When you have a clear track to your weight loss destination you will find it easier to get back on track when life knocks you off! If you have gained and lost weight over and over again over the past 20 to 50 years… that is a lot of practice and wiring of neural pathways.  We do continue to grow at every age and develop new neurons through neurogenesis.  Through diet, exercise, sleep you can not only lose weight, you can keep your brain healthy as well as bones and joints and immune system.  When you feel better you will enjoy life more. Even though we have the knowledge of wha ..read more

Self-Love leads to self-care and self-regard giving us power to change ourselves and the world. You may hate yourself and make poor choices out of the unconscious conviction that you are not enough and not loveable.  You may be unaware of the extent to which you limit yourself from the negative self-talk to partake of in your head; or you are perfectly clear about the limits you place on yourself yet don’t know what to do to change it. Habits of treating ourselves with contempt over decades feel normal. Like fish in water and birds in the air.  We are unaware of the toxicity of our ..read more

4 Tips & 6 Essentials for Creating an Amazing Vacation without overeating. I am very excited to share with you how you can stick to your weight loss goals and enjoy your vacation too! For those of you who have vacations planned between now and the end of the year, this is your chance to grab a notepad and start creating your own vacation plan today! You want to enjoy your time off and not come home disappointed and 5 digits further away from your goal. My clients who create and follow vacation plans are amazed when they return home not having gained a pound or even having lost a few. Form ..read more

Either a basic notebook or an electronic app - whatever works for you will work for weight loss. Coming up with successful strategies to create and stick to a weight loss eating plan or even maintaining a healthy eating pattern is the Holy Grail for many women who struggled with weight all of their lives.  I know I did and now I struggle with everything else that life offers. I don’t confuse eating for fuel and energy and vitality with examining my life and feeling my emotions. Dealing with both the amazing gifts and challenges of aging. If you are like I used to be, you may still be see ..read more

Successful weight loss and healthy lifestyle comes to those who keep it simple! I didn’t always have healthy eating or living habits. I loved me some cherry pie and the faster the food came out of the box or package and into the microwave, the more satisfied I would be.  I didn’t have much interest or skill in cooking elaborate meals. The problem was I was craving more and more junk food and putting on the pounds. I was watching my mom continue to gain weight and develop full blown Type 2 Diabetes. I aspired to be (but never made the cut) that thin, clear skinned, yoga pant wearing perfe ..read more

Mindful in full make up!  “Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor a defensive weapon in relation to the germ we observe through it.  The function of the microscope is just to clearly present what is there.”   Whereas…”Awareness is seeing the discovery of mindfulness.” Chogyam Trungpa’s, The Myth of Freedom on Mindfulness and Awareness, page 49 provides a deeper understanding of the relationship between Mindfulness and Awareness. I use my ability to become the watcher to observe my emotions, becoming mindful of how my heart beats faster when I am a ..read more

After years of Grittiness.....          Susan Mrosek,, the Pondering Pool  Dr. Angela Duckworth, author of GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, has spent her career looking into what it takes for children and adults to succeed.  She has investigated our mythology around talent or giftedness and effort. She is passionate about working with young students and teaching them to apply her strategies towards developing grit. Her work targets students who are considered talented and those who are considered not so talented. She defines Grit as: Pa ..read more

The other day I had a thought appear like a cartoon bubble over my head - Who put me in charge of my life?  I realized in an eye-popping moment, that I was really in charge of my life.  Not my mother, not my boss, not my daughter, not my husband.  ME. Looked at objectively, we are the leaders of our lives.  Maybe you have compartmentalized your various roles; I am mother, sister, team player, native of NY, citizen of the earth. But if you look at the whole of it, we are the designers and leaders and decision makers over the course of our lifetime.   The most important ..read more

You can manage your eating in the evening. Summer’s here and many women have decided to start on a new healthy eating plan! Monday comes, you start the day strong. Lunch is a breeze and you are feeling proud. You look at your friend’s French fries and you say, not interested.  And you mean it! Mind blown. You get all the way through dinner, eating your planned healthy food. Then, dinner’s over, the dishes are cleaned up. You start to feel antsy and you find yourself reaching for more food; even while you are telling yourself you don’t want to overeat tonight. Even though you are not ..read more

What kind of questions do you ask yourself every day? What is an essential change I have made in my life that supports me to live at my natural weight after years of feeling stuck and unhappy about my body and my food? A key change I made is that now I ask myself powerful, empowering questions every day.  This strategy keeps my brain seeking fresh inspiration and delight and frees me from a sentence of being condemned to failure by repeating the same mistakes over and over. In a More Beautiful Question, author Warren Berger, says that a beautiful question is “an ambitious yet actionable ..read more