts for a while, you may know that my daughter has had debilitating fatigue that has grown increasingly worse for the last three years. She has dropped out of all activities, grades have plummeted, we cut her class schedule down to two classes… you get the picture., Read More
I loved my old flip-style cell phone. One of the things I miss is that my old flip phone would announce who is calling instead of simply ringing. She was no Siri, but she would proudly announce who was about to touch my life. I made life a little more interesting by giving everyone, Read More
This is a link to the video. I had to separate it from this blog post because the sound was causing me to break out in a cold sweat every time this page opened. It’s the audio that makes it terrifying. Charlotte just got a trolley last week. How fun. Whether you agree with funding, Read More
Click Photo to Start Video We spent the week on the coast of North Carolina at Ocean Isle. I just wanted to share a moment from my early morning walk with all of you. 🙂 I can almost feel the warm water on my toes. What makes the ocean so calming?
Today my husband bought a black suit. I’m at an age where I am attending a lot of funerals. Yesterday I went to a lovely celebration for my friend Stefanie’s mother. Instead of a standard viewing, wake, service and burial, there was an intimate program for immediate family and an open house for friends, Read More
I was inTraphill at my in-laws and got up this morning for a walk. As I was leaving, I could hear all the roosters about a mile away all crowing at once. They raise them there, each with their funny little hut.So, I turned on my iPhone video to capture all the beautiful bird sounds, and, Read More
I haven’t written about my daughter’s illness before, because we both thought it would change. We thought one of the five doctors I have taken her to would fix her. We thought it would pass and just be a chapter in her life she had overcome.She and I both thought that she would get, Read More