Hi Reader, How many balls have you dropped this week? "Ugh, last week was rough," Jenn said as she came into our session. "What happened?" I asked "I dropped SO many balls, including forgetting to pick up my daughter after scouts. She looked so sad when I drove up in front of the concrete steps at her school." "After I apologized, and we got ice cream, all was well. Later that night, I had an aha moment." "Say more!" I said "I realized that the stress of trying not to drop balls isn't worth...
5 days ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader! What are you up to for the 4th of July weekend? Our little mountain town celebrates the unofficial kick-off to summer with "Shake the Lake," a 5+ hour fireworks boom fest with the sound of explosives reverberating up mountain drainages. It's a bucket-list experience for tourists while locals console their dogs and hope no wildfires start. Independence Day can mean different things to people. About 12 years ago, a client texted me a picture of her scale in the trash with the...
12 days ago • 2 min read
“I just don't have the motivation to make healthy meals,” Kate said. ”Well, that’s not true. I want to eat more vegetables and cook at home. But when I buy fresh vegetables, they go bad before I get around to eating them.” ”Salads aren’t satisfying unless they have some protein on them, and I don’t have the motivation or time to cook the chicken, or fish, or tofu to put on the salad.” “So, having prepared foods like grilled chicken or fish, baked tofu, or canned beans on hand would make...
26 days ago • 2 min read
“I feel like my metabolism is broken,” Liz said on our discovery call last week ”Say more,” I said ”Well, since I turned 49 last fall, it doesn’t matter what I eat or don’t eat, or how much I exercise or don’t exercise, I keep gaining weight,” she said ”I’ve tried different diets over the years. Some worked better than others, but nothing works now. The weight doesn’t budge.” ”You feel like your metabolism is broken because it seems like your body doesn’t burn calories like it used to?” I...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
How do you deal with change, NAME? Are you an emotional eater when it comes to change? I am, and so's Erin. "I eat when I'm bored with life or life is changing in ways I don't like," Erin said That's her biggest nutrition concern at 47 and why she ended up in my online office. "I eat when I'm happy, sad, to please other people (food pushers)…all the reasons, and all the foods I shouldn't eat." What's the deal with emotional eating? Is it bad? Should you roll with it? Honestly, life and body...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
What'd you do over Memorial Day weekend, Reader? Go on any adventures? Eat delicious foods? Maybe started your garden? Our Savor Adventure Crew hit the trails. "Ooof! That last mile and a half! I definitely don't have my August body anymore," Jenn said on our first backpack adventure of the season. "I can feel a knot come on in my right shoulder, and my legs feel like lead." She said. It felt like dusting winter cobwebs off our bodies as we adapted to carrying 20+ pound packs. It was nearly 7...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, When's the last time you felt like anxiety was running over you? For me, it was last week. “What’s not wrong in this moment?” I asked myself as I sat dressed in scrub pants and a medical gown “open in the front” waiting for my turn at the breast MRI machine. “Needles and I don’t get along,” I told the MRI tech as she placed an IV port in my arm so she could add contrast dye into my bloodstream halfway through the test. “No problem. I’ll tell you what I’m doing before I do it. You...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, If you haven't already noticed, the menopause transition is like any other remodel job. Sometimes it goes smoothly. Some days it's a train wreck. The contractor doesn't show up. Building materials aren't available. You get a bill that's WAY higher than the project estimate. And when you thought the job would be done in X number of weeks, it takes twice as long as expected. Hopefully, at the end of the process, you get a beautiful new kitchen, bathroom, or addition to your house,...
2 months ago • 3 min read
"I'm a walking osteoporosis disaster," Sharon said "I'm 51, have a small frame, and don't love eating Greek yogurt all the time. I'm doomed to get osteoporosis for sure!" Bone health is no joke for those of us over 40. Me too! I'm currently digging through the research for answers to salvage my osteopenic bones. Social media makes it sound like you're doomed if you aren't on hormone replacement therapy for whatever reason. Or that you'll be frail and incapable of carrying groceries at 75 if...
2 months ago • 3 min read
"Well, it was surprising," Anne said when I asked her what wins she’d had since our last session. "When I stopped taking the GLP-1 medication, I expected the food noise to come flooding back, and it did, which is why I reached out to you. I was terrified of my cravings!" "But working together taught me to have permission and balance with food. My cravings don’t control me anymore - or at least they're not as loud." Hi Reader, Anne and I met a few months ago. She said she needed "structure...
3 months ago • 2 min read