Are you living your priorities?
I was late for an important Board meeting tonight. Fifteen minutes. That’s how long it takes me to make a delicious salad for dinner. Busy day. No time to prepare food. Fed the kids. Time to go. But I hadn’t eaten my dinner. So… I walked into the meeting fifteen minutes late. Luscious salad in […]
What are you thinking? And how’s it making you feel?
I had a good workout in Group Power today. Of my mind. My muscles, not so much unfortunately. My regular teacher was unexpectedly replaced By a woman who ran the class in slow motion. I spent the first ten minutes scowling at her while she ambled in three minutes late, ever so slowly set up […]
What are you missing out on because you think you can’t do it?
Beach volleyball tonight But I am the worst sportswoman alive. Need proof? High school phys ed. class: the 2 team captains are my 2 best friends. I’m still picked last. Every week. Of every year. I haven’t touched a ball since. But tonight my husband wants me to join him and some friends at a […]
How do you spend your family time?
Fabulous quality family time for me this week: Monday: cardio class with my gorgeous thirteen year old daughter. She was proud of how hard I worked. I do. Every time. I’m forty six and I jumped higher and ran further than her. (of course, she doesn’t have to try to be perfect – she’s my […]
What are you teaching your children?
This morning I was planning how many donuts to buy for our first Chanukah celebration tonight. My daughter said “Uncle David eats lots of halves, so buy lots for him”. I laughed. I was remembering the many Saturday afternoon tea parties at my house. A huge gaggle of female relatives, sitting around the table for […]
“Can you nudge against the sound?”
My inspiring NIA teacher asked this during our class this morning. What a great question. She was referring to the sound of the mesmerizing band that plays during our class. What a great question, I thought, thinking of my thoughts. Can you nudge against the sound of your own thoughts? Can you get a little […]
What’s for dinner?
Tonight, dinner was tea and cookies. yum. honest. Usually dinner is veggies – lots of them, roasted, sautéed, souped, raw, any way. I looooove veggies. Never met a veggie I didn’t love (okra’s not really a veg right?) Tonight, I really felt like cookies and tea. In my old life, I would have felt like […]
Let’s meet for coffee… without the coffee… or the muffin?
I met my Dad for coffee this morning. We had the best time – chatting, catching up, connecting. He had a latte and homemade pumpkin muffins I brought for him. I had – nothing. An hour before we met I was hungry, and I always eat when I’m hungry. I never make my body wait […]
Do you want to be that kind of person?
“I’m not a morning person” “I’m just not the active type” These were two beliefs that I created in my teens, and lived much of my adult life around. BUT, if these thoughts are true, then what on earth am I doing booking an 8 a.m. (yes that’s short for morning) bike tour of New […]
How much emotional baggage do you carry around in your bag?
Along my journey to end my weight loss struggle, I often found myself overburdened with keeping my options open for “just in case”. Do you find that? Are you stressed about “what if” questions – like “what if I’m hungry and there is nothing healthy to eat?” or perhaps it is in other areas of […]