4 Ways to Make Sure The Force is With You in 2018
[In case you STILL haven’t seen the movie – don’t worry, no spoilers here]. No doubt one of the most talked-about events of 2017 has […]
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This Holiday Season: How to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
For me, Christmas time is about family. For years now, Mom and I have slowly been evolving our Christmas meals to make them healthier. As […]
Continue reading »Wellness as Climate Resilience: How to Deal With Outrageous Weather in Ways that Save Energy and Money
My wonderful nephew Chris visited me recently and the first thing he talked about was how ill he was feeling from being in air conditioning […]
Continue reading »Cockroaches and Grass Bugs: 4 Customer Service Mistakes Never to Make Again
I’ve been traveling a lot lately – from San Francisco to Gold Coast, Australia and back, then to Sydney and most recently to Fiji. Fiji […]
Continue reading »7 Ways Eating More Veggies Can Make You a Climate Justice Hero
After a month of writing about eating habits and then last week’s post on food justice, it’s time to bring it back to the other major […]
Continue reading »The Complex Anatomy of Food Justice: Poverty and Obesity
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been discussing the ways in which your diet might be a function of your mother’s food-related habits. In a three […]
Continue reading »3 Surprising Ways Your Mother Still Controls How You Eat, Part 3: The Expert
With this post I am going to conclude my 3-part series on how moms can influence our eating habits for better or worse. Last week I […]
Continue reading »3 Surprising Ways Your Mother Still Controls How You Eat, Part 2: The Traditionalist
Last week, I wrote about how an emotional eater can inadvertently harm three generations of a family, and how to begin to overcome it. This week […]
Continue reading »3 Surprising Ways Your Mother Still Controls How You Eat, Part 1: The Emotional Eater
With the holidays coming up, I’ve been reflecting on why I have developed healthy eating habits, such as avoiding refined sugar and fried foods, which were a […]
Continue reading »Dance Beats Fitness Training for Memory and Balance
I was just in Gold Coast, Australia for a family wedding. Needless to say, there was a lot of dancing. I’ve been somewhat dance-deprived for […]
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