It was a picture-perfect day on the Northern Coast of California. Paul and I were so excited to experience California for the first time as a couple. We both had visited on separate occasions but never together. While one of my very dear friends subscribes to the travel mantra “pack light, travel slow, connect deep”, […]
Is stress the Big Mac in your life? We all talk about how busy we are and how stressful life is. But do we really make the connection to what it’s doing to our bodies, our energy and our weight? To be honest with you, I really did not until I went back and thought […]
A look at 2016: The good, the hard and the grateful. There are a few more days left in December of 2016. What a great year it has been! I have been looking ahead to 2017 for a while. I have some cool new programs and concepts that I am working on, but I am sifting […]
Last week I sat down with a new client. He’s in his forties. He is educated and successful. He’s a guys guy in every sense of the word. He is married. He has three amazing children. He is by his own account doing well in all phases of his life. He even competes in the […]
Sometimes I find myself aware of life milestones as they are occurring. I put on my turn signal, change lanes and adjust nicely. These are the lane changes we can deal with gracefully: birthdays, graduations, job changes. Sometimes the shifts are more subtle and I find myself in a new place without realizing that the […]
My twenty-year old and thirty-year old self bought into the concept that we should stand down our fears. I paid hard cash for all the marketing slogans of “Just Do It” and “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” and “No pain, no gain.” I subscribed to “Never Let Them See You Sweat.” channel. […]
School starts next week and like a lot of parents, I see it with a mix of emotions, hopes and expectations. This year is special so I wanted to write a note about my daughter. If you see her in the classroom, I hope you will notice what a one-of-a kind she is. Every person […]
Half if not more of the battle for your health or your weight is in your head. What we say to ourselves is incredibly powerful and yet we talk about that so little. I once talked to a client after she had something of a frustration meltdown over her lack of progress towards her goals. […]
