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Flying Above the Impossibilities, for the Bumblebee and the Chronically Ill

If a bumblebee can fly, so can the chronically ill.

Supposedly the bumblebee’s body size, shape, and weight make it impossible to fly. Being ignorant of those aeronautical facts, the bumblebee flies anyway. There is bumblebee wisdom in tuning out the rumble of the impossibility of flight. Let’s apply that wisdom to the chronically ill. The fortitude of flying above the circumstances, that appear impossible, allows us to focus on the possibilities. Let’s fly, no matter what…

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Not A Better You, Better View of Victory

New Year's Resolution - not a better you but a better view

Have you beaten yourself up enough for being chronically ill? Are you ready to view illness in a different way? Are you ready to see the victories? You don’t need a better you, there is nothing wrong with you, exactly like you are. A better view of victory sure seems like a more productive way to move through chronic illness.

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Time To Taste Test Apple Varieties

taste testing apple varieties

All apples are not the same. Here we are in apple season and it is the perfect time to taste test all the different kinds of apples. Bet you can find varieties at your local grocery that you have never heard of before. They can provide some juicy tastes that you never imagined.

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Slow Motion Underwater Healing

slow motion, fast, underwater healing

Disease and ongoing illness take its toll on our bodies, working them too hard and wearing them down. Wearing the out if we are not careful. When we slow everything down, we can heal faster. Here, we don’t even need to stick our heads under water. We are simply turning the moment into slow motion as it would feel underwater. Slowing our breath, our reactions, our thoughts, our heart rates so that our resting bodies can kick into high gear healing.

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This is more than a Health Coach Training

Eating psychology, changing eating approaches

The science is in. Diet and exercise alone are NOT the magic ticket to weight loss. Eating Psychology is changing how we think about food & body. Learn more about a better approach to food and movement.

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Check out this Unique Training

psychology of eating, we need more than "eat this or that"

The old approach to dieting isn’t working. Health coaching needs a makeover. We need more than eat this, not that. That’s what makes this Training stand apart from the rest. A Mind Body Eating Coach helps clients rethink food in an empowering way. I don’t want you to miss the opportunity to attend the free online workshop.

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Turn Your Passion for Nutrition into a Career

psychology of eating

Health coaching should be about so much more than eat this, don’t eat that. Eating Psychology fills the gap. I wanted to let you know about a great free online workshop coming up that’s hosted by Marc David at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating.

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Food Fights, Love Food Not War

food fights = raise stress, raise cortisol, lower digestion, lower nutrient assimilation; love food not war

How many times have we gotten into a food fight with ourselves or others? We will never always agree on what we “should” eat. The more we fight about it, the more stressed we get. The more stressed we get, our hormones get disrupted, our nutrient level decreases and stay stuck in chronic illness. Love on people and real food, not war.

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Passing Home Stress Test

Life comes with “when it rains, it pours” stressors. That is just part of life. During chronic illness those times are especially hard to handle much less juggle. What if we used those times as a test kit? I am talking about passing our own kind of stress test, LIFE. Day-in day-out life can be some of the best stress testing you can do, especially testing your level of chronic illness.

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Friendships Can Either Imprison Us Or Help Give Us The Key To Be Free – Cycology of Illness

Are your friendships keeping your thinking in imprisonment of illness? Or do your friendships support you during illness? Are your friendships helping give you the key to be free from illness? These can be tough questions.

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