"I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on cholesterol-lowering drugs for the rest of their lives." ~Dean Ornish (author of Eat More, Weigh Less) … [Read more...] about Eat More, Weigh Less
The Final Four
Last night was the 19th week of the season on BL. 19 weeks ago, severely obese contestants started this challenge and last night those contestants were looking pretty darn good, especially my girl Olivia who truly looks like an entirely new, healthy, athletic, glowing woman. There were a lot of challenges of the mind, the body and the spirit and it is pretty clear that Olivia … [Read more...] about The Final Four
Floating on a Cloud
Front page local news headline story: Yoga Lessons Help Autistic Student. Of course it does, yoga will help every student, every employee, every ONE! Now taught at 25 schools in Broward County, yoga is teaching children (and the world) HOW to relax. This word HOW, really popped out at me. It's not enough to teach people they have to relax, I realize they need to learn HOW … [Read more...] about Floating on a Cloud
To Tamarac We Go!
While yesterday I woke up thinking about all the moms that influenced what kind of mom I am, I never mentioned the two most important influences in my parenting life, Derek and Kyle. These 2 "kids," have made being a mom a gift and as I let them know yesterday, NEVER a job. They were always nice human beings and apparently inherited the "peace" gene from their parents, … [Read more...] about To Tamarac We Go!
The Tapestry of Mothers
As I woke this morning I began to think about my mother, Ruthie, my mother-in-law, Esther, and ALL the mothers that played their parts in not only influencing my life, but more importantly in the way they influenced my mothering "style." I think the most important messages my mom gave me were that I had no limits, that I shouldn't sweat the small stuff, that happiness was … [Read more...] about The Tapestry of Mothers