Eight Tips for On-the-Road Wellness As holiday traveling becomes more commonplace and in many people’s lives, more frequent, I thought it might be helpful to offer some suggestions for maintaining wellness while on the road. Whether traveling by car to a destination or taking a holiday trip of some sort, here are eight tips to help you to navigate your
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How One Eatery is Serving Up Mindfulness In today’s busy, oftentimes frantic and noisy world, eating in silence is usually thought of as something to be experienced on a retreat of some sort or in a monastery somewhere. And eating in such a manner is usually regarded as difficult to imagine and a bit weird: who, after all, wants to feel restricted, limited
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Do you ever find yourself reaching for food when you’re not hungry? Do you eat out of: boredom, loneliness, frustration or other emotions? If so, does it leave you satisfied or feeling guilty and unfulfilled? Is it possible that your true hunger is for something deeper — something not related to food at all? To change mindless eating habits, we must become
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Unfortunately, most women spend their days juggling many roles, conflicting commitments and the wants and needs of others. Often we come last, if there’s time. The temptation to reach for food as comfort or distraction can be overwhelming; although the issue is rarely about food — more times than not, the underlying force is emotion. Eating emotionally can
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This year, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is February 26-March 3, 2012. In recognition of this significant event, my thoughts are with both the individuals suffering from a diagnosed eating disorder as well as with the individuals who fall outside of the diagnostic box yet who suffer daily in many ways. As a medical professional treating people
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"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh "What do you say, Piglet?" "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said. ~A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh I found this quote from Winnie the
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Since most of us need to earn money to live, the majority of us most likely experience some form of workplace activity. Many jobs are potentially stressful in a variety of ways. Job stress is estimated to cost companies approximately $80 billion annually with eighty-nine percent of adults reporting experiences of "high levels of stress", citing their jobs
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“We live, embrace and put to rest our dearest things, including how we see ourselves, so we can resurrect our lives anew.” ~Mark Nepo Meditation is the practice of mindfulness, of being present to “now”, this moment, non-judgmentally. It is the practice of meditation that strengthens and anchors the skills of mindfulness, of reducing the stress of
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Eight simple steps to mindful eating Practicing mindfulness at mealtimes can help break unhealthful eating patterns and tune into the pleasures that food has to offer. Here are a few of my suggestions to use as guidelines ~ giving your self time and replacing compassion for criticism and joy for judgment. Be sure you are hungry: eat intuitively ~ as your
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21 mindfulness practices for healthy eating habits "Aware of the suffering caused mindless consumption; I vow to cultivate good health, both physical and mental, for myself, my family, and my society by practicing mindful eating, drinking, and consuming." ~ Thich Nhat Hahn Become aware ~ pay attention to current habits ~ accept them. Reject the
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