So how is it going for you? Did you try a week of weighing and measuring? How was it? Was it easy? Hard? Scary?  And here is my big question: When you weighed and measured, was it enough? Did you feel satisfied? Do you need a change? We may not want to, or know how to do the behaviors that will lead to the changes we want. So, we need to try new behaviors and give them a chance, to see how well they work for us. Weighing and measuring your food, if you haven’t done it regularly, is a big change. To stop eating the foods you are sensitive to, is probably a bigger change. If you are doing t ..read more

Last blog, we talked about stress: how hard it is to manage and how stressful our lives have become. I gave you some suggestions about managing stress, and this week I want to talk about taking care of ourselves. Self-care is not Selfish! Self-care means taking the time to meet our own needs, hopefully without hurting others in the process. It means we put a priority and a value on doing what needs to be done for our bodies, minds, and spirits. That could mean, I get time to go to the grocery or to order my groceries and pick them up. (What a nifty idea!) I get time to plan and prepare my meal ..read more

Hello. Thanks for opening this Blog. I have struggled for some time on what to write for these blogs, and the last two weeks have been no exception. The stress level in my life has been just enormous and I have struggled to keep on top of everything that needs to be done. So, a wise one said to me, “So why don’t you write the blog about handling stress?” So here I am and here is what I think. Managing stress and getting everything done on time is one of the hardest things we ever need to do. Life just grows, and problems grow every time I turn my back to take a deep breath! So, what do we do w ..read more

An Interesting Notice Dr Lustig will be speaking at Ocean County Library on January 30, at 2 PM.  Here is the notice which allows for virtual reservations: https://libraryc.org/theoceancountylibrary/37703?fbclid=IwAR3W48EbSRef__Wn8mV7srf9Qj5luBYojXdkgZVGM5PeR9JAVWi0PP8ZQSY His topic is The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine: An Author Talk with Dr. Robert Lustig   The Second Half of January Wow! Take a deep breath with me! We have made it through safely to 2024!  Now what? More than half of Americans believe that the concept of New Year’s resolut ..read more

NOW WHAT? Happy New Year! I hope this season of celebration has brought you great joy and wonder, and the sense of being loved and having your rightful place in the world. The tsunami of gifts, and parties, and difficult-to handle foods is now ending and we can hopefully get back to our usual, normal lives. And enjoy some peace and quiet? Not for me. As I go back to my normal stuff, I see so much that I want to change. I want to organize all the papers I wrote names and phone numbers on, of people to call, and I “reorganized” them. In the process I took a few hours to look up the addresses and ..read more

SANITY WILL SOON RETURN!!! LET’S PREPARE FOR THE TURNING!!! Today is December 28. In four more days, the tornado will have passed. All we need to do is manage these four days and then sanity will hopefully return to our lives. This is a cosmic shift that happens every year at this time. It is emotional, spiritual, and physical as it comes at the time when the earth shifts towards the sun, just a few degrees. It is a precious and special opportunity for us. It is an invitation for us to reorient ourselves and redirect our choices to ones that lead us to the lives we really want. And WHAT you as ..read more

Today, in all the chaos of Christmas preparation, I was deeply inspired by Walt Hampton’s blog. He so often tells me just what I need to hear and want to say to you. (https://www.walthampton.com/success/to-turn-again-5/).  Hope you enjoy my thoughts! Its dark. Really dark. And cold. This is the turning point. For centuries, man has feared the darkness of the night and the sadness of our souls. We have tried any and everything to take away the negative feelings. Little has worked. We reach for the traditions and they no longer have meaning. We have tried many liturgies and many celebration ..read more

There are only 21 days till the end of the holiday season for most of us, and now seems to be the most hectic time. The demands of our lives seem to be multiplying, the problems we have struggled with all year are being magnified, and time to do things seems to be running out. I hope you are one of those people who just adores the holidays, who finds them a time of joy and celebration! You love seeing family members and friends, old and new, and you love the decorating, gift giving, joyful time. If that is you, wonderful. Enjoy. That is not what is in my mailbox or on my phone messages. So man ..read more

There are only 25 more days till the chaos is over. And Hannukah begins tomorrow! This is an eight day celebration of rededication and recommitment. That is an important concept for all of us. There comes a period in each of our lives where we are confronted by the reality of how we are spending our time, money, emotional energy, and interior lives. This is a good time to look at adjustments we can make. What’s most important to you? What do you love?  What would you prefer to do without?  What do you want to have in your life this year? And for this holiday season, what do you want ..read more

How was Thanksgiving? I hope you enjoyed being with family, friends, and people who love you. This is the first week of the five weeks that will lead us to the year 2024. This is an incredibly spiritual time, a time of reflection, observation, celebration, and hopefully of growth and change for all of us. So, what would you like from this holiday season? What are you aiming for? Remember, if you aim at nothing you will surely hit it! So, what went well for you in 2023? What did you accomplish? What would you change? And what do you want your life to be like in 2024? How do you need to change y ..read more