Every time, before you eat, take a moment to be silent. Close your eyes if you like, or just fix your attention on a neutral object or point. Take a few slow, deep breaths. Think about your body and that you’re about to feed and nourish it. Gather a sense of gratitude about the food,…

Yesterday, I described my friend’s new diet,  yes, the dreaded “D-word” as she put it.  It’s a VLCD, or Very Low Calorie Diet program that you purchase, that’s subsidized by the company she works for. Doctor supervised, she says a lot of people in her office, and her neighborhood have been on it.  “Just mention…

Today, join me in celebrating all that’s good in you.  Just skip the cake and ice-cream (or have it, within your Joy of Weight Loss Food Plan, that is!) — Celebrate that you are alive.  Yet again this morning!— Celebrate your pretty hair.— Celebrate you’re doing good things to be healthy, like eating more fruits…

“As you think you become,” said Descartes.  “To think is to create,” is another variation.  I know that’s true.  Rhonda Burne in “The Secret” gathered a bunch of experts, and they said it too – calling the power of mind, “the Law of Attraction.”  It’s been said by countless sages over the ages, from Hindu…

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