Our Lady of Weight Loss

Want to play a game that will blow the fat cells out of your mind and more!  It’s called the Traffic Light Game and here’s how you play! FYI … 

It was taught to me by one of my star coaching clients, Mary! (You are all stars.) And I have to say, I’m having the…

Spiritual Inertia Served Warm?  Have you ever wondered how it is that after decades of time-saving inventions and new technologies that “free time” has almost disappeared from our culture? “Lost time is never found again.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Spiritual Inertia? Are we time-poor, insolvent, bankrupt? Is “free time” a relic of the past? If this…

A few days ago, I had the supreme pleasure of visiting Reid Park Zoo (Tucson), home to Baby Nandi, the cutest baby elephant ever! As you click through this week’s Get Jiggy JigSaw Puzzle, “Baby Nandi,” chew on these 20 amazing Elephant facts!  My favorite fact is #16, although I’m fairly smitten with fact #19.…

While in a poetic state of mind, I wondered if poetry were a reduction sauce might its flavor be an intensified form of “seeing;” a way of acutely observing the physical landscapes, both personal and geographic, of our lives. Might poetry be a form of mindfulness, a way to tap into the moment, into the…

“When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.”  ~Lao Tzu I don’t know about you (although I could make a guess), but I have super powers — an innate ability, a real knack for the “miserable.” I have the power to…

It’s not that I want to rush the summer away, or prematurely much less hastily move us into the coolness of autumn, or the coldness of winter, but I am concerned that the shorter the days and the longer the nights, the more our energy will wane. It may feel as if our solar batteries…

This week’s Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, Lemon Cravings, is not only a puzzle that can help you to click the weight away; it’s also a weight loss tasty tidbit! Click through “Lemon Cravings.”  Watch the words create a weight loss tasty tidbit, ingest the info and then…suck on a lemon!  That ought do…

Are you stressed? Irritable? Having trouble sleeping? Do you feel like screaming? Crying? Pouring a jug of water over your boss’s head? We all feel stressed from time to time, so it is essential to have an arsenal of coping mechanisms at hand. Instead of heading for the refrigerator, here are some stress management tips…

Morning Tushkateers,  How is your September shaping up? Mine is kind of groovy.  After decades of living in New York City, a lifetime of wearing our New Yorker identity with pride, we (my man and me) are officially tourists!  We are visiting our friends and family on the east coast, and it is fun!  There’s…

As you click through this week’s Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, “Semi-Unconscious Twins,” tune into your conscious mind, the one that is awake and aware and telling you (maybe screaming at you?) that now is the time for you to take better care of yourself.  Whether you want to/need to drop those extra pounds,…

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