Everyday Tips For Healthy Living: Eat at the Table

Make it a rule of thumb to eat in a dedicated place and not while standing, driving, working or watching TV. From a “mindful eating” perspective, eating is its own activity. When we eat in a deliberate way, we are more able to pick up on our innate hunger cues: what we are  hungry for, [...]

Everyday Tips for Healthy Living: Serve Desserts with Meals, Not After

If you’re like most people, desserts are treated as the “grand finale”. Serving lighter, less sweet desserts right alongside the main course re-programs us to de-emphasize desserts instead of treating them as the part of a meal that everyone’s been waiting for. This way, the sweet taste can be used as they do in the [...]

Food and Feelings – Separating "feeding from feeling" to ease food cravings and heal your life

Working with emotions is not about starving them, or their associated cravings, out. It’s not about having control over them either. Contrary to our fear of them and our need to either act them out neurotically or suppress them completely, emotions have a genuine purpose, especially when it comes to food cravings and over-eating. Support [...]

The Art of Happy Eating Part II

This article is the second piece to my series on Conscious Eating: how to eat mindfully to reduce stress, lose weight and conquer the desire of emotional eating. My first article, The Art of Happy Eating, outlines the stress response and why we shouldn’t eat under stress. Today’s article focuses on the unconscious cycle that [...]

Conscious Eating, Stress-Free Eating

You wouldn’t stare out the window daydreaming while enjoying a nice lunch with a friend, would you? Your guest would think you rude and remote. What about when eating alone? Most of us hardly consider the food in front of us as a friend that requires attention, presence and good conversation. Without the understanding of [...]

In the Sugar Zone

For those of us with the curse of the sweet tooth, we all know that eating healthy can come to a dead halt with just a simple craving. But with the healthier alternatives available for us these days, we don’t really have to feel that we’ve sunk into a deep dark hole. While we can [...]