Our Lady of Weight Loss

The Hermitess stands alone in her trust that she can nurture herself. She understands that it is time to choose a path that moves her away from comfort foods, away from society's view on food, diet and body type and size and towards her own compelling future.

If perfectionism is interfering with your life, in any way (weigh), shape (pear shaped or apple) or form, I invite you to consider letting go of this potentially dangerous characteristic.

Donna said, "I love to cook for my family for the holidays and I'm not giving it up. My mother didn't cook or bake for us during the holidays when I was a kid, and I'd always wanted her to. So, I cook up and bake up a storm each and every year for my…

Yesterday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its report on obesity in America. And guess what? We’re fatter than ever. On the one hand, it is shocking to find that to be the case. We’re trying so hard to be thin. On the other hand, trying never cuts it, does it? As…

Got the afternoon blues? Blahs? Need a lift? Janice Taylor can get your energy moving! The perfect food.

Even though I know that you know, even thought you've heard it before, I feel compelled to revisit breakfast, because even after forty years of breakfast related studies, showing without a shadow of a doubt that kick-starting your day with breakfast is the thing to do - you're not!

Weight Loss Jigsaw Puzzles keep your hands and mind busy! Try one!

Ellen quit. Kara was fired. Jennifer Lopez was hired. Steven Tyler, too. And Randy Jackson is the last judge standing. True or false?

Sometime last winter, my strategically placed Feng Shui water fountain went on the fritz. Instead of the sound and motion of gurgling water activating positive chi energy, bringing in prosperity and good luck, the fountain furiously spurted and spit water on my desktop. What to do???

Can't stop yourself from reaching for those cookies? Well ... It's NOT that there's something wrong with you; it's NOT that you have no will power - maybe you're just stressed.

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