To Be
Ready for a little Spanish lesson? It will be relevant, I promise!
I am currently teaching my Spanish students the difference between the two verbs that represent “to be” (ser and estar), and the different situations in which to use them.
This can be confusing, as in English we just have just one verb that means “to be” (conjugated as I am, you are, he/she is…)
Keep Two, Lose Two
We’ve arrived at another holiday season and I am hearing from coworkers and friends that routines are collapsing under the weight of holiday tasks and obligations.
Those of us who value our routines can feel a little uncomfortable during this period of change and increased demands on our time.
I'm Aware, Now What?
This week I am following up my previous posts on “Feeling the Feels” and “Cultivating Awareness”.
Let’s say you have cultivated an awareness of automatic responses to uncomfortable emotions. You want to change these behaviors but you don’t know where to start.
You may discover your self-soothing behaviors are incredibly powerful. This is because you have been using them automatically for so long.
Cultivating Awareness
Last week I discussed the possibility of liberation from conditioned self-soothing behaviors that occur in response to negatively charged emotions.
In my opinion, the first step in learning this process is awareness.
Feeling the Feels
One of my favorite songs in the Broadway musical Book of Mormon is “Turn it Off”. The gist of the song can be wrapped up in the following lyrics:
You say you got a problem?
Well that’s no problem!
It’s super easy not to feel that way!
Embrace the Gray
Today my morning trail run felt different. It was drizzly, the forest felt gray, the vibrant yellow leaves had disappeared from the trees. The woods that had felt like a technicolor dream world now seemed moody and dead.
The Word "Should"
If you have been reading my posts for a while you might have realized that I believe in the power of words, for example, my previous discussion of “weight loss” versus “weight release”.
Today I would like to discuss the word “should”.
If I had a penny for every time I’ve heard someone say, “I really shouldn’t be eating this!” as they bit into a sugary treat….
Transformation: Understanding Why You Eat
I have great news for you: Any diet can help you release weight!
And I have not so great news for you: Any diet will stop working if you don’t confront the underlying issues of emotional eating.
Weight Loss versus Weight Release
When I first became a health coach I realized how uncomfortable I felt with the term “weight loss”. To me, the word “loss” feels like something difficult, sad, and unfortunate. Normally we don’t like to lose things!
Joyful Movement
My mentor, Mark Sisson, states in a fabulous Outdoor article, “Body composition is 80 percent the result of your diet."