We almost missed it. As a weight loss coach, I encourage my clients to keep a food journal of everything they eat during the day. Journaling is a valuable tool for weight loss, especially when paired with weighing yourself daily. It can help you identify trends, understand your body’s normal weight fluctuations, and provide another means to communicate with your … Read More
Rebounding on Good Things
We tend to focus on the tangibles — the things we can see, touch or feel. What we experience in reality is where our minds focus when we look to make changes.And this is a good thing.You often notice a problem when it is impossible not to notice it. You don’t notice your weight gain until you see yourself in … Read More
Trusting When You Don’t Know the Way
Life is so richly structured and beautifully designed that you can trust its order, even if you don’t fully know the way. Recently I coached a new mom. She was two weeks into her journey of motherhood and as scared, anxious, and worried as many new moms can be. She was trying hard to do what she thought was “right,” … Read More
Why Scarcity Thinking Leads to Weight Gain
Scarcity thinking isn’t just about a lack of resources; it’s also about not trusting yourself. When a scarcity mindset takes hold, you don’t trust you. You don’t trust that you can and will get your needs met — so you hoard stuff. Hoarding can manifest as clutter in your home, excess weight on your body, and a mind filled … Read More
CHOOSE YOUR CHOCOLATE
I have a joke at work that I borrowed from the Forest Gump movie. Forest says that “life is like a box of chocolates 🍫 , you never know what you are going to get.” I say that autopsy is like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’ll get. Is it the heart ❤️ today, the lungs … Read More
Lessons from Past Relationships
I like to compare past and current or future relationships to an estuary. Estuaries are transition zones between where freshwater from a river meets the saltwater of the sea. The mixing of seawater and freshwater releases high levels of nutrients into the water and sediment and makes estuaries some of the most productive natural habitats in the world. For many … Read More
Cultivate Space
One of the steps in a weight loss journey is learning how to allow and process emotions. You learn how to stay present with your feelings and urges. Often we use food as a means to buffer or escape negative emotions. But when you know how to process your feelings, you find that you no longer need to escape these … Read More
Designing a Creative Pull-out
What do you do when you are bored? I was drawn to medicine and becoming a doctor because I loved Biology. Medical school was a deeper dive into learning about the humans and their bodies. I was studying life and preparing to make a real difference with mine. Even as a pathology resident, I remember how I loved going through … Read More
Get off the Hamster Wheel
Life coaching helped me get off the hamster wheel. I know. Many people would not have seen my wheel. I had a house, a well-paying job, a loving family. I traveled. I was a well-respected member of my community. But I was on the wheel. Then I got off it. Once off the wheel, I realized space. Within the space … Read More
How to Use Urges and Cravings for Growth
During my coach training, I learned about a tool called the List of 100 Allowed Urges. I discussed it during one of my sessions of Path to Joy — A Habit Change Workshop. If you are interested in joining one of our remaining sessions, feel free to click here. When you have an urge or craving, you have a strong … Read More