Hello again! How are you doing? Can you believe we are almost halfway through February already? And Happy Valentine’s day. I hope this precious week brings you joy and love and happiness. So many times in life, we have intentions…..things we want to do, create, or become. And we begin and take some steps …………..and […] The post Hello Again! appeared first on Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc ..read more

Hello, how are you? I hope that these days are going well for you and that these holidays were the best for you in many years. Since last January, I and my practice have been struggling with what one wise person has named A TORNADO! And yes, indeed, this has become one.! It began with […] The post Renaissance and Tornados appeared first on Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc ..read more

This is the October 23 Blog. I want to start by apologizing that two weeks were skipped in the blogs; you will soon understand why. I am scheduled for a total knee replacement surgery on October 24. (It was supposed to be both knees but the Doctor decided he did not want to do them […] The post Renaissance News For My Precious Clients! appeared first on Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc ..read more

LOOK! It is my beautiful fish tank! I have had it for more than fifteen years and I have loved it every day! The fish in it are gorgeous to my mind, and when I come near, they swim up and look at me. I always wonder what they are thinking. Could anyone out there […] The post Change is Coming to Renaissance! appeared first on Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc ..read more

I started to plan this blog two weeks ago. It was to be a set of three blogs, and I planned them out and started accumulating references. Then life happened. You know that I am moving out of my office as of September 30. I knew it would be hard, with lots of unexpected pieces […] The post Another Late Blog: CHANGE IS HARD! appeared first on Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc ..read more

I am so sad. I will need to move my office yet again. The landlord has decided to turn the building into apartments, so I must leave my precious office by September 30. PLEASE DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND.  I AM NOT CLOSING THE PRACTICE!!!!!!! Please keep your appointments; please call for a new appointment if you […] The post Difficult and Disappointing Decisions; Sadness and Surprises appeared first on Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc ..read more

The summer is about half over. Some Americans have been having a really good, really fun time. Others of us have had to deal with major rainstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires. And in thirty days we will be getting back to our usual routines. Or most of us will. Managing food at this time seems […] The post Summer, Water, Joy appeared first on Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc ..read more

We love the summer! The warmth, the freedom, maybe the ocean for a bit. But it is important that we keep our bodies and our foods safe. Here are a few suggestions: Clean your hands, surfaces, and utensils often, more often and more thoroughly than you think is needed. Those summer buggies are clever and […] The post SUMMER IS HERE! Keep your food and family safe! appeared first on Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc ..read more

Food addiction is a force that functions in your mind and heart separately from your conscious thought or will. It is a composition of many areas of your life, some good, some bad, some awful. Many of your negative childhood experiences are recorded in Gertrude’s belief system, especially negative thoughts and ideas that were spoken to you.  Criticisms too, have been recorded into a voice in your brain that I call Gertrude. Do you have someone sitting around in your brain telling you that you are fat, stupid and ugly, hopeless and unlovable? This person always uses the word “You” never th ..read more

Last Thursday was the day of the summer solstice. What does that mean? It is the time which officially starts astronomical summer as the longest day and shortest night of the year. This happens when the Earth’s North Pole is tilted closest to the sun. It also is the point where the earth is furthest from the Sun in its orbital path. Following this day, daylight hours gradually decrease. So, we on the north are closer to the sun than those in the South. We get longer hours of daylight, some days as much as fifteen hours of daylight. Why does this matter? And why write a blog about it a wee ..read more