and then along came covid
In a weird way, I have the Covid-19 pandemic to thank for getting me back to Vermont. My husband has worked at five different universities over the course of his…
1 deceptively shiny silver bullet
Silver bullet: something that provides an immediate and extremely effective solution to a given problem or difficulty, especially one that is normally very complex or hard to resolve. TheFreeDictionary.com …
decision fatigue
The Cycle out of S-T-R-E-S-S eating challenge started May 1, and already, I’ve gotten some interesting emails from participants about their experience of the first week’s activity—one of which touched…
emotional eating | self-empowerment
This week in the emotional eating series, we’ll take a look at another topic that is closely linked to emotional/stress eating: self-empowerment. We began this series on emotional eating three…
emotional eating | emotion + self-compassion
We began this series on emotional eating two weeks ago by taking a look at whether our hunger is physical or emotional. Last week, we took a look at what…
a workshop for me? aww, thanks.
Well, it’s February, and 80% of our New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. And that’s okay—let’s figure out a better way to health than setting those same goals every…
walk this way | 7 simple suggestions
I’m sure your age probably determined what popped into your head when you saw “walk this way” as this post title; if you’re older, you probably flashed back to Monty…
control issues: what’s 1 thing completely in my power?
Irrespective of our political leanings, many (most? all?) of us seem to be feeling our world has spun out of control. As I’ve written about recently, it is stunning to…
w(h)ither the food system?
The pandemic has certainly made very clear just how many of and how deeply our policies and systems are flawed and how tightly they are intertwined: just for starters, in…
how (terrifyingly) long is your food chain?
I suspect that there will be a lot of lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, and as a health coach, I’m hoping that one of them will be that we…
guest post | Kacee Leigh on 4 tips to keep motivation and movement alive during the pandemic
Who knew that April 30 is Buddha’s birthday? I didn’t! If I’d moved to Hong Kong with my husband, I’d have gotten a holiday yesterday…. And May 1 is International…
12 tips for grocery shopping safely during the pandemic
What has the pandemic made possible? was the question I raised in last week’s blog post, and this week I’ve been paying attention to just that—from the halls of government…
what does the pandemic make possible?
In scrolling through my most recent blog posts for a little inspiration for this week, my post about catalysts, catastrophes, and cataclysms from February 27 feels eerily prescient given that…
meal planning for the pandemic
feel like you’re chained to the stove just now? Struggling to make mealtimes feel more manageable, especially now that you’re cooking at home more often? Get help this week with…
the lockdown life | volunteer, coach, record, repeat…
who else is on lockdown? Wow has it ever been a week, and they say it will all get worse before it gets better. (“They” always have a lot to…
5 days of simple mental hygiene practices
CDC hygiene recommendations Turns out Mom was right all along. The top CDC recommendations for preventing the spread of the coronavirus that is causing Covid-19 are: Wash your hands. A…
st. francis + the virus
This prayer reminds me of St. Francis’s Prayer for Peace, updated for our contemporary world. A dear friend shared this with me, and I think it’s worth sharing far and…
love in the time of corona
in the (good) news There’s been a lot written in recent days about what we can do to keep our small businesses and community services up (if not running at…
lockdown survival(ist)
As cases of COVID-19 begin to multiply, there’s a lot of panic around putting in supplies for self-isolation and/or being quarantined. (I learned a new German word for this behavior:…
preparing for the virus: a civic duty
funny / not funny I’ve been rather amused by our sudden obsession with hoarding toilet paper. I get it—everybody poops—but really? Are we back to the age of atomic bomb…
it’s here….
Since it’s just about the only news out there other than the presidential primary, let’s talk about the coronavirus taking the world by storm. I found this article by Dr….
